 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1832 - Liczba stron: 650
...of Johnson's hitherto most unintelligible prejudices : — ' Johnson, in his Dictionary, defines " 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 ;" and in the Idler (No. 65) he calls a Commissioner... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - Liczba stron: 1182
...circumstance in his life somewhat2 romantick, but so well authenticated 1 [Johnson, in his Dictionary, defines "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;" and in the Idler i \o. 65), he calls a , Commissioner... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - Liczba stron: 378
...OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people'}. " 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. (')]" And a few more, cannot be fully 'defended,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - Liczba stron: 604
...circumstance in his life somewhat2 romantick, but so well authenticated 1 [Johnson, in his Dictionary, defines "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 a paid;" and in the Idler (No. 65), he calls a Commissioner... | |
 | John Harrison - 1835 - Liczba stron: 338
...The Jacobite prejudices of the literary colossus were laugh* Johnson, in his Dictionary, defines " 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 ;" and in the Idler (No. 65) he calls a Commissioner... | |
 | John Bohn - 1843 - Liczba stron: 448
...I/. 16s. 1755 This edition contains some curious explanations suppressed by subsequent editors; rg " EXCISE, a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and...the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. LBXICOGRAPBEE, a harmless drudge. PENSION, an allow. ancv ma<lo to any... | |
 | JOHN BOHN, 17, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN - 1843 - Liczba stron: 832
...edition contains some curious explanations suppressed by subsequent editors; rg " EXCISK, ahatrful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. LEXICOGRAPHER, a harmless drudge. PKNIION, an allow. mo v made to any... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1843 - Liczba stron: 790
...Dr. Johnson, who gave such a definition of the excise in his celebrated dictionary, as, ' that it was 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' — if that wise and good man had lived to see the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Liczba stron: 746
...ridiculed. For example, 'Excise,' which (as a Tory hating Walpole and the Whig excise act) he defines, ' Л $ those to whom excise is paid.' A pension is defined to be 'an allowance made to any one without an... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Liczba stron: 738
...ridiculed. For example, ' Excise,' which (as a Tory hating Walpole and the Whig excise act) he defines, ' h, with more than learning's wisdom wise ! As sainted...martyrs, patient to endure ! Simple as unweaned i lured by those to whom excise is paid.' A pension is defined to be ' an allowance made to any one without... | |
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A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. 
