Gambling - Early works to 1800

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A dissertation on the pernicious effects of gaming . Published, by appointment, as having gained a prize (june 1783) in the university of Cambridge. By Richard Hey, LL. D. Fellow of Magdalen College.
Hey, Richard 1745-1835.Date: 1784
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A disswasive from gaming . By Josiah Woodward, D. D. Late Minister of Poplar.
Woodward, Josiah 1660-1712.Date: 1785
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A disswasive from gaming . By a minister of the Church of England.
Woodward, Josiah 1660-1712.Date: 1718
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Answers for Alexander Bruce of New-Grange; to the petition of Cornelius Neilson merchant in Leith
Bruce, Alexander of New-Grange.Date: 1740
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The court gamester . In two parts. Part I. Containing, full and easy instructions for playing the games now in vogue after the best Method; as they are played at Court, and in the Assemblees, viz. Ombre, in all its Branches. Picquet. And, the Royal Game of Chess. Part II. Containing, the knowledge of play, written for Publick Benefit, and the Entertainment of all Fair Players, wherein the Frauds in Play are detected, and the Chances of the Games of Hazard, Pharao, and Basset, are calculated and determined. To which is added, the journal of a gameing lady of quality, a Tale. In a Letter to a Friend. By Dr. Swift.
Seymour, Richard Esq.Date: 1732