gaming-house

• “Various circumstances had now acquainted him with the history of that wretched man, who was the younger son of the master of a great gaming-house.”

  Camilla

• “As you enter a gaming-house the law despoils you of your hat at the outset.”

  The Magic Skin

• “Bonnac and his wife, with whom he had been for some time acquainted, the first use of his liberty formed a striking instance of his humanity and his rashness; for with nearly all the money, just received from his brother, he went to a gaming-house, and gave it as a last stake for the chance of restoring his friend to freedom, and to his afflicted family.”

  The Mysteries of Udolpho

• ““In other words,” said Lord Glenvarloch, “this man keeps a gaming-house.””

  The Fortunes of Nigel

• ““I do not retract my word, Malcolm; but I am bound, by an early promise to my father, never to enter the doors of a gaming-house.””

  The Fortunes of Nigel

• “This well-principled heir took the money; but, instead of waiting upon his creditor, he forthwith repaired to the gaming-house, in hopes of retrieving his loss; and, before he rose from the table, saw his note mortgaged for seven-eighths of its value.”

  The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle

• “This model young man you see here left the gaming-house only to run to public balls.”

  The Honor of the Name

• “I made another adventure after this, of a nature different from all I had been concerned in yet, and this was at a gaming-house near Covent Garden.”

  Moll Flanders

• “Eugene took the dainty little purse, inquired the way of a second-hand clothes-dealer, and hurried to number 9, which happened to be the nearest gaming-house.”

  Father Goriot

• ““Have you ever been to a gaming-house?” she asked in”

  Father Goriot

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