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Wine, the Vine and the Cellar - Page 30
by Thomas George Shaw - 1863 - 505 pages
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 2

William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1860 - 858 pages
...sort, in which Clarence and York, and the very highest personage of the realm, the great Prince Regent, all play parts. The feast took place at the Pavilion...toper did not refuse. He soon began to see that there \vas a conspiracy against him ; he drank glass for glass ; he overthrew many of the brave. At List...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 21

American literature - 1860 - 1002 pages
...the Pavilion, and the old duke drove over from his Castle of Arundel with his famous equipage of gray horses, still remembered in Sussex. The Prince of...royal brothers a notable scheme for making the old man drnnk. Every person at table was enjoined to drink wine with the duke — a challenge which the old...
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Wit, Wisdom, and Morals, Distilled from Bacchus

Charles Tovey - Anecdotes - 1878 - 356 pages
...Brighton. "Jockey of Norfolk" was celebrated for his table exploits, and the Prince of Wales had concerted with his royal brothers a notable scheme for making the old man drunk. The Prince invited him to dine and sleep at the Pavilion ; and the old man drove over from his castle...
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The Four Georges: Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court and Town Life

William Makepeace Thackeray - Great Britain - 1879 - 222 pages
...the Pavilion, and the old Duke drove over from his Castle of Arundel with his famous equipage of gray horses, still remembered in Sussex. The Prince of...royal brothers a notable scheme for making the old man drnnk. Every person at table was enjoined to drink wine with the Duke — a challenge which the old...
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Complete Works, Volume 8

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 pages
...the Pavilion, and the old Duke drove over from his Castle of Arundel with his famous equipage of gray horses, still remembered in Sussex. The Prince of...brothers a notable scheme for making the old man drunk. Ever}' person at table was enjoined to drink wine with the Duke — a challenge which the old toper...
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Handy Guide to Brighton

D. Burchell Friend - Brighton (England) - 1886 - 238 pages
...nobleman, the Duke of Norfolk, called Jockey of Norfolk in his time, and celebrated for his table exploits. The Prince of Wales had concocted with his royal brothers...the duke — a challenge which the old toper did not refuge. He soon began to see that there was a. conspiracy against him ; he drank glass for glass ;...
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Roundabout Papers, to which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 876 pages
...equipage of gray horses, still remembered in Sussex. The Prince of Wales had concocted with his ro3-al brothers a notable scheme for making the old man drunk....challenge which the old toper did not refuse. He soon begau to see that there was a conspiracy against him ; he drank gloss for glass ; he overthrew many...
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The Four Georges

William Makepeace Thackeray - Great Britain - 1983 - 216 pages
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Royalty in All Ages: The Amusements, Eccentricities, Accomplishments ...

Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - Europe - 1903 - 482 pages
...had been invited by the Prince to dine at the Pavilion, who had concocted with his royal brothers a scheme for making the old man drunk. Every person...— a challenge which the old toper did not refuse. But " he soon began to see that there was a conspiracy against him ; he drank glass for glass ; he...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume 26

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1904 - 552 pages
...sort, in which Clarence and York, and the very highest personage of the realm, the great Prince Regent, all play parts. The feast took place at the Pavilion...conspiracy against him; he drank glass for glass; he over-, threw many of the brave. At last the First Gentleman of Europe proposed bumpers of brandy. One...
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