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Page 61
... Quadrille , she has often told me , was her first love ; but whist had engaged her maturer esteem . The former , she said , was showy and specious , and likely to allure young persons . The uncertainty and quick shifting of partners ...
... Quadrille , she has often told me , was her first love ; but whist had engaged her maturer esteem . The former , she said , was showy and specious , and likely to allure young persons . The uncertainty and quick shifting of partners ...
Page 62
... quadrille a game of captiva- tion to the young and enthusiastic . But whist was the solider game : that was her word . It was a long meal ; not , like quadrille , a feast of snatches . One or two rubbers might coextend in duration with ...
... quadrille a game of captiva- tion to the young and enthusiastic . But whist was the solider game : that was her word . It was a long meal ; not , like quadrille , a feast of snatches . One or two rubbers might coextend in duration with ...
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... quadrille or bowls with equal facility ; made punch better than any man of his degree in England ; had the merriest quips and con- ceits ; and was altogether as brimful of rogueries and 156 THE OLD BENCHERS OF THE INNER TEMPLE .
... quadrille or bowls with equal facility ; made punch better than any man of his degree in England ; had the merriest quips and con- ceits ; and was altogether as brimful of rogueries and 156 THE OLD BENCHERS OF THE INNER TEMPLE .
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