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tised
upon
it,
to
prevent
that,
which
may
and ought
to
be
a
blessing
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,
from
being
converted
into
a
curse.
That
so
widely
diffused,
and
in
such
general
de-
mand,
as
Wine
is,
its
abuses,
therefore,
deserve
to
be
exposed,
and
a
stop
put
to
its
being
rendered
baneful,
without
misapplication,
no
one
can
doubt,
nor,
that
an
individual
thoroughly
acquainted
with
the
subject,
is
fulfilling
more
than
his
duty
to
the
community,
when
he
holds
up
to
public
reproba-
tion,
that
class
of
persons,
who,
not content
with
the gains
which
fair
dealing
in
Wine,
in
its
genuine
state,
would
yield
them,
seek
to
reap
large
and
disproportionate
profit,
by
the
most
base
and
fraudulent
means,
whereby
they
are
not
only
undermining
the
character
and
livelihood
of
the
honest
Tradesman,
in
respect
to
his
exacting
un-
necessarily
high
prices,
but
they
are
also
cheating
the
pockets
of
those,
who
are
so
easily
gulled, as
to
put
faith
in
their
pretences.
To
discharge
this,
which
I
conceive
to
be
a
duty,
is
now
my
intention,
and
I
have
every
expectation
that I
can
place
sufficient,
both
of
facts
and
argu-
ments,
on
this
head,
before
my
Readers,
to
convince
all
those,
who
are
too
nice
to
drink
a
compound
of
Red
Cape,
Benecarlo,
Fiyuera,
and
Inferior
Port
Wines,
mixed
together,
under
the
name
of
*
genu-
ine
Old
Port,'
or
a
mixture
of
Cape,
Brandy
Cowe,
and
Coarse
Brown
Skerry,
with
the colour
ex-
tracted
by
means
of
Lamb's
Blood,
for
*
Fine
Pale
Amontillado
Sherry.
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