...never consent to have expunged, of which excise is a well-known illustration. " Excise," he wrote, " 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." After remaking which, Johnson's immense work,...

...treason to his country. " Pensioner, a slave of state, hired by a stipend to ohey his master. " Excise, 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." Naturally, the Commissioners of the Excise...

...peculiarities, are somewhat amusing. As a Tory, hating \Valpole and the Whig Excise Act, he defines excise us' 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...

...treason to his country. " Pensioner, a slave of state, hired by a stipend to obey his master. " Excise, 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." Naturally, the Commissioners of the Excise...

...maintained that the first Whig was the devil. Hating Walpole and the Whig excise act, he defines Excise, " 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." He said, " I am willing to love all mankind,...

...cither the peculiarities or the personal prejudices of their author. The following are examples: Excise: A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged, not by the common jndges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. Oats: A grain which in England...

...generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people]. — Croker. He thus defines 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." The Commissioners of Excise, being offended by...

...double meaning, when, in his dictionary, he wrote thus: "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." Gentlemen of the excise had nearly as much...

...peculiarities, are somewhat amusing. As a Tory, hating Walpole and the Whig Excise Act, he defines excise iis'a ce, thank him for his kind observations on those passages, and then read them to him as a but by wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.' Pension is 'an allowance made to any one without...

...his ' Dictionary ' some twenty years after this struggle, gave the following definition of 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.' Every financier who has written upon the subject...