The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 126A. Constable, 1867 |
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... Wine Trade of Portugal . February , 1867 . 2. The Wine Trade Review , 1866-67 . London . 3. Wine , the Vine , and the Cellar . By T. G. Shaw . London : 1863 . 4. Reports from the Select Committee on Import Duties on Wines , together ...
... Wine Trade of Portugal . February , 1867 . 2. The Wine Trade Review , 1866-67 . London . 3. Wine , the Vine , and the Cellar . By T. G. Shaw . London : 1863 . 4. Reports from the Select Committee on Import Duties on Wines , together ...
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... wine - almost throughout the century— was , also relatively speaking , enormous . It was almost exclu- sively drawn from Gascony , and so cheap as to give some war- rant to the half - historic , half - prophetic , raptures in which some ...
... wine - almost throughout the century— was , also relatively speaking , enormous . It was almost exclu- sively drawn from Gascony , and so cheap as to give some war- rant to the half - historic , half - prophetic , raptures in which some ...
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... wine entered in the annual rolls ( for some time ) is set down among the charges of the chapel ! However numerous were the masses said in New College Chapel during the earlier days of its foundation , it could hardly have been the case ...
... wine entered in the annual rolls ( for some time ) is set down among the charges of the chapel ! However numerous were the masses said in New College Chapel during the earlier days of its foundation , it could hardly have been the case ...
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... Wine Trade of Portugal . February , 1867 . 2. The Wine Trade Review , 1866-67 . London . 3. Wine , the Vine , and the Cellar . By T. G. SHAW . London : 1863 . 4. Reports from the Select Committee on Import Duties on Wines , together ...
... Wine Trade of Portugal . February , 1867 . 2. The Wine Trade Review , 1866-67 . London . 3. Wine , the Vine , and the Cellar . By T. G. SHAW . London : 1863 . 4. Reports from the Select Committee on Import Duties on Wines , together ...
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... wines of France and Germany were practically excluded from our market by the fiscal barrier of a 5s . 9d . duty per gallon , which in many cases was several times the value of the wine itself . 180 July , Wine and the Wine Trade .
... wines of France and Germany were practically excluded from our market by the fiscal barrier of a 5s . 9d . duty per gallon , which in many cases was several times the value of the wine itself . 180 July , Wine and the Wine Trade .
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