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II.
WINE.
"
One
glasse
of
drink,
I
got
by
chance,
'"Twas
Claret
when
it
was
in
France,
"But
now
from
it
moche
wider:
"I
think
a
man
might
make
as
good
"With
green
crabbes,
bojTd
in
Brazil
wood,
"
And
half
a
pinte
of
Cjjder."
An
Old
Song.
USED
in
moderation,
and
as
dispensing
1
by
its
cheering
influence,
an
additional
zest
to
several
of
our
social
enjoyments,
Wine
may
be
said to
form
one
of
the
blessings
of
life.
That
it
constitutes
a
luxury,
to
which
more
consideration
is
attached
than
to
almost
any
other
whatever,
is
sufficiently
ob-
vious
to
need
any
extraneous
remarks
to
prove
it,
so,
nor
do
I
think
it
by
any
means
less
clear,
that,
in
the
existing
state
of
society,
it
is
an
article
which
has
almost
become
a
necessary
of
life.*
The
object,
however,
of
this
Treatise,
is
not
to
point
out
the
benefits
which
the
rational
use
of
Wine
confers
on
mankind,
but
by
guarding
the
Public
against
the
pernicious
adulterations
which
are
prac-
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