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... Natural Phosphor CHAPTER XVI . 429 CRIMEA . Prince Woronzow's Vineyards - Massandra- Aïdanil - Aloupka- Fine , pure Wines - Memorandum of Tasting . CHAPTER XVII . MADEIRA . 436 Madeira Thirty Years ago - Now greatly Changed ...
... Natural Phosphor CHAPTER XVI . 429 CRIMEA . Prince Woronzow's Vineyards - Massandra- Aïdanil - Aloupka- Fine , pure Wines - Memorandum of Tasting . CHAPTER XVII . MADEIRA . 436 Madeira Thirty Years ago - Now greatly Changed ...
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... natural Productions - Vineyards at Beechworth and Albury - Newspaper Extracts 457 CHAPTER XXI . AMERICA - CALIFORNIA . Longfellow's Song in praise of Catawba - Different Opinion - Hotel Charges before the time of Greenbacks - Cock ...
... natural Productions - Vineyards at Beechworth and Albury - Newspaper Extracts 457 CHAPTER XXI . AMERICA - CALIFORNIA . Longfellow's Song in praise of Catawba - Different Opinion - Hotel Charges before the time of Greenbacks - Cock ...
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... the merchant's cart , they must pay all damage . They are not , however , responsible for any deficiency which does not exceed one gallon per cask per annum , it being considered that this may arise from natural evaporation and leakage ;
... the merchant's cart , they must pay all damage . They are not , however , responsible for any deficiency which does not exceed one gallon per cask per annum , it being considered that this may arise from natural evaporation and leakage ;
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Thomas George Shaw. that this may arise from natural evaporation and leakage ; and thus , if a cask of 100 gallons were housed on the 31st of December , 1861 , and taken away on the 30th of December , 1862 , the quantity being found on ...
Thomas George Shaw. that this may arise from natural evaporation and leakage ; and thus , if a cask of 100 gallons were housed on the 31st of December , 1861 , and taken away on the 30th of December , 1862 , the quantity being found on ...
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... natural wine from any and every country . Such kinds as Port , Sherry , Marsala , & c . , with 35 to 45 per cent . of proof spirit , will stand any amount of maltreatment and knocking about ; and , generally , the longer they have been ...
... natural wine from any and every country . Such kinds as Port , Sherry , Marsala , & c . , with 35 to 45 per cent . of proof spirit , will stand any amount of maltreatment and knocking about ; and , generally , the longer they have been ...
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