Very Good Wine Was Bought At Ten Pounds Per Pipe, The Contract Price; But The Superior Quality Was Fifteen Pounds; And Some Of This Was Not Much Inferior To The Best London Madeira. - SearchQuotes

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Very good wine was bought at ten pounds per pipe, the contract price; but the superior quality was fifteen pounds; and some of this was not much inferior to the best London Madeira.

William Bligh

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