All former delights of turf, mess, hunting-field, and gambling-table; all previous loves and courtships of milliners, opera-dancers, and the like easy triumphs of the clumsy military Adonis, were quite insipid when compared to the lawful matrimonial pleasures which of late he had enjoyed. 
All former delights of turf, mess, hunting-field, and gambling-table - all previous loves and courtships were quite insipid when compared to the matrimonial pleasures he had lately enjoyed. 