The laws and practice of whist, by Cœlebs, M.A.Hardwicke, 1858 - 71 頁 |
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ace king knave ace knave ace queen best trump Blue Peter called claimed command Comp dealer Decision Deschapelles discard Dumby establish a long exposed card favour five in suit five trumps forcing four cards four in suit four trumps fourth hand fresh deal give partner higher card hold ace Hoyle indifferent players King &c king-card king-trump knave &c lead from ace lead queen lead smallest lead the highest leading trumps long suit long whist Long-trumps loose card loose trump minor-tenace misdeal never odd trick opponents pack partner's hand partner's lead penalty plain suits play lowest play trumps playing ace PORTLAND CLUB principle Queen knave nine renounce revoke rubber ruffed save game score second best second hand plays second round sequence SHORT WHIST strength in trumps strengthening card strong third hand third round thirteenth card three in suit three tricks Tierce major trump-card turned underplay Vide winning cards
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第 70 頁 - She was none of your lukewarm gamesters, your half-and-half players, who have no objection to take a hand, if you want one to make up a rubber ; who affirm that they have no pleasure in winning; that they like to win one game and lose another ; that they can while away an hour very agreeably at a card-table, but are indifferent whether they play or no ; and will desire an adversary, who has slipped a wrong card, to take it up and play another.
第 70 頁 - These insufferable triflers are the curse of a table. One of these flies will spoil a whole pot. Of such it may be said that they do not play at cards, but only play at playing at them. Sarah Battle was none of that breed. She detested them, as I do, from her heart and soul, and would not, save upon a striking emergency, willingly seat herself at the same table with them. She loved a thorough-paced partner, a determined enemy. She took, and gave, no concessions. She hated favours.
第 71 頁 - I never in my life — and I knew Sarah Battle many of the best years of it — saw her take out her snuff-box when it was her turn to play; or snuff a candle in the middle of a game; or ring for a servant, till it was fairly over. She never introduced, or connived at, miscellaneous conversation during its process. As she emphatically observed, cards were cards; and if I ever saw...
第 71 頁 - ... literary turn, who had been with difficulty persuaded to take a hand ; and who, in his excess of candour, declared, that he thought there was no harm in unbending the mind now and then, after serious studies, in recreations of that kind ! She could not bear to have her noble occupation, to which she wound up her faculties, considered in that light. It was her 'business, her duty, the thing she came into the world to do — and she did it.
第 71 頁 - She hated favours. She never made a revoke, nor ever passed it over in her adversary without exacting the utmost forfeiture. She fought a good fight: cut and thrust. She held not her good sword (her cards) "like a dancer.
第 70 頁 - This was the celebrated wish of old Sarah Battle (now with God), who, next to her devotions, loved a good game of whist. She was none of your lukewarm gamesters, your half-and-half players, who have no objection to take a hand, if you want one to make up a rubber ; who affirm that they have no pleasure in winning; that they like to win one game and lose another ; that they can while away an hour very agreeably at a card-table, but are indifferent whether they play or no ; and will desire an adversary,...
第 64 頁 - It is nearly 20 — 7 and 23 — 1 against the non-dealers so counting. • It is 25 — 16 (about 3 — 2) against honours being divided. DUMBY. THE lowest cut takes Dumby for partner, with the choice of seats and deal. The laws are the same as at the parent game, with this exception, that Dumby cannot revoke : since fraud cannot lie with the complicity of the adversaries. Dumby is not exempt from the penalty of misleading, because a mislead is often of vital import , and if no penalty attached...
第 11 頁 - A's request was not properly met. 28. When possession of a hand has once been disABANDONED L HAND, tinctly abandoned, it cannot, even though unexposed, be again taken up from the table, if the opponents decide on calling it. A mere feint to surrender is not penal : the abandonment must be absolute. Case 1. A having intimated that he has game, B (adversary) resigns, when it turns out that A was mistaken. Can B recall his hand? Decision. B should have called A's hand, instead of resigning his own....
第 15 頁 - When you are at the score of four or nine, and your adversaries, though eight, do not call, if you have no honour, it is evident your partner has two at least. It is equally so if you have one, that he has at least another. If both parties are at eight, and neither calls, each must have one. A little reflection will enable the beginner to make a proper advantage of these data.
第 57 頁 - Always force the strong, seldom the weak, never the two ; otherwise you play your adversaries' game, and give the one an opportunity to make his small trumps, while the other throws away his losing cards. It is a very general as well 'as fatal error; but the extent of it is seldom comprehended by unskilful players, who, seeing the good effect of judicious forces, practice them injudiciously, to their almost constant disadvantage.