MacNally, Leonard (1752-1820)

Fashionable Levities, A Comedy.

London

Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson

1785

Play [gambling] may be a ruling passion

LADY FLIPPANT SAVAGE
And wou'd you have me accessary to the ruin of a young creature?

CHEATERLY
There is no ruin intended;--I have open'd my mind to the lady,--Sir Buzzard is my friend, and I only solicit your interest; I would marry Constance.

LADY FLIPPANT SAVAGE
No ruin intended! could a greater curse befal a young creature than to marry you! --who are you, Sir?

CHEATERLY
Who am I, madam! a gentleman.

LADY FLIPPANT SAVAGE
I don't mean to asperse your birth, Sir; but is not your ruling passion play; your principal dependance cards and dice; your most intimate connections jockies, grooms, game-cocks, and race-horses? I am surprized you could look up to her.

CHEATERLY
My fortune and family entitle me to look up to any woman.

Government::Rule and Subjection::Rule of Passion

Searching HDIS for "ruling passion"

4 entries in ESTC (1785, 1786).

Fashionable Levities, a Comedy. In Five Acts. By Leonard MacNally (London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1785).

Ruling Passion

06/01/2004