| John Lily .c. 1554 - 1606 |
Cupid and my Campaspe played
At cards for kisses. Cupid paid.
Campaspe (1584) act 3, sc. 5 |
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| James Boswell's |
I am sorry I have not learned to play at cards. It is very useful in life: it generates kindness and consolidates society.
In....Tour to the Hebrides 21/11/1773
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| Alexander Pope 1688 - 1744 |
See how the world its veterans rewards!
A youth of frolics, an old age of cards.
Epistle to Several Persons 'To a Lady' (1735) |
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| Cervantes 1547 - 1616 |
Patience, and shuffle the cards.
Don Quixote (1605) pt. 2; ch. 23 |
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