Category: History - Other
Copies of four French Cards, coloured,--the King of Diamonds; the Queen and King of Spades; and the King of Hearts,--of the latter part of the fifteenth century 212
Copies of four French Cards, coloured,--the King of Diamonds; the Queen and King of Spades; and the King of Hearts,--of the latter part of the fifteenth century 212
3. CHAPTER I.Man has been distinctively termed "a _cooking_ animal;" and Dr. Franklin has defined him to be "a _tool-making_ animal." He may also, with equal truth, be defined to be "a _gamb...
4. v. 87, Patroclus is represented as having killed, when a boy, thoughIt is not unlikely that an ancient piece of sculpture, in the British Museum,--representing a boy biting the arm of his companion, with whom he has quarrelled at Tali--relates t...
5. CHAPTER II.At what period Playing Cards first became known in Europe,--whether as an original invention, or introduced from some other quarter of the world,--has not yet been ascertained....
6. CHAPTER III.Having now shown at what period cards were certainly well known in Europe, and at what period card-making was a regular business in Italy and Germany, I shall proceed to lay bef...
7. scene 1, Whisk is mentioned by Mrs. Sullen in a disparaging manner, as_Mrs. Sullen._ Country pleasures! racks and torments! Dost think, child, that my limbs are made for leaping of ditches, and clambering over styles? or that my parents, wisely fo...
8. CHAPTER IV.Having in the preceding chapters endeavoured to trace the origin of Playing Cards, and to show their progress from the time of their first introduction into Europe, I shall now...
9. CHAPTER V.All writers who have investigated the principles of morality agree in the condemnation of Gaming,--that is, playing at any game of hazard for the sake of gain. With respect to t...