...Also, in his gambling, he hadone besetting weakness—faith in a system; and this made his damnationcertain...
Jack London 「The Call of the Wild」
...The gambling instinct is not strong among creatures of the wild; thechances of their daily life are sufficient stimuli for the beneficialexcitement of their nerve centers...
Edgar Rice Burroughs 「Tarzan the Terrible」
... “Pimp--crimp--procurer--Prussian spy and any other evil thing that takes his fancy! Runs a combination gambling hell and boarding house...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...Who should win it?—her guardian angel? or the gambling fiend? Alas, the latter! She bashfully drew a little purse from her bosom, and put her stake down with the rest...
Horatio Bridge 「Journal of an African Cruiser」
...Like other taverns here, the wretchedness is indescribable; no pen, ink, paper or newspaper to be had; only one room for everybody, except the gambling rooms...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
...Drinking, gambling, quarrels, fights, and shockingly immoral practices were frequent...
Booker T. Washington 「Up From Slavery: An Autobiography」
... The Cotton Combine, then, appealed to him overpoweringly—to his passion for wealth, to his passion for gambling...
W. E. B. Du Bois 「The Quest of the Silver Fleece」
...The practiceof gambling on the western waters has long been a source of annoyanceto the more moral persons who travel on our great rivers...
William Wells Brown 「Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States」
...It is this which differentiates it from all mere gambling...
Various 「Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905」
... It goeswithout saying that illegal prostitution and gambling have beenprohibited...
Emma Goldman 「Anarchism and Other Essays」
...The Chief of Police of——, for instance, a town of only about 7,000inhabitants, refused £2,000 a year for the local gambling rights...
Various 「Argentina From A British Point Of View」
...I don't know but what they have inother weapons, but I'm gambling on getting my torps in first...
Various 「Astounding Stories, February, 1931」
...Conrad, Bishop of Wurzburg, in 1521, accused his priests ofhabitual "gluttony, drunkenness, gambling, quarrelling, and lust...
Dr. D.M. Brooks 「The Necessity of Atheism」
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