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  • In the meantime the fatted calf had been killed; the forests had rung with the clamor of the huntsmen; the kitchen was crowded with good cheer; the cellars had yielded up whole oceans of _Rheinwein_ and

    Humorous Ghost Stories Dorothy Scarborough 1906

  • Rheinwein and lager, I did not bury that talent in a napkin, but, like the rest of my friends, made the most of it, firstly, during two semesters in Heidelberg:

    Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863

  • We punished Rheinwein and lager - beer in quantities.

    Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863

  • Hameline, "the Scots are like the Germans, who spend all their mirth over the Rheinwein, and bring only their staggering steps to the dance in the evening, and their aching heads to the ladies 'bower in the morning."

    Quentin Durward Walter Scott 1801

  • Lady Hameline, “the Scots are like the Germans, who spend all their mirth over the Rheinwein, and bring only their staggering steps to the dance in the evening, and their aching heads to the ladies’ bower in the morning.”

    Quentin Durward 2008

  • a knight of fame in arms, "said the Lady Hameline," though it is true that your ancestor of blessed memory, the Rhinegrave Gottfried, was something rough tempered, and addicted to the use of Rheinwein.

    Quentin Durward Walter Scott 1801

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