Sunday, August 4, 2013

A Mother's Advice on Gambling

If only Georgiana had listened to her mother. To quote:
In the Georgian Era, gambling was endemic among the upper classes. "A thousand meadows and cornfields are staked at every throw, and as many villages lost as in the earthquake that overwhelmed Herculaneum and Pompeii," wrote Horace Walpole.

A lady very fond of gambling, much to her mother's chagrin, was Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Lady Spencer would often urge her daughter to stay away from this dangerous vice: "Let em entreat you to beware of it, and if [gambling] is mention'd to you any more, to decline the taking any part in it." [...] (Read more.)
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Gio said...

Thank you for linking to my post!