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" I leave to my friend, Mr. John Home, of Kilduff, ten dozen of my old claret, at his choice ; and one single bottle of that other liquor called port. I also leave to him six dozen of port, provided that he attests under his hand, signed John Hume, that... "
The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart - Page 331
by Walter Scott - 1835
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Account of the life of Mr. John Home. Appendix to biographical account of Mr ...

John Home - 1822 - 420 pages
...John Home of Kilduff, ten dozen of my old claret, at his choice ; and one single bottle of that other liquor called port. I also leave to him six dozen...differences that ever arose between us concerning temporal matters." * Both were fond of picquet, and they played every evening on the road. . Note by DAVID HUME,...
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Correspondence of the Late Gilbert Wakefield, B. A.: With the Late Right ...

Gilbert Wakefield, Henry Mackenzie - 1822 - 614 pages
...John Home of Kilduff, ten dozen of my old claret, at his choice ; and one single bottle of that other liquor called port. I also leave to him six dozen...differences that ever arose between us concerning temporal matters." * Both were fond of picquet, and they played every evening on the road. Note by DAVID HUME,...
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The Scotsman's Library: Being a Collection of Anecdotes and Facts ...

James Mitchell - 1825 - 798 pages
...dozen of my old claret, at his choice j and one »ingle botlle of that other liquor called port. 1 also leave to him six dozen of port, provided that...John Hume, that he has himself alone finished that botlle at two sittings. By this concession, he will at once terminate the only two differences that...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 36

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1827 - 634 pages
...John Home, of KiMuff, ten dozen of my old claret, at his choice ; and one single bottle of that other liquor called port. I also leave to him six dozen...differences that ever arose between us concerning temporal matters.' — vol. ip 163. The subject of the name has been already mentioned. Thebequest of wine alludes...
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The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1832 - 846 pages
...of my old claret at his choice, and one single bottle of that other liquor called port. I also leave him six dozen of port, provided that he attests under...he will at once terminate the only two differences thnt ever arose between us concerning temporal matters.' Somewhat akin to this humour was that shewn...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Periodical criticism

Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 386 pages
...John Home, of Kilduff, ten dozen of my old claret, at his choice ; and one single bottle of that other liquor called port, I also leave to him six dozen...differences that ever arose between us concerning temporal matters." — Vol. i. p. 163. The subject of the name has been already mentioned. The bequest of wine...
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The Quarterly review, Volume 36

1827 - 630 pages
...John Home, of Kilduff, ten dozen of my old claret, at his choice ; and one single bottle of that other liquor called port. I also leave to him six dozen...differences that ever arose between us concerning temporal matters.' — vol. ip 163. The subject of the name has been already mentioned. The bequest of wine...
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A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, Volume 2, Part 1

John Kay - 1838 - 466 pages
...dozen of my old claret, at his choice, and one single bottle of that other liquor, called port. I aleo leave to him six dozen of port, provided that he attests, under his hand, signed John Ifume, that he has himself alone finished that bottle at two sittings. By this concession, he will...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott: Biographical memoirs of ...

Walter Scott - 1838 - 1198 pages
...ten dozen of my old claret, at hia choice ; and one single bottle of that other liquor called port. 1 also leave to him six dozen of port, provided that he attests under hid hand, signed John Hume, that lie has himself (done finished that bottle at two sittings. By this...
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Letters of David Hume and Extracts from Letters Referring to Him

David Hume - 1841 - 92 pages
...friend Mr John Home of Kilduff ten dozen of old claret, at his choice ; and one single bottle of that liquor called port. I also leave to him six dozen...differences that ever arose between us concerning temporal matters.'—! Worla of John Home, vol. i. pp. 164. Edinb. 1822, 3 vols. 8vo.) ' As to thej>ort-v.ine,'...
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