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gratification of his pride in keeping them, and the 

 standing they conduce to keep up for him in society, 

 must be set against the dealer's profit, who derives 

 no pleasure from their being in his stables ; thus, if 

 the gentleman got both certain profit and certain 

 pleasure from his horses, he would, in point of ad- 

 vantage, far outstrip the regular dealer. Money and 

 money's worth are pretty much the same thing ; the 

 dealer takes the bare money, the gentleman the 

 money's worth. But to account for so many persons 

 carping at his doing this. 



I have played chess with numbers of persons, con- 

 sequently, with numbers of tempers to be exhibited. 

 It is not usual for persons to shew any outbursts of 

 temper at this game ; but I certainly seldom or ever 

 saw a beaten player who did not evince evident signs 

 of mortification. iN'ow, at we will say whist, or any 

 other game, the result of which depends much on 

 the cards, I have seen considerable violence of temper 

 shown, though little or no mortification ; and why 

 is this ? At cards the losing party have this salvo to 

 their pride — they can anathematize their ill-luck, and 



