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... Poets . HE following details respecting excise and customs TH men , dock coopers , duty - paying , and similar matters , forty years ago , possess little value in them- B selves ; but those who remember them are rapidly passing.
... Poets . HE following details respecting excise and customs TH men , dock coopers , duty - paying , and similar matters , forty years ago , possess little value in them- B selves ; but those who remember them are rapidly passing.
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Thomas George Shaw. selves ; but those who remember them are rapidly passing away , and it may be interesting to others to know how the wine trade was carried on in times gone by . On the 14th of May , 1822 , began my acquaintance with ...
Thomas George Shaw. selves ; but those who remember them are rapidly passing away , and it may be interesting to others to know how the wine trade was carried on in times gone by . On the 14th of May , 1822 , began my acquaintance with ...
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... remember three constant frequenters of the docks , Joe Reynolds , Samuel Linnott , and John Colgrave , who used to express themselves in their peculiar oracular way , so authoritatively , that I resolved to put their judgment to the ...
... remember three constant frequenters of the docks , Joe Reynolds , Samuel Linnott , and John Colgrave , who used to express themselves in their peculiar oracular way , so authoritatively , that I resolved to put their judgment to the ...
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... remember , before the failure of numerous banks in 1825 and 1826 , when all could issue their own notes , that it was a common thing to see notes handed from one counter , and bottles of wine and gin from another . A considerable ...
... remember , before the failure of numerous banks in 1825 and 1826 , when all could issue their own notes , that it was a common thing to see notes handed from one counter , and bottles of wine and gin from another . A considerable ...
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... remember my grandfather , Lord Pembroke , when he placed wine before his guests , said , ' There , gentle- men , is my champagne , my claret , & c . I am no great judge , and I give you these on the authority of my wine . merchant ; but ...
... remember my grandfather , Lord Pembroke , when he placed wine before his guests , said , ' There , gentle- men , is my champagne , my claret , & c . I am no great judge , and I give you these on the authority of my wine . merchant ; but ...
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