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THE GAMESTER by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON

First Line: SAID A LADY TO A GAMBLER, 'SUCH ILL-LUCK ATTENDS YOUR DICE
Last Line: "INCORRIGIBLE GAMESTER! YOU A RUIN'D MAN WILL BE."
Subject(s): GAMBLING; LOVE; WAGERING; BETTING;

SAID a Lady to a Gambler, "Such ill-luck attends your dice,
Why not at once forswear them, and forsake a thriftless vice?"
"When you your loves abandon, I will cease to play," said he.
"Incorrigible Gamester! you a ruin'd man will be."



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