 | John Bohn - 1843 - 448 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 770 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1844 - 392 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 750 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847
...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... | |
 | James Boswell, John Wilson Croker - Authors, English - 1848 - 1798 pages
...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... | |
 | Joshua Toulmin Smith - Commissions of inquiry - 1849 - 434 pages
...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... | |
 | Joshua Toulmin Smith - Constitutional law - 1849 - 380 pages
...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... | |
 | Joshua Toulmin Smith - Commissions of inquiry - 1849 - 380 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 760 pages
...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... | |
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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.' 
