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A History of the County of Stafford
… even though several years of compaigning against 'the gambling element' had reduced attendances sharply. 58 In 1899 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… alone was begun, with provision for shooting, smoking, and gambling. 16 In 1879 it was claimed that a great proportion …
Old and New London
Old and New London
… that has derived its origin from the 'bad success' of gambling or avarice, can we be so far misled as to allow that …
Survey of London
… house. The establishment offered coffee, dancing and gambling, for a cut-price entrance fee of threepence. It was …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain
Calendar of State Papers, Spain: Further Supplement to Volumes 1 and 2
A History of the County of Middlesex
… place in her honour. Besides joining in hunting, dancing, gambling, and other diversions, 233 she seems to have shared …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… In proof that it was then pursued without any idea of gambling he quotes a Puritan writer of the period, who, while … bell, and it was not till after the Restoration, when the gambling referred to by Burton most probably had begun, that …
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