 | Horace Walpole - 1833 - 488 pàgines
...for. They have put in the papers a good story made on White's : a man dropped down dead at the door, was carried in ; the club immediately made bets whether...and said it would affect the fairness of the bet. Mr. Whithed has been so unlucky to have a large part of his seat,f which he had just repaired, burnt... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 618 pàgines
...for. They have put in the papers a good story made on White's : a man dropped down dead at the door, was carried in; the club immediately made bets whether...interposed, and said it would affect the fairness of the bet Mr. Whithed has been so unlucky as to have a large part of his seat,2 which he had just repaired, burnt... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 522 pàgines
...for. They have put in the papers a good story made on White's : a man dropped down dead at the door, was carried in; the club immediately made bets whether...interposed, and said it would affect the fairness of the bet Mr. Wbithed has been so unlucky as to have a large part of his seat,2 which he had just repaired, burnt... | |
 | 1850 - 608 pàgines
...made bets whether he was dead or not ; and when they were going to bleed him, the wagerers for iiis death interposed, and said it would affect the fairness of the bet.' — Walpole. ' Very often the taste of running perpetually after diversions is not a mark of any pleasure... | |
 | William Gaspey - 1851 - 496 pàgines
...characteristic story appeared in the papers of 1750. "A man who dropped down dead at the door of White's was carried in; the club immediately made bets whether...and said it would affect the fairness of the bet." Pall-mall, however, is the western region in which the club-houses most abound, the greater part of... | |
 | 1850 - 216 pàgines
...man dropped down dead at the door, and was carried in ; the club immediately made bets whether he waa dead or not, and when they were going to bleed him,...and said it would affect the fairness of the bet." THE KING'S CHAMPION. A ludicrous circumstance occurred at the coronation of William and Mary. Charles... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1854 - 564 pàgines
...enlivened the room with his wit. As a sample of the spirit of betting which prevailed, Walpole quotes " a good story made at White's." A man dropped down...interposed, and said it would affect the fairness of the bet ! Some of the old rules of the houses are rich in " tahle traits." Thus, in 1736, every member was... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1854 - 366 pàgines
...2, 1750. have put in the papers a good story made on White's : a man dropped down dead at the door, was carried in ; the club immediately made bets whether...and said it would affect the fairness of the bet." * A great deal of this reckless spirit of gambling, which lasted through the century, and which probably... | |
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They have put in the papers a good story made on White's: a man dropped down dead at the door, was carried in; the club immediately made bets whether he was dead or not, and when they were going to bleed him, the wagerers for his death interposed, and... 
