 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 páginas
...such men ? " ///-nature also found vent in some of the definitions. " Excise " is thus defined : " A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged, not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid." Johnson was a staunch Tory, and hated, of course,... | |
 | James Mason - 1875 - 674 páginas
...Under the title ' Excise ' are the following words : — ' EXCISE, ns (accijs, Dutch : excisum, Latin), a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged, not by the common judges of property, but -wrcUhti hired by those to whom Exist is paid. ' " The people should pay a rateable tax for their... | |
 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 páginas
...well-known definition of ' Excise,' in the first edition of his Dictionary, illustrates this aversion : ' A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged, not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.' L. 117. Sappho : See note to Ep. II. 24. I.. 119.... | |
 | John Owens - 1879 - 588 páginas
...Under the title ' Excise ' are the following words : — Excise, ns accijis, Dutch ; excisum, Latin ; a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged, not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom the Excise is paid." "The author's definition being observed by... | |
 | John Owens - 1879 - 582 páginas
...Under the title ' Excise ' are the following words : — Excise, ns accijis, Dutch ; exrisum, Latin ; a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged, not by the common judges of property, but ,wretches hired by those to whom the Excise is paid." " The author's definition being observed... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 páginas
...grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. "Excise. A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but by wretches hired by those to whom the excise is paid." Boswell had a talk with him about these... | |
 | Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - 1879 - 1054 páginas
...expressing the general prejudice which long prevailed in England against this mode of collecting a revenue: "A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged, not by the common judges of property, but by wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." Excise wae a name formerly confined to th<-... | |
 | Noah Knowles Davis - 1880 - 344 páginas
...A dog is a digitigrade quadruped, having fixed claws, four toes, and a recurved tail. 43. Excise : a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but by wretches hired by those to whom the excise is paid. — Dr. Johnson. 44. Honesty is integrity,... | |
 | Charles Churchill - 1880 - 740 páginas
...the intersections. Cough — A convulsion of the lungs vellicated by some sharp serosity. Excise — A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property; but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. This defininon of the word Excise gave great offence... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 páginas
...peculiarities, are somewhat amusing. As a Tory, bating Walpole and the Whig Excise Act, he defines excise as 'a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged, not by the common judges of property, but by wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.' Pension is 'an allowance made to any one without... | |
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Excise. A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. 
