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  • One of the first positive descriptions in the English language noted wafts of “incongruities” such as cream cheese, onions and brown sherry.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • One of the first positive descriptions in the English language noted wafts of “incongruities” such as cream cheese, onions and brown sherry.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • One of the first positive descriptions in the English language noted wafts of “incongruities” such as cream cheese, onions and brown sherry.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • The Duke knows what I like, and says to the Groom of the Chambers, ‘Martin, you will have some cold beef, not too much done, and a pint bottle of pale ale, and some brown sherry, ready in my study as usual; — Archer is coming here this evening.’

    The History of Pendennis 2006

  • Because he sits in his parlour, pushing the brown sherry and chatting with his clients, while his clerks express their souls for him in a back office.

    Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • Of the two plans of retirement, Carthew gathered that his own had been vastly the more lucrative; but Hadden's trading outfit had consisted largely of bottled stout and brown sherry for his own consumption.

    The Wrecker 1898

  • The Duke knows what I like, and says to the Groom of the Chambers, 'Martin, you will have some cold beef, not too much done, and a pint bottle of pale ale, and some brown sherry, ready in my study as usual; -- Archer is coming here this evening.'

    The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

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