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... Quantity , and Percentage , from 1831 to 1863 380 CHAPTER XII . MARSALA . Marsala - Soil similar to Xerez - Albariza - Barro - Argil - Excellent Red Wines - Mostly sent to America - Consumption fallen off- Sometimes called Bronte ...
... Quantity , and Percentage , from 1831 to 1863 380 CHAPTER XII . MARSALA . Marsala - Soil similar to Xerez - Albariza - Barro - Argil - Excellent Red Wines - Mostly sent to America - Consumption fallen off- Sometimes called Bronte ...
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... quantity being found on regauging to be 99 gallons , the merchant could make no claim ; but if it were 98 gallons , he would be entitled to send an invoice to the company for 1 gallon . The dock rates are somewhat higher than at wharves ...
... quantity being found on regauging to be 99 gallons , the merchant could make no claim ; but if it were 98 gallons , he would be entitled to send an invoice to the company for 1 gallon . The dock rates are somewhat higher than at wharves ...
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... quantity at an indefinite credit . These houses are cutting in most grievously and annoyingly upon what are called the old respectable wine merchants ; but such is the way of trade and of the world , and the latter are already proving ...
... quantity at an indefinite credit . These houses are cutting in most grievously and annoyingly upon what are called the old respectable wine merchants ; but such is the way of trade and of the world , and the latter are already proving ...
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... quantity of the best that grow in those parts . ' In Scotland it was often so abundant that , upon the arrival of ships at Leith from Bordeaux , casks were placed on wheelbarrows , and the ' claret ' sold in the streets in stoups ...
... quantity of the best that grow in those parts . ' In Scotland it was often so abundant that , upon the arrival of ships at Leith from Bordeaux , casks were placed on wheelbarrows , and the ' claret ' sold in the streets in stoups ...
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... quantity of wines is yearly carried to the Isles , with the insatiable desire whereof the inhabitants are so far possessed that , when there arrives any ship or other vessel there , they spend both days and nights in their excess of ...
... quantity of wines is yearly carried to the Isles , with the insatiable desire whereof the inhabitants are so far possessed that , when there arrives any ship or other vessel there , they spend both days and nights in their excess of ...
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