 | ANECDOTES OF THE PASSIONS AND VICISSITUDES OF
GAMESTERS. The gaming table : its votaries and victims, in all times and countries,
especially in England and in France. Vol. 2 |  |
A MAGNIFICENT FORTUNE WASTED.
Lord Foley, who died in 1793, entered upon the turf with an estate of £18,000 per annum, and £100,000 ready money. He left with a ruined constitution, an encumbered estate, and not a shilling of ready money!
| ANECDOTES OF THE PASSIONS AND VICISSITUDES OF
GAMESTERS. The gaming table : its votaries and victims, in all times and countries,
especially in England and in France. Vol. 2 | |