...1755 This edition contains some curious explanations suppressed by sub«equent editors; ey " Excise, a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged...judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. LIXICOQKAPHEB, a harmless drudge. PENSION, an allow, aoce made to any one without an...

...ridiculed, l'or example, ' Excise,' which (as a Tory hating Walpole and the Whig excise act) he defines, ' s of Poesy, excise is paid.' A pension is defined to be 'an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In...

...the intersections. Cough—A convulsion of the lungs vellicated by some sharp serosity. Excise—A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged...judges of property; but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. This definition of the word Excise gave great offence to government, and the opinions...

...ridiculed. For example, 'Excise,' which (as a Tory hating Walpole and the Whig excise act) he defines, ' A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and ad-judged, not by the common judges of property, hut wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.' A pension is defined to be 'an allowance made...

...ridiculed. For example, ' Excise,' which (as a Tory hating Walpole and the Whig excise act) he defines, ' A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged,...judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.' A pension is defined to be ' an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In...

...supports the people]. " 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]."' for a party, and a commissioner of excise." The...

...was the definition given of the word “Excise” in Dr. Johnson's dictionary. It is there defined as “A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged,...judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.” This definition is true to the letter; and is not more severe than Lord Coke's frequent...

...was the definition given of the word " Excise " in Dr. Johnson's dictionary. It is there defined as " A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged,...judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." This definition is true to the letter ; and is not more severe than Lord Coke's frequent...

...was the definition given of the word " Excise " in Dr. Johnson's dictionary. It is there defined as " A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged,...judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." This definition is true to the letter ; and is not more severe than Lord Coke's frequent...

...ridiculed. For example, ' Excise,' which (as a Tory hating Walpole and the Whig excise act) he defines, 'A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged,...judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.' A pension is defined to be 'an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In...