Whist or, Bumblepuppy? Thirteen Lectures Addressed to Children

Whist; or, Bumblepuppy? Thirteen Lectures Addressed to ChildrenThese remarks are addressed to the young, in the hope...
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Author: Hewby, John Petch,1835-1896
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Language: English
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Whist or, Bumblepuppy? Thirteen Lectures Addressed to Children

Whist or, Bumblepuppy? Thirteen Lectures Addressed to Children

€6,32

Whist or, Bumblepuppy? Thirteen Lectures Addressed to Children

€6,32
Author: Hewby, John Petch,1835-1896
Format: eBook
Language: English

Whist; or, Bumblepuppy? Thirteen Lectures Addressed to Children

These remarks are addressed to the young, in the hope that when they arrive at mans estate they will use their best endeavours to do away with Law 91. To the present generation, already acquainted with the Game, I should no more presume to offer advice than I should presume to teach my lamented Grandmother to suck eggs, if she were still alive. [1] As, humanly speaking, you will probably play something for the next fifty years, should you select either Whist or Bumblepuppy,[1] it will be as[2] well for your own comfortthe comfort of others is a minor consideration[2]to have some idea of their general principles; but first you must decide which of these two games you intend to play, for though they are often confounded together, and are both supposed to be governed by the same ninety-one laws and a chapter on etiquette, they differ much more distinctly than the chalk and cheese of the present day. Professor Pole in his Theory of Whist, Appendix B, has made a very skilful attempt (by modifying the maxims of Whist) to make the two games into a kind of emulsion. I was rather taken with this, and having been informed that the most incongruous materials will mix, if you only shake them together long enough, I have given this plan a fair trial, and failed. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 54135
Author: Hewby, John Petch
Release Date: Feb 8, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English

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