Date: w. 1788-93, 1796 (rev. 1815, 1827, 1837, 1897)
"By many, conversation is esteemed as a theatre or a school: but, after the morning has been occupied by the labours of the library, I wish to unbend rather than to exercise my mind; and in the interval between tea and supper I am far from disdaining the innocent amusement of a game at cards."
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