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... Dinner at one A.M. - Kicking a Muleteer - Amontillado - Chamomile - Montilla- Vino de Pasto - Paxarété - Rota Tent - Gordon and Co.'s Circular , 1802 Sherris Sack ' -Mr . Ballantyne's Description — Mr . Duff— Table of Consumption since ...
... Dinner at one A.M. - Kicking a Muleteer - Amontillado - Chamomile - Montilla- Vino de Pasto - Paxarété - Rota Tent - Gordon and Co.'s Circular , 1802 Sherris Sack ' -Mr . Ballantyne's Description — Mr . Duff— Table of Consumption since ...
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... Dinner at Château Lagrange - Château Margaux , 1834 - Hotel de Margaux - Price of Lafitte , 1858 and 1860 - Profits of the old English Houses - Dutch , German , and Belgians White Growths - Differently made- Produce of Bordeaux and ...
... Dinner at Château Lagrange - Château Margaux , 1834 - Hotel de Margaux - Price of Lafitte , 1858 and 1860 - Profits of the old English Houses - Dutch , German , and Belgians White Growths - Differently made- Produce of Bordeaux and ...
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... dinner and a good bottle of wine were usually ready for him . I recollect an instance , in my own experience , of the way these officers sometimes acted . On a shelf in my counting - house there stood sixteen or seven- teen bottles of ...
... dinner and a good bottle of wine were usually ready for him . I recollect an instance , in my own experience , of the way these officers sometimes acted . On a shelf in my counting - house there stood sixteen or seven- teen bottles of ...
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... dinners . Not long ago one gave a déjeuner at a race meeting , said to have cost at least 600l . These are business calculations , and , if kept within bounds and well managed , may prove profitable ; but all know by experience that the ...
... dinners . Not long ago one gave a déjeuner at a race meeting , said to have cost at least 600l . These are business calculations , and , if kept within bounds and well managed , may prove profitable ; but all know by experience that the ...
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... dinner or dessert , as stimulating as any wine imported , and peculiarly free from acidity . ' Grapes do not thrive on the Elbe , but potatoes grow in rich abundance in that favoured locality , and yield a fine native spirit ; while the ...
... dinner or dessert , as stimulating as any wine imported , and peculiarly free from acidity . ' Grapes do not thrive on the Elbe , but potatoes grow in rich abundance in that favoured locality , and yield a fine native spirit ; while the ...
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