"Dicebox" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... for such a boy to resist the arts of a noble, eloquent and wealthy flatterer, who united juvenile vivacity to profound art and long experience of the gay world. It mattered not what the novice preferred, gallantry or field sports, the dicebox or the bottle. Wharton soon found out the master passion, offered sympathy, advice and assistance, and, while seeming to be only the minister of his disciple's pleasures, made sure of ...
— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 4 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay |
