 | 1888 - 536 páginas
...himself like a doll and who carries his character on his back. — Wtbster's first Edition. 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. — yohnson. Garret. A room on the highest floor... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 356 páginas
...Life of Johnson, iii. 136. • • SELDOM any splendid story is wholly true. works, vii. 224. 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. Dictionary. Exclamations : EXCLAMATION seldom succeeds... | |
 | 1888 - 554 páginas
...failed, but I found the following, which satisfies all the requirements of the case : " 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." In conclusion, I will say that the book Is... | |
 | 1889 - 966 páginas
...is generally understood to mean pay given to a State hireling for treason to his country." " 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." "Favourite. A mean wretch whose whole business... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means - 1964 - 954 páginas
...English language, Dr. Samuel Johnson's great work. You will find "excise" denned there as follows : A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judge of property but by wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. So excise taxes in the English... | |
 | Allen Reddick - 1996 - 292 páginas
...300. Johnson's most famous statement against excise is, of course, its definition in his Dictionary: "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 mentions Davenant briefly in his preface... | |
 | John H. Makin, Norman J. Ornstein - 1994 - 360 páginas
...taxes on life's necessities. In 1755, Samuel Johnson's famous dictionary had defined the excise as "a hateful tax levied upon commodities and adjudged not by the common judges of property but wretches hired by those to whom it is paid." These wretches were the excise men who were permitted... | |
 | Mr.Victor Thuronyi - 1996 - 534 páginas
...the treatment of other secondhand goods. 26See supra sec. IV(C). 8 Excises Ben JM Terra 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. — Samuel Johnson I. Introduction A. Nature of... | |
 | Fred S. McChesney - 1997 - 252 páginas
...EXTENSIONS Extraction and Optimal Taxation: Excises, Earmarked Taxes, and Government User Charges 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. SAMUEL JOHNSON With rent extraction itself... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1999 - 1060 páginas
...responsible for the collection of excise duties. Hobson does not share Johnson's detestation of 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' (Distionary). Commissioners could become wealthy... | |
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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. 
