 | 1882 - Liczba stron: 884
...for treason to his country. " 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." Naturally, the Commissioners of the Excise were... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1882 - Liczba stron: 920
...for treason to his country. " 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." Naturally, the Commissioners of the Excise were... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - Liczba stron: 1108
...peculiarities, are somewhat amusing. As a Tory, hating \Valpole and the Whig Excise Act, he defines excise us' 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.' Pension is 'an allowance made to any one without... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1883 - Liczba stron: 378
...and maintained that the first Whig was the devil. Hating Walpole and the Whig excise act, he 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." He said, " I am willing to love all mankind, except... | |
 | Simeon Henry Remsen - 1883 - Liczba stron: 238
...curious explanations suppressed by subsequent editors; as, " Excise, a hateful tax levied upon the commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." " Lexicographer, a harmless drudge." " Pensions, an allowance made to... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means - 1964 - Liczba stron: 954
...English language, Dr. Samuel Johnson's great work. You will find "excise" denned there as follows : A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judge of property but by wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. So excise taxes in the English... | |
 | Allen Reddick - 1996 - Liczba stron: 292
...300. Johnson's most famous statement against excise is, of course, its definition in his Dictionary: "A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged...the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." Johnson mentions Davenant briefly in his preface to Dodsley's Preceptor... | |
 | Jeremy McBride, Claude Samson - 1993 - Liczba stron: 678
...attracted the wrath of Samuel Johnson, whose dictionary defined excise as « a hateful tax levided upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid ». Taxation in its various forms has remained a matter for adjudication... | |
 | John H. Makin, Norman J. Ornstein - 1994 - Liczba stron: 360
...taxes on life's necessities. In 1755, Samuel Johnson's famous dictionary had defined the excise as "a hateful tax levied upon commodities and adjudged...the common judges of property but wretches hired by those to whom it is paid." These wretches were the excise men who were permitted to keep for themselves... | |
 | Mr.Victor Thuronyi - 1996 - Liczba stron: 534
...justifiably resemble the treatment of other secondhand goods. 26See supra sec. IV(C). 8 Excises Ben JM Terra Excise — A hateful tax levied upon commodities,...the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. — Samuel Johnson I. Introduction A. Nature of Excise Taxes According... | |
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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. 
