Volume 1

A view of society and manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany : with anecdotes relating to some eminent characters / By John Moore.

  • Moore, John, 1729-1802.
Date:
1783
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A view of society and manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany : with anecdotes relating to some eminent characters / By John Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of refolving to renounce gaming as foon they Jhall regain nvhat they have lojl; and imagining they have Hill a claim to the money which is now in the pockets of others, bccaufe it was once in their own, they throw away their v^^hole fortune iri fearch of an inconfiderable part, and finifli by being completely ruined, becaufe they could not fupport a fmall inconvenience. I pointed out, how infinitely more honour- able it was to depend for repairing his for- tune on his own good fenfe and perfeve- rance, than on the revolutions of chance j which, even if they fhould be favourable, could only re-eftablifh him at the expence of others, mcfi; probably of thofe who had no hand in occafioning his lofles. His infeparable companion entered while I was in the middle of my harangue. Our friend, who had previoufly acquainted him with his determination of renouncing gaming, endeavoured to prevail on that gentleman to adopt the fame meafure, but 8 in