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... allowed to be sent out without a permit , causing much trouble and loss of time . But as there was no prohibition against sending out eleven bottles ( less than 2 gallons ) , cellars might be thus legally emptied ; and as permits were ...
... allowed to be sent out without a permit , causing much trouble and loss of time . But as there was no prohibition against sending out eleven bottles ( less than 2 gallons ) , cellars might be thus legally emptied ; and as permits were ...
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... allowed to go to a foreign country without having my portmanteau searched : it was in 1823 , when , embarking at New- haven for Dieppe , a strict examination was made to discover if I was carrying abroad any models or plans of machinery ...
... allowed to go to a foreign country without having my portmanteau searched : it was in 1823 , when , embarking at New- haven for Dieppe , a strict examination was made to discover if I was carrying abroad any models or plans of machinery ...
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... merchant may be enabled to take charge of his own , and to employ his own men to do what is required . This is allowed in Holland and Belgium , and REVIEW OF HALF A CENTURY . 13 we advise all 12 WINE , THE VINE , AND THE CELLAR .
... merchant may be enabled to take charge of his own , and to employ his own men to do what is required . This is allowed in Holland and Belgium , and REVIEW OF HALF A CENTURY . 13 we advise all 12 WINE , THE VINE , AND THE CELLAR .
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... allowed a quantity yearly accord- ing to their rank . MacLean of Coll , and MacLean of Lochbuy , were each restricted to four hogsheads ; Clanranald had twelve ; MacLeod of Dunvegan , sixteen . This last is fifteen bottles daily , which ...
... allowed a quantity yearly accord- ing to their rank . MacLean of Coll , and MacLean of Lochbuy , were each restricted to four hogsheads ; Clanranald had twelve ; MacLeod of Dunvegan , sixteen . This last is fifteen bottles daily , which ...
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... allowed to rest ; and the conviction was gradually driven into the minds of even the greatest opponents of any alteration , that it was inevitably coming upon them after all . Much anxiety was also DIFFERENTIAL RATES . 81 felt as to ...
... allowed to rest ; and the conviction was gradually driven into the minds of even the greatest opponents of any alteration , that it was inevitably coming upon them after all . Much anxiety was also DIFFERENTIAL RATES . 81 felt as to ...
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