| John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1767 - 288 pages
...hired by thofe to whom excife is paid. His definition of excife is, that it -is a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property , but wretches hired by thofe to whom excife is paid. Is the excife ftill on the fame footing ? Is wifh to know who hires thefe... | |
| 1768 - 400 pages
...fpleen,*— -than {hewn forth either his principles or his pedantry, as Excife. — A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by thofe to whom excife is paid. Favourite.— A mean wretch whofe whole bufinefc is by any means to pleafe,... | |
| 1768 - 418 pages
...fpleen,*—-than fliewn fortheither his principles or his pedantry, as Excife.-"-A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretcheshired by thofe to whom excife is paid. Favourite.—A mean wretch whofe whole bufinefs is by... | |
| Archibald Campbell - English language - 1774 - 240 pages
...paye. Den I tella him, I fee it be ver true vat * EXCISE, A hateful tax levied upon Commodities, an(i adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by thofe to whom excife is paid. JOHNSON'S DICTION A RY. Dodeur J n lay of youf, Dat you be one Bougre... | |
| Archibald Campbell - English language - 1783 - 238 pages
...to hime, and make him paye. Den I tella him, I fee it be ver true vat * EXCISE, A hateful tax levied upon Commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by thofe to 'whom «xcife is paid. JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY. Dofteur J n fay of you f , Dat yos be one Bougre... | |
| Periodicals - 1788 - 404 pages
...one beer-houfe, and do calle vor one coup of liqueur, and do enter * Excife, a hateful tax levieil upon commodities, , and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by thofc to whom it is paid. — Johnfon's Diftionajy. . . . f Gaztttrcr. It was lately a term of the... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...the printer had more wit than I, and struck it out." ' He thus defines Excise " A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges...wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid." The Commissioners of Excise being offended by this severe reflection, consulted Mr. Murray, then Attorney... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...of the English Language," in which are the following words: — ' " EXCISE, ns 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." ' The author's definition being observed by the... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...of the English Language," in which are the following words: — ' " EXCISE, ns 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." ' The author's definition being observed by the... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 220 pages
...IDLER is, in truth, a sequel to his definition of Excise in his Dictionary ; " 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." Mr. BOSWELL was informed that the Commissioners... | |
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