 To those puny objectors against cards, as nurturing the bad passions, she would retort, that man is a gaming animal. He must be always trying to get the better in something or other: — that this passion can scarcely be more safely expended than upon...  The Irish Quarterly Review - עמוד 4531858תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 דפים
...form and colour. A pencil and dry slate (she used to say) were the proper arena for such combatants. ne of a most royall Queene or Empresse, the other of a most where a few idle shillings are at stake, yet, during the illusion, we are as mightily concerned as... | |
 | Algernon de Vivier Tassin - 1923 - 456 דפים
...prevail upon her to play at any game, where chance entered into the composition, for nothing. . . . be always trying to get the better in something or...scarcely be more safely expended than upon a game of cards; that cards are a temporary illusion; in truth, a mere drama; for we do but play at being... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 דפים
...form and colour. A pencil and dry slate (she used to say) were the proper arena for such combatants. af of noise and blind of light , ю О A rosy garland...shall in me, t Livelier then eke-where, Stella's image where a few idle shillings arc at stake, yet, during the illusion, we are as mightily concerned as... | |
 | Carl Henry Grabo - 1927 - 544 דפים
...form and colour. A pencil and dry slate (she used to say) were the proper arena for such combatants. To those puny objectors against cards, as nurturing...drama; for we do but play at being mightily concerned, where a few idle shillings are at stake, yet, during the illusion, we are as mightily concerned as... | |
 | Gerald Monsman - 1984 - 182 דפים
...life itself, she is able to live that impersonally distanced illusion as if it were reality. She held that man is a gaming animal. He must be always trying...drama; for we do but play at being mightily concerned, where a few idle shillings are at stake, yet, during the illusion, we are as mightily concerned as... | |
 | Gerald Monsman - 1984 - 182 דפים
...life itself, she is able to live that impersonally distanced illusion as if it were reality. She held that man is a gaming animal. He must be always trying to get the better in something or other:—-that this passion can scarcely be more safely expended than upon a game at cards: that cards... | |
 | Richard Alan Krieger - 2007 - 344 דפים
...animal, a being who gets accustomed to everything!" Fyodor Dostoyevsky "Man is a gaming animal. We must be always trying to get the better in something or other." — Charles Lamb "Man is the most intelligent of the animals — and the most silly." — Diogenes... | |
 | Gerald Monsman - 1984 - 184 דפים
...life itself, she is able to live that impersonally distanced illusion as if it were reality. She held that man is a gaming animal. He must be always trying...drama; for we do but play at being mightily concerned, where a few idle shillings are at stake, yet, during the illusion, we are as mightily concerned as... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1924 - 578 דפים
...deny in the greater. ***. Great previous exertions are commonly followed by a dehility of purpose. *** Cards are a temporary illusion; in truth, a mere drama...; for we do but play at being mightily concerned, where a few idle shillings are at stake yet, during the illusion, we are as mightily concerned as those... | |
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