 | 1785 - 508 sider
...when one of defperate circumftanccs takes to the trade, it only proves that he determines againltan honeft courfe of life for a maintenance, and having...for his vocation. Such an one may fay- with Antient Piftol - -. .. • •'-„• : ,' -.••»•• •«-....•..'* " I'll live by Nym, and Nym... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 310 sider
...desperate circumstances takes to the trade, it only proves that he determines against an honest course of life for a maintenance, and having his choice to...and gaming, prefers that mode of depredation, which exposes him to least danger, and has a coward's plea for his vocation. Such an one may say with Antient... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 394 sider
...desperate circumstances takes to the trade, it only proves that he dotermines against an honest course of life for a maintenance, and having his choice to...and gaming, prefers that mode of depredation, which exposes him to least danger, and has a coward's plea for his vocation. Such an one may say with Antient... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 400 sider
...desperate circumstances takes to the trade, it only proves that he determines against an honest course of life for a maintenance, and having his choice to...and gaming, prefers that mode of depredation, which exposes him to least danger, and has a coward's plea for his vocation. Such a one may say with Antient... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1856 - 386 sider
...the trade, it only proves that he determines against an honest course of life for a main* tenance, and having his choice to make between robbery and gaming, prefers that mode of depredation which exposes him to least danger, and has a coward's plea for his vocation. Such an one may say with Antient... | |
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When a man of fortune turns gamester, the act is so devoid of reason, that we are at a loss to find a motive for it ; but when one of desperate circumstances takes to the trade, it only proves that he... 