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{A delicious summer drink.) Five pounds of lump sugar, two ounces of citric acid, a gallon of boiling water: when cold add half a drachm of essence of lemon, and half a drachm of spirits of wine; stir it well, and bottle it. About two table-spoonfuls to a glass of cold water.
 
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