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But this loses sight of the fact that the original appellation was whisk. The fact is, the name Edmund or Edmond is common in both the Yorkshire and Irish families of Hoyle; and probably one Hoyle has been mistaken for another. At all events, the author, by personal inquiry, has positively ascertained that he did not belong to the family of Yorkshire Hoyles, who acquired estates near Halifax temp Edward III. Second, you want someone who is reliable and responsible. First, you want someone who is outgoing and friendly. In Captain Francis Grose’s "Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" (1785), swabbers are said to be "The ace of hearts, knave of clubs, ace and deuce of trumps at Whist." The Hon. Daines Barrington (writing in 1787), says, that at the beginning of the century, whisk was "played with what were called swabbers, which were possibly so termed, because they who had certain cards in their hand were entitled to take up a share of the stake, independent of the general event of the game." This was probably the true office of the swabbers. Dr. Johnson does not positively derive Whist from the interjectio silentium imperans; he cautiously explains Whist to be "a game at cards, requiring close attention and silence." Nares, in his Glossary, has "Whist, an interjection commanding silence;" and he adds, "That the name of the game of Whist is derived from this, is known, I presume, to all who play or do not play." He, however, in his preface, well remarks that he knows "the extreme fallaciousness of the science of etymology when based on mere similarity of sound;" but in the case of Whist, he has allowed similarity of sound to master his judgment.

However, players will often play on even when there are not enough points available for them to win, in the hope of laying one or more "snookers" to force their opponent into playing foul shots. The table has six pockets: one at each corner and one at the centre of each of the two longer side cushions. Though I feel underdressed in my simple shirt and wide-leg pants during my visit, Porschatis assures me I’ll only get in trouble if I wear ripped jeans or flip-flops, or if I use my laptop and cellphone at the table. It seems probable that Holy originally drew up some notes for the use of the pupils to whom he gave lessons in Whist, as his original edition speaks of "purchasers of the Treatise in Manuscript disposed of the last winter," and also that there was "a Treatise on the Game at Whist lately dispersed among a few Hands at a Guinea Price," and further, that the author of it "has fram’d an Artificial Memory which takes not off your Attention from your Game; and, if required, he is ready to communicate it upon Payment of one Guinea. To secure his property, Hoyle printed the manuscript, and registered it at Stationer’s Hall in November, 1742. It is said that the treatise ran through five editions in one year, and that Holy received a large sum for the copyright.

One of the most noticeable trends is the shift from traditional pool halls to more upscale venues. In the game, you can play in live, real-time pool matches against other players from around the world. In 1674, Charles Cotton, the poet, published a description of ruff-and-honors in "The Compleat Gamester: or Instructions how to play at Billiards, Trucks, Bowls, and Chess. Some writers are of the opinion that trump was originally played without honors; but as no description of trump without honors is known to exist, their view must be taken as conjectural. It appears that a clergyman was recommended to the Archbishop for preferment, when His Grace said, "he had heard that the clergyman used to play at Whist and swobbers; that as to 51 playing now and then a sober game at Whist, it might be pardoned; but he could not digest those wicked swobbers." Johnson defines swobbers as ‘four privileged cards used incidentally in betting at Whist." It has been conjectured by later writers that swabbers were identical with the honors; but this is an error. That the game had not yet become fashionable is evident from the disparaging way in which it is referred to by writers of the period.

At this period (early part of the eighteenth century) there was a mania for card playing in all parts of Europe, and in all classes of society, but Whist had not as yet found favor in the highest circles. After the swabbers were dropped (and it is probable that they were not in general use in the eighteenth century), our national card game became known simply as Whist, though still occasionally spelt whisk. While Whist was undergoing these changes of name and of character, there was for a time associated with it another title, viz., swabbers or swobbers. Fielding, in his "History of the life of the late Mr. Jonathan Wild, the Great," records that when the ingenious Count La Ruse was domiciled with Mr. Geoffrey Snap, in 1682, or, in other words, was in a spunging-house, the Count beguiled the tedium of his in-door existence by playing at Whisk-and-Swabbers, "the game then in chief vogue." Swift also, in his "Essay on the Fates of Clergymen" (1728), ridicules Archbishop Tenison for not understanding the meaning of swabbers. The meaning of the word is unknown. Douce ("Illustrations") pointed out its real meaning, and also ridiculed Ben Jonson’s derivation of the word trump from tromper.

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