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... cards ) " like a dancer . " She sat bolt upright ; and neither showed you her cards , nor desired to see yours . All people have their blind side — their superstitions ; and I have heard her declare , under the rose , that Hearts was ...
... cards ) " like a dancer . " She sat bolt upright ; and neither showed you her cards , nor desired to see yours . All people have their blind side — their superstitions ; and I have heard her declare , under the rose , that Hearts was ...
Page 66
... cards ) his celebrated game of Ombre in that poem ; and to explain to me how far it agreed with , and in what points it would be found to differ from , tradrille . Her illustrations were apposite and poignant ; and I had the pleasure ...
... cards ) his celebrated game of Ombre in that poem ; and to explain to me how far it agreed with , and in what points it would be found to differ from , tradrille . Her illustrations were apposite and poignant ; and I had the pleasure ...
Page 67
... cards themselves ! She held this to be a solecism ; as pitiful an ambition at cards as alliteration is in authorship . She despised super- ficiality , and looked deeper than the colours of things . Suits were soldiers , she would say ...
... cards themselves ! She held this to be a solecism ; as pitiful an ambition at cards as alliteration is in authorship . She despised super- ficiality , and looked deeper than the colours of things . Suits were soldiers , she would say ...
Page 68
... cards ? —the pretty antic habits , like heralds in a procession - the gay triumph- assuring scarlets — the contrasting deadly - killing sables- the ' hoary majesty of spades ' -Pam in all his glory ! — " All these might be dispensed ...
... cards ? —the pretty antic habits , like heralds in a procession - the gay triumph- assuring scarlets — the contrasting deadly - killing sables- the ' hoary majesty of spades ' -Pam in all his glory ! — " All these might be dispensed ...
Page 69
... Cards are warfare : the ends are gain , with glory . But cards are war , in disguise of a sport : when single adversaries encounter , the ends proposed are too palpable . By themselves , it is too close a fight ; with spectators , it is ...
... Cards are warfare : the ends are gain , with glory . But cards are war , in disguise of a sport : when single adversaries encounter , the ends proposed are too palpable . By themselves , it is too close a fight ; with spectators , it is ...
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