 | 1834 - 772 pagine
...of Early Voyages, is one by a person named Nicols ; he lived eight years in the Canaries ; he says the Island of Teneriffe produces three sorts of wine,...all go under the denomination of ' Sack.' ' The term of Sack, therefore, was applied neither to sweet nor dry wines exclusively, but to Canary, Xeres, or... | |
 | 1854 - 778 pagine
...collection, there is a passage relative to sack, which will puzzle wise heads about that wine. It is under the head of ' Nicols' Voyage.' Nicols lived eight...sweet nor dry wines exclusively, but to Canary, Xeres (je sherry), or Malaga generally. In Anglo-Spanish dictionaries of a century and a quarter old, sack... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1857 - 444 pagine
...passage relative to sack, which will puzzle wise heads about that wine. It is under the head of " Nicola' Voyage." Nicols lived eight years in the islands....sweet nor dry wines exclusively, but to Canary, Xeres (ie sherry), or Malaga generally. In AngloSpanish dictionaries of a century and a quarter old, sack... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1857 - 436 pagine
...collection, there is a passage relative to sack, which will puzzle wise heads about that wine. It is under the head of " Nicols' Voyage." Nicols lived eight...produces three sorts of wine, Canary, Malvasia, and Yerdona, " which may all go under the denomination of sack." The term then was applied neither to sweet... | |
 | James Lemoine Denman - 1864 - 626 pagine
...by Hakluyt in 1 598, there occurs this passage : " Nicols lived eight years in the islands. The isle of Teneriffe produces three sorts of wine, — Canary,...may all go under the denomination of sack." The term is here meant to apply equally to the sweet and dry wines of Canary, Xeres, or Malaga. Sack is similarly... | |
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... Wines, by Alex. Henderson, Lond. 1824. The following is taken from Cyrus Redding's History of Modern Wines, Lond. 1833: " In the early voyages to these islands (the Canaries), quoted in Ashley's collection, there is a passage relative to sack, which... 