 | Henry Reed - English literature - 1867 - 426 pages
...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 - Bible - 1870 - 1122 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Books and reading - 1871 - 408 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Bibliography - 1871 - 406 pages
...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 - Books and reading - 1871 - 392 pages
...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 - Books and reading - 1872 - 426 pages
...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 - 400 pages
...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 pages
...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.' 
