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The new game of cards, or, A pack of cards changed into a complete and perpetual almanac
in a dialogue between a nobleman and his servant

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The new game of cards, or, A pack of cards changed into a complete and perpetual almanac<br>in a dialogue between a nobleman and his servant
 
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A favored servant in a gentleman's household is accused of being a cardplayer and gamester. Having been found with a pack of cards on his person, he explains to his master that he uses his cards as both an almanac and a prayer-book. Upon hearing this,t he gentleman, instead of dismissing the servant for gaming, rewards him by doubling his pay.
 
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1842
 
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English
 
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Boston Public Library - United States
 
 Publisher
Brown, Bicking & Guilbert - United States
The work is no longer under copyright and therefore is in the public domain.

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