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quired which may lead to ſerious miſchief. Not to talk of gaming, many people play for more than they can well afford to loſe, and this ſours their temper. Cards are the univerſal refuge to which the idle and the ignorant reſort, to paſs life away, and to keep their inactive ſouls awake, by the tumult of hope and fear.
"Unknown to them, when ſenſual pleaſures cloy,
"To fill the languid pauſe with finer joy;
"Unknown thoſe powers that raiſe the ſoul to flame,
"Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame."
And, of courſe, this is their favourite amuſement. Silent, ſtupid attention
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