Lucretia B
speaker
390 appearances
1 recordings
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 20 Jul
Lucretia B’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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From what tree of the forest oozes there a balm that can soothe the gamester's heart?
In that bottle where God keeps the tears of his children, are there any tears of the gambler?
Do the winds that come to kiss the faded cheek of sickness and to cool the heated brow of the laborer whisper hope and cheer to the emaciated victim of the game of hazard?
When an honest man is in trouble, he has sympathy.
Poor fellow, they say, but do gamblers come to weep at the agonies of the gambler?
In Northumberland was one of the finest estates in England.
Mr Porter owned it, and in a year gambled it all away.
Having lost the last acre of the estate, he came down from the saloon and got into his carriage, went back.
Put up his horses and carriage and townhouse and played.
He threw and lost.
He started home, and on a side alley met a friend from whom he borrowed ten guineas.
went back to the saloon and before a great while had won twenty thousand pounds.
He died at last a beggar in St.
Giles.
How many gamblers felt sorry for Mr Porter?
Who consoled him on the loss of his estate by
What gambler subscribed to put a stone over the poor man's grave?
Not one.
Furthermore, this sin is the source of uncounted dishonesties.
The game of hazard itself is often a cheat.
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