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Page ix
... Merchants ' Clerks - Tasting in the Open Air - ' Sinful ' Prices - Wine , like Horse - dealing - Drunkenness formerly not dis- graceful - Tavern Bill in 1728 - Recollections of 1773 - Wine for Twenty in 1863 - Few Drunken People now - A ...
... Merchants ' Clerks - Tasting in the Open Air - ' Sinful ' Prices - Wine , like Horse - dealing - Drunkenness formerly not dis- graceful - Tavern Bill in 1728 - Recollections of 1773 - Wine for Twenty in 1863 - Few Drunken People now - A ...
Page xi
... Merchants Fermentation - Fining- 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 ...
... Merchants Fermentation - Fining- 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 ...
Page xiv
... Merchants - Huskisson- Poulett Thomson - South African - Fatal Day for Cape - Unfair Competition - Constantia - Colonial Interests overpower the Go- vernment - Indulgence granted to Cape - Frauds with Drawback claimed - Consumption and ...
... Merchants - Huskisson- Poulett Thomson - South African - Fatal Day for Cape - Unfair Competition - Constantia - Colonial Interests overpower the Go- vernment - Indulgence granted to Cape - Frauds with Drawback claimed - Consumption and ...
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... Merchants ' Clerks - Tasting in the open Air - ' Sinful ' Prices - Wine like Horse- dealing - Drunkenness formerly not disgraceful - Tavern Bill in 1728 -Recollections of 1773 — Wine for Twenty in 1863 - Few Drunken People now - A ...
... Merchants ' Clerks - Tasting in the open Air - ' Sinful ' Prices - Wine like Horse- dealing - Drunkenness formerly not disgraceful - Tavern Bill in 1728 -Recollections of 1773 — Wine for Twenty in 1863 - Few Drunken People now - A ...
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... of Customs , and that they were always wanting something more . Few , if any , merchants attempted to pass their entries with the Customs WINE DUTIES IN 1822 . 3 themselves , preferring to 2 WINE , THE VINE , AND THE CELLAR .
... of Customs , and that they were always wanting something more . Few , if any , merchants attempted to pass their entries with the Customs WINE DUTIES IN 1822 . 3 themselves , preferring to 2 WINE , THE VINE , AND THE CELLAR .
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