 | Henry Reed - 1867 - 426 páginas
...when Johnson defines " Excise," to be " a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged, not hy the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid:" and Pension, to be "an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England... | |
 | James Morison - 1870 - 1112 páginas
...Englieh Language been then in existence, the Jews would have admired his definition of «reise,—"A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged,...judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." (First ed. 1755. ) See on Matt. v. 46. And he saith unto him, Follow me :-We do not... | |
 | 1871 - 838 páginas
...the first edition of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary testifies, in which, under the word Excise, he says, ," A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged...judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." To the Jews, the 32* degradation of the publican was only a little less than that... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 408 páginas
...Tweed, by his-definitions of Excise, Pension, and Oats. Excise he defines as " A hateful tax, levied on commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." Pension, he says, is "An allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 404 páginas
...Tweed, by his.definitions of Excise, Pension, and Oats. Excise he defines as " A hateful tax, levied on commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." Pension, he says, is "An allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 406 páginas
...Tweed, by his -definitions of Excise, Pension, and Oats. Excise he defines as " A hateful tax, levied on commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." Pension, he says, is "An allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 392 páginas
...Tweed, by his-definitions of Excise, Pension, and Oats. Excise he defines as " A hateful tax, levied on commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." Pension, he says, is "An allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1872 - 426 páginas
...Tweed, by his-definitions of Excise, Pension, and Oats. Excise he defines as; " A hateful tax, levied on commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches, hired by those to whom excise is paid." Pension, he says-,, is "An allowance made to any one without an equivalent. lu England... | |
 | Thomas Beedle - 1873 - 390 páginas
...well-known definition of ' Excise,' in the first edition of his Dictionary, illustrates this aversion : ' A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged,...judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.' L. 117. Sappho : See note to Ep. II. 24. L. 119. Peter "Walter was a dexterous attorney,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 páginas
...he did not live to superMan! — Be JuriT. 1 Ы« tLiis defines Excise: 'A hateful tax levied vpoa commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to '. is paid/ The Commissioners of Excise I by this severe reflection, consulted Mr. IT, thro Attorncy-Geuer.il,... | |
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is 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.' 
