Trip 1461 of 3900 collection book26
This epistle was so equivocal that the persons to whom it was addressedbook33 did not know whether or not they ought to interpret the contents into a challenge when our hero observedbook35 that the ambiguity of his expressions plainly proved there was a door left open for accommodation and proposed that they should forthwith visit the writer at his own apartment. One cant have a slice of delicate sirloin or nice buttock of beef for love nor money. While he thus enjoyed his preeminence together with the fruits of his success at play which he managed so discreetly as never to incur the reputation of an adventurer he one day chanced to be at the ordinary when the company was surprised by the entrance of such a figure as had never appeared before in that place.... read all
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