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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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Meditations on gout

George H. Ellwanger - 1897 - 262 pages
...Kilduff, ten dozen of old claret at his choice, and a single bottle of that other liquor called Port. 1 also leave to him six dozen of Port, provided that he attests under his hand, signed John Home, that he has himself alone finished that bottle at two sittings. By this concession he will at...
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A Scots Wanderjahre

David Lowe - 1900 - 236 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...attests, under his hand, signed John Hume, that he has alone finished that bottle at two sittings. By this concession he will at once terminate the only two...
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Scotland, Historic and Romantic, Volume 1

Maria Hornor Lansdale - 1902 - 550 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...at two sittings. By this concession he will at once surmount the only two differences that ever were between us concerning temporal matters.' " John Home,...
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Scotland, Historic and Romantic, Volume 1

Maria Hornor Lansdale - 1901 - 534 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...at two sittings. By this concession he will at once surmount the only two differences that ever were between us concerning temporal matters.' " John Home,...
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Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century

Henry Grey Graham - 1901 - 536 pages
...of my old claret at his choice, and a single bottle of that other liquor called port. I also leave him six dozen of port, provided that he attests under his hand, signed John Hume, that he has himself finished the bottle in two sittings. By this concession he will terminate the only two differences...
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A Literary History of Scotland

John Hepburn Millar - 1903 - 736 pages
...zealots, " who little knew, as Carlyle boldly avers, " how impossible it was for hand, signed John Humc, that he has himself alone finished that bottle at...differences that ever arose between us concerning temporal matter?." ' Hume, Phil. Works, ed. Green and Grose, vol. iii. p. 14. 2 " We visited Corby Castle on...
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A Literary History of Scotland

John Hepburn Millar - 1903 - 744 pages
...boldly avers, " how impossible it was for hand, signed John Hume, that he has himself alone fmished that bottle at two sittings. By this concession, he...differences that ever arose between us concerning temporal matters." 1 Hume, Phil. Works, ed. Green and Grose, vol. iii. p. 14. * " We visited Corby Castle on...
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A Literary History of Scotland

John Hepburn Millar - 1903 - 732 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 of port, provided that he attests under his conversation, Carlyle further tells us, "was truly irresistible, for while it was enlightened it was...
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The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1864 - 866 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...differences that ever arose between us concerning temporal matters." Somewhat akin to this humour was that shewn in a verbal bequest of a Scotch judge named Lord...
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1785-1824

Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 812 pages
...of my old claret at his choice ; and one other bottle of that other liquor called port. I also leave t as sharers, his conclusions would have been very...different, and political economy to-day would not embrace a sitting. By this concession he will at once terminate the only difference that ever arose between...
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