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of

the

finest

quality,

are

improved

by

lying

to-

gether

in

so

large

a

body

;

the

next,

that

his

sell-

ing

exclusively

for

ready

money

only,

enables

him

to

part

with

his

Wine

at so

low

a

price,

and

that

it

scarcely

affords

him

any

profit

at

all.

The

Wine

tastes

full

to

the

palate,

is

of

brilliant

colour,

and

if

Port,

the

purchaser

is

assured

(and

with

truth,

from

obvious

reasons

which

shall

be

shown

to

my

Readers,)

that

it

will

be

quite

crusted

in

two

or

three

months.

These,

and

other

like as-

surances,

conclude

with

a

gaurantee,

that

the

Wine

is

warranted

to

turn

out

as

represented,

and

that

the

cash,

with

all

expenses,

will

be

returned,

if

it

does

not

prove

to

do

so;

though,

be

it

ob-

served,

the

seller

cunningly

manages

to

retain

the

nine

points

of

law

in

his

own

favour,

(namely,

possession

of

the

cashj

leaving

only

the

poor

remaining

one

to

the

purchaser,

the

value

of

which,

he

may

probably

have

to

estimate

to

his

cost.

The

many

quibbles,

by

which

this

bargain

is

afterwards

evaded,

alone

forcibly

illustrates

the

notorious

remark

once

made

by

an

individual be-

longing

to

this

famous

class

of

advertisers,

'

That

a

customer

once,

forms

the

extent

of

their

ex-

pectations

;'

or,

in

other

words,

*

That

the

first

application

of a

person

to

purchase

Wine

of

them,

is

by

their

address

;

that

a

second

visit,

from

the

same

party,

and

for

a

similar

purpose,

is

by

good

luck

!'

From

the

'flattering

tale*

thus

told,

and

which