 | Books and bookselling - 1799 - 500 pages
...catallrophe of Sir who has flirted away hii whole fortune at hazard. He t'other night exceeded what was loft by the late Duke of Bedford, having at one period of the night (though he recovered the greatelt part of it) lolt two and thirty thoufand pounds. The citizens put on their double-channelled... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1837 - 462 pages
...other six very dear ! The great event is the catastrophe of Sir John Bland, 1 who has Jlirted away his whole fortune at hazard. He t'other night exceeded...on their double-channeled pumps and trudge to St. James's-street, 1 Who shot himself at Kippax park. [Ed.] VOL. I. S • in expectation of seeing judgments... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 462 pages
...other six very dear ! The great event is the catastrophe of sir John Bland,1 who has flirted a\v ay his whole fortune at hazard. He t'other night exceeded...two-and-thirty thousand pounds. The citizens put on their double- channeled pumps and trudge to St. James's-street, in 1 Who shot himself at Kippax park. [Ed.]... | |
 | Great Britain - 1857 - 496 pages
...50,0(KM. Sir John Bland, of Kippax Park, who shot himself in 1755, as we learn from Walpole, flirted away his whole fortune at hazard. " He t'other night exceeded...(though he recovered the greatest part of it) lost two -and -thirty thousand pounds." "Lord Mountford bets Sir John Bland twenty guineas," so runs an... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - Periodicals - 1857 - 492 pages
...50,O00Z. Sir John Bland, of Kippax Park, who shot himself in 1755, as we learn from Walpole, flirted away his whole fortune at hazard. " He t'other night exceeded...(though he recovered the greatest part of it) lost two -and- thirty thousand pounds." "Lord Mountford bets Sir John Bland twenty guineas," so runs an... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1857 - 552 pages
...the other six very dear! The great event is the catastrophe of Sir John Bland, who has flirted away his whole, fortune at hazard. He t'other night exceeded what was lost by the late Duke of Bedford,1 having at one period of the night (though he recovered the greatest part of it) lost two-andthirty... | |
 | John Timbs - Anecdotes - 1864 - 378 pages
...said to have flirted away his whole fortune at hazard. In one night he exceeded what was lost by the Duke of Bedford, having at one period of the night...it) lost twoand-thirty thousand pounds. The citizens are said to have. " put on their double-channeled pumps, and trudged to St. James's-street, in expectation... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - Gambling - 1870 - 462 pages
...fortune at Hazard. ' He, t'other night,' says Walpole, ' exceeded what was lost by the late VOL. II. 6 Duke of Bedford, having at one period of the night (though he recovered the greater part of it) lost two and thirty thousand pounds.' Sir John Kippax shot himself in 1755. LORD... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 646 pages
...50,o00/. Sir John Bland, of Kippax Park, who shot himself in 1755, as we learn from Walpole, flirted away his whole fortune at hazard. " He t'other night exceeded...one period of the night, (though he recovered the greater part of it,) lost two-and-thirty thousand pounds." Lord Mountford came to a tragic end through... | |
 | John Timbs - Anecdotes - 1873 - 662 pages
...have .flirted, away his whole fortune at hazard. In one night he exceeded what was lost by the Duke ot Bedford, having at one period of the night (though...lost two-and-thirty thousand pounds. The citizens are said to have " put on their double-channeled pumps, and trudged to St. James's-street, in expectation... | |
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The great event is the catastrophe of Sir John Bland, who has flirted away his whole fortune at hazard. He t'other night exceeded what was lost by the late Duke of Bedford, having at one period of the night (though he recovered the greatest part of it)... 
