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The Penguin Book of Card Games
PENGUIN BOOKS The Penguin Book of Card Games A former language-teacher and technical journalist, David Parlett began freelancing in 1975 as a games inventor and author of books on games, a field in which he has built up an impressive international reputation. He is an accredited consultant on gaming terminology to the Oxford English Dictionary and regularly advises on the staging of card games in films and television productions. His many books include The Oxford History of Board Games, The Oxford History of Card Games, The Penguin Book of Word Games, The Penguin Book of Card Games and the The Penguin Book of Patience. His board game Hare and Tortoise has been in print since 1974, was the first ever winner of the prestigious German Game of the Year Award in 1979, and has recently appeared in a new edition. His website at http://www.davpar.com is a rich source of information about games and other interests. David Parlett is a native of south London, where he still resides with his wife Barbara. The Penguin Book of Card Games David Parlett PENGUIN BOOKS PENGUIN BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) Penguin Group (Australia) Ltd, 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia -
WILLIAM Shakespeare
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE _____ A L’ANGLETERRE Je lui dédie ce livre, glorification de son poëte. Je dis à l’Angleterre la vérité; mais, comme terre illustre et libre, je l’admire, et comme asile, je l’aime. VICTOR HUGO. Hauteville-House, 1864. Le vrai titre de cet ouvrage serait : A propos de Shakespeare. Le désir d’introduire, comme on dit en Angleterre, devant le public, la nouvelle traduction de Shakespeare, a été le premier mobile de l’auteur. Le sentiment qui l’intéresse si profondément au traducteur ne saurait lui ôter le droit de recommander la traduction. Cependant sa conscience a été sollicitée d’autre part, et d’une façon plus étroite encore, par le sujet lui-même. A l’occasion de Shakespeare, toutes les questions qui touchent à l’art se sont présentées à son esprit. Traiter ces questions, c’est expliquer la mission de l’art; traiter ces questions, c’est expliquer le devoir de la pensée humaine envers l’homme. Une telle occasion de dire des vérités s’impose, et il n’est pas permis, surtout à une époque comme la nôtre, de l’éluder. L’auteur l’a compris. Il n’a point hésité à aborder ces questions complexes de l’art et de la civilisation sous leurs faces diverses, multipliant les horizons toutes les fois que la perspective se déplaçait, et acceptant toutes les indications que le sujet, dans sa nécessité rigoureuse, lui offrait. De cet agrandissement du point de vue est né ce livre. Hauteville-House, 1864. PREMIÈRE PARTIE LIVRE I SHAKESPEARE — SA VIE I Il y a une douzaine d’années, dans une île voisine des côtes de France, une maison, d’aspect mélancolique en toute saison, devenait particulièrement sombre à cause de l’hiver qui commençait. -
The Gaming Table, Its Votaries and Victims Volume #2
The Gaming Table, Its Votaries and Victims Volume #2 Andrew Steinmetz ******The Project Gutenberg Etext of Andrew Steinmetz's******** *********The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims*********** Volume #2 #2 in our series by Andrew Steinmetz Copyright laws are changing all over the world, be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before posting these files!! Please take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. **Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts** **Etexts Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since 1971** *These Etexts Prepared By Hundreds of Volunteers and Donations* Information on contacting Project Gutenberg to get Etexts, and further information is included below. We need your donations. The Gaming Table, Its Votaries and Victims Volume #2 by Andrew Steinmetz May, 1996 [Etext #531] ******The Project Gutenberg Etext of Andrew Steinmetz's******** *********The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims*********** *****This file should be named tgamt210.txt or tgamt210.zip****** Corrected EDITIONS of our etexts get a new NUMBER, tgamt211.txt. VERSIONS based on separate sources get new LETTER, tgamt210a.txt We are now trying to release all our books one month in advance of the official release dates, for time for better editing. Please note: neither this list nor its contents are final till midnight of the last day of the month of any such announcement. The official release date of all Project Gutenberg Etexts is at Midnight, Central Time, of the last day of the stated month. -
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volume V by Edward Gibbon
HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE By Edward Gibbon VOLUME V This is volume five of the six volumes of Edward Gibbon's History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire. I will be scanning and putting out on the net the remaining volumes as I find time to do this. So have patience. If you find any errors please feel free to notify me of them. I want to make this the best etext edition possible for both scholars and the general public. [email protected] and [email protected] are my email addresses for now. Please feel free to send me your comments and I hope you enjoy this. David Reed History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Edward Gibbon, Esq. With notes by the Rev. H. H. Milman Vol. 5 1782 (Written), 1845 (Revised) Chapter XLIX: Conquest Of Italy By The Franks. Part I. Introduction, Worship, And Persecution Of Images. - Revolt Of Italy And Rome. - Temporal Dominion Of The Popes. - Conquest Of Italy By The Franks. - Establishment Of Images. - Character And Coronation Of Charlemagne. - Restoration And Decay Of The Roman Empire In The West. - Independence Of Italy. - Constitution Of The Germanic Body. In the connection of the church and state, I have considered the former as subservient only, and relative, to the latter; a salutary maxim, if in fact, as well as in narrative, it had ever been held sacred. The Oriental philosophy of the Gnostics, the dark abyss of predestination and grace, and the strange transformation of the Eucharist from the sign to the substance of Christ's body, ^1 I have purposely abandoned to the curiosity of speculative divines. -
PHILLIP J. PIRAGES Catalogue 66 BINDINGS Catalogue 66 Catalogue
Phillip J. Pirages PHILLIP J. PIRAGES Catalogue 66 BINDINGS Catalogue 66 Items Pictured on the Front Cover 172 176 58 114 92 3 52 167 125 115 192 28 71 161 1 196 204 116 Items Pictured on the Back Cover 152 109 193 9 199 48 83 18 117 25 149 59 83 77 90 60 175 12 149 50 41 91 55 171 143 66 50 126 65 80 98 115 To identify items on the front and back covers, lift this flap up and to the right, then close the cover. Catalogue 66: Interesting Books in Historically Significant and Decorative Bindings, from the 15th Century to the Present Please send orders and inquiries to the above physical or electronic addresses, and do not hesitate to telephone at any time. We would be happy to have you visit us, but please make an appointment so that we are sure to be here. In addition, our website is always open. Prices are in American dollars. Shipping costs are extra. We try to build trust by offering fine quality items and by striving for precision of description because we want you to feel that you can buy from us with confidence. As part of this effort, we unconditionally guarantee your satisfaction. If you buy an item from us and are not satisfied with it, you may return it within 30 days of receipt for a full refund, so long as the item has not been damaged. Most of the text of this catalogue was written by Cokie Anderson, with additional help from Stephen J. -
CASINO from NOWHERE, to VAGUELY EVERYWHERE Franco Pratesi - 09.10.1994
CASINO FROM NOWHERE, TO VAGUELY EVERYWHERE Franco Pratesi - 09.10.1994 “Fishing games form a rich hunting ground for researchers in quest of challenge”, David Parlett writes in one of his fine books. (1) I am not certain that I am a card researcher, and I doubt the rich hunting-ground too. It is several years since I began collecting information on these games, without noticeable improvements in my knowledge of their historical development. Therefore I would be glad if some IPCS member could provide specific information. Particularly useful would be descriptions of regional variants of fishing games which have − or have had − a traditional character. Within the general challenge mentioned, I have encountered an unexpected specific challenge: the origin of Casino, always said to be of Italian origin, whereas I have not yet been able to trace it here. So it appears to me, that until now, it is a game widespread from nowhere in Italy. THE NAME As we know, even the correct spelling of the name is in dispute. The reason for writing Cassino is said to be a printing mistake in one of the early descriptions. The most probable origin is from the same Italian word casino, which entered the English vocabulary to mean “a pleasure-house”, “a public room used for social meetings” and finally “a public gambling-house”. So the name of the game would better be written Casino, as it was spelled in the earliest English descriptions (and also in German) towards the end of the 18th century. If the origin has to be considered − and assuming that information about further uses of Italian Casino is not needed − it may be noted that Italian Cassino does exist too: it is a word seldom used and its main meaning of ‘box-cart’ hardly has any relevance to our topic. -
Les Cartes a Jouer Et La Cartomancie
THE HISTORY OF PLAYING CARDS AND CARD-CONJURING. LES CARTES A JOUER ET LA CARTOMANCIE PAR P. BOITEAU D^AMBLY. (ILLUSTRATED WITH FORTY CURIOUS WOODCUTS.) LONDON : JOHN CAMBEN HOTTEN, 9ntii)uaiian fiooftsdler. PICCADILLY. 1859. Digitized by Google s <3- .U'I UNIVEI'lS: i . LIBRAkY O ‘Z ^ y ^ ; i I Digitized by Google , PRÉFACE. LETTRE A BÉRANGER. Mon bien cher et excellent maître Je mets ce volume sous le patronage de votre nom. Ce n’est pas que je l’en croie digne; c’est parce que vous avez bien voulu paraître curieux de le lire. Il faut avouer que je suis content de dire au public que vous avez encouragé l’auteur à l’écrire, et que vous avez jugé intéressant le sujet dont il s’est occupé. Si le public n’est pas de votre avis , me voilà autorisé à lui reprocher son indifférence. Par-dessus le marché, vous êtes un joueur acharné, et, à ce titre, vous devez me servir de parrain. La l’apprendra cette épître : postérité par Béranger , en sa verte vieillesse , a joué un nombre incalculable de piquets à écrire; ce jeu l’ennuyait fort et il revenait , y tous les soirs. Élevé à votre école je sais le prix du bon sens et , de la clarté désir est qu’on s’en aperçoive ici ma ; mon ; crainte qu’on ne s’en aperçoive pas assez. , Digitized by Google , , II PRÉFACE. Je m’excuserai en alléguant la peine que j’ai eue à marcher droit au milieu des broussailles de l’érudi- tion. Et ce n’est pas là une excuse pour la forme. -
Casino Gambling's Proliferation Throughout the United States: a Case Study of Legal Gaming in Louisiana
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations 1-1-1998 Casino gambling's proliferation throughout the United States: A case study of legal gaming in Louisiana Kenneth Edward Burke University of Nevada, Las Vegas Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/rtds Repository Citation Burke, Kenneth Edward, "Casino gambling's proliferation throughout the United States: A case study of legal gaming in Louisiana" (1998). UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations. 866. http://dx.doi.org/10.25669/e2tv-0sf1 This Thesis is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It has been brought to you by Digital Scholarship@UNLV with permission from the rights-holder(s). You are free to use this Thesis in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s) directly, unless additional rights are indicated by a Creative Commons license in the record and/ or on the work itself. This Thesis has been accepted for inclusion in UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Scholarship@UNLV. For more information, please contact [email protected]. INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter Ace, while others may be from aity type o f computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. -
The History of Playing Cards
tv THE HISTORY PLAYING CARDS, WITH guttcimits of ijjtir xtst in CONJURING, FORTUNE-TELLING, AND CARD-SHARPING. Ike. hlsiov. EDITED BT THE LATE Rev. Ed. S. TAYLOR, B.A. AND OTHERS. LONDON : JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN, PICCADILLY. 1865. n/^ /•" TWO CARICATURE CARDS FROM A PACK FORMERLY BELONGING TO THE LATE COUNT d'oRS AY. PREFACE. Five years ago I pin-chased from an eminent French publisher some tasteful wood-engravings, illustrative of the History of Playing Cards. These, with the small work in which they originally appeared, were placed in the hands of the late Rev. Ed. S. Taylor, of Onnesby St. Margaret, Great Yarmouth, as mate rial for a History of Playing Cards, English and Foreign, which he had offered to undertake for me. The readers of Notes and Queries will remember this gen tleman as the valued contributor of many curious articles to that useful periodical. His knowledge was wide and varied, although his tastes were of that peculiar kind which delights in the careful exploration of the bye-ways, rather than the high roads, of learning. The first part of the work was soon in the printers' hands, but ill-health followed, and the book proceeded slowly up to the time of the Editor's decease, two years ago. It was deemed necessary to mention this fact, as some of the references are to matters long since passed, although they are stated as of the present day. IV PREFACE. To tlie French Illustrations have been added several facsimiles of old cards from the Print-room in the British Museum, and other sources. -
La Marquise Au Jeu Du Roi
La Marquise au jeu du Roi Laurent Thirouin in : Madame de Sévigné (1626-1696) Provence, spectacles, “lanternes”. Actes du Colloque International du Tricentenaire de la mort de Mme de Sévigné, Château de Grignan, 29 mai-1er juin 1996. Grignan : Association d’Action Culturelle des Châteaux Départementaux de la Drôme, 1998, pp. 249-264. « Je fus samedi à Versailles avec les Villars ; voici comme cela va. Vous connaissez la toilette de la Reine, la messe, le dîner, mais il n’est plus besoin de se faire étouffer, pendant que Leurs Majestés sont à table, car, à trois heures, le Roi, la Reine, Monsieur, Madame, Mademoiselle, tout ce qu’il y a de princes et princesses, madame de Montespan, toute sa suite, tous les courtisans, toutes les dames, enfin ce qui s’appelle la cour de France, se trouve dans ce bel appartement du Roi que vous connaissez. Tout est meublé divinement, tout est magnifique. On ne sait ce que c’est que d’y avoir chaud ; on passe d’un lieu à l’autre sans faire la presse nulle part : un jeu de reversi donne la forme et fixe tout. C’est le Roi (et Mme de Montespan tient la carte) ; Monsieur, la Reine et madame de Soubise ; M. de Dangeau et compagnie, Langlée et compagnie. Mille louis sont répandus sur le tapis ; il n’y a point d’autres jetons. Je voyais jouer Dangeau, et j’admirais combien nous sommes sots auprès de lui. Il ne songe qu’à son affaire et gagne où les autres perdent. Il ne néglige rien, il profite de tout, il n’est point distrait ; en un mot sa bonne conduite défie la fortune. -
Mademoiselle De Corday Madame Roland the Princesse De Lamballe
M AD EM OI S EL LE D E CORD A ! M AD AM E R OLAN D THE P RI N CESS E D E L AM B ALLE M AD AM E D E GEN L IS A U S T I N D O B S O N fl N EW ! O R! P UBLISHE RS To M! FRIEND BRAN D ER MATTH EWS PREFATOR! N TE O . MON G re asons for re ri ntin these ers two p g pap , chiefl ma be me ntione d - one th at th e w ere y y , y origi nally plan ne d for publi cation i n b ook- form ; the th e r th at b t e - issuin the m now th e auth or h as o , y g , e en e na le d to ive th em th e revision of w ich b b g h , from a s e of time th e s to d i n ne e d . l p , y o It may b e obje cte d th at th e P ri nce s s de Lamb alle al a h marr a w as b i rth an It i n . B ut b e r i e b , y b , y g , y th e more i m ortant art of h er life and a ov all p p , b e b h e r tra i c d eath sh e e on s to th e c ountr of y g , b l g y ti n h e r adop o . -
Memoirs of Louis XIV., and of the Regency, Being the Secret Memoirs of the Mother of the Regent
Memoirs of Louis XIV., and of the Regency, Being the Secret Memoirs of the Mother of the Regent Madame Elizabeth-Charlotte of Bavaria, Duchesse d’Orléans This public domain (U.S.) text was produced by David Widger, [email protected]. The Project GutenbergTM edition (“cm22b10”) was converted to LATEX by means of GutenMark software (version Mar 23 2003), and modified by Ron Burkey for formatting purposes. Re- port problems to [email protected]. Revision: A Date: 03/27/03 Contents BOOK 1 3 PREFACE 3 MADAME ELIZABETH-CHARLOTTE OF BAVARIA, DUCHESSE D’ORLÉANS. 9 LOUIS XIV. 37 MADEMOISELLE DE FONTANGE. 69 MADAME DE LA VALLIERE. 71 MADAME DE MONTESPAN 77 MADAME DE MAINTENON. 83 THE QUEEN-CONSORT OF LOUIS XIV. 107 BOOK 2 113 PHILIPPE I., DUC D’ORLÉANS. 113 i ii PHILIPPE II., DUC D’ORLÉANS, REGENT OF FRANCE. 123 THE AFFAIRS OF THE REGENCY. 141 THE DUCHESSE D’ORLÉANS, WIFE OF THE REGENT. 185 MARIE-ANNE CHRISTINE VICTOIRE OF BAVARIA, THE FIRST DAUPHINÉ. 197 ADELAIDE OF SAVOY, THE SECOND DAUPHINÉ. 205 THE FIRST DAUPHIN. 213 THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY, THE SECOND DAUPHIN. 223 PETITE MADAME. 227 BOOK 3 231 HENRIETTA OF ENGLAND, THE FIRST WIFE OF MONSIEUR, BROTHER OF LOUIS XIV. 231 THE DUC DE BERRI. 241 THE DUCHESSE DE BERRI. 245 MADEMOISELLE D’ORLÉANS, LOUISE-ADELAIDE DE CHARTRES. 255 iii MADEMOISELLE DE VALOIS, CHARLOTTE-AGLAË, CONSORT OF THE PRINCE OF MODENA. 261 THE ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN OF THE REGENT, DUC D’ORLÉANS. 271 THE CHEVALIER DE LORRAINE. 275 PHILIP V., KING OF SPAIN. 277 THE DUCHESSE LOUISE-FRANCISQUE, CONSORT OF LOUIS III., DUC DE BOURBON.