 | John Wilkes - 1767 - 294 oldal
...ceafe to be wretches hired by thofe to whom excife is paid. His definition of excife is, that it is a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged...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 oldal
...indulged his pride and fpleen,*— -than {hewn forth either his principles or his pedantry, as Excife. — A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged...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,... | |
 | Archibald Campbell - 1783 - 238 oldal
...vor dat de Gouvernment charge 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...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 oldal
...Thus it went to the press ; but the printer had more wit than I, and struck it out." ' He thus defines Excise " A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and...this severe reflection, consulted Mr. Murray, then Attorney General, to know whether redress could be legally obtained. I wished to have procured for... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 oldal
...true, and where will you find such men and such horses ?" ' Croker's Corres, ii. 35. 4 He thus defines Excise: 'A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and...this severe reflection, consulted Mr. Murray, then Attorney General, to know whether redress could be legally obtained. I wished to have procured for... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 oldal
...and where will you find such \~ncn and such horses ?" ' Croker's Carres, ii. 35. * He thus defines Excise: 'A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and...this severe reflection, consulted Mr. Murray, then Attorney General, to know whether redress could be legally obtained. I wished to have procured for... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 oldal
...Thus it went to the press : but the printer had more wit than 1, and struck it out." ' He thus defines Excise ' A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and...Excise is paid." The commissioners of Excise being oftended by tlu's severe reflection, consulted Mr. Murray, then Attorney General, to know whether redres?... | |
 | 1818 - 596 oldal
...var, dat he lose one eye at Cape Breton, one armf; in the combat of Monsieur Conflans, * Ercwe — a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged,...judges of property, but wretches, hired by those to wnom Excise is paid. — Vide Johnson's Dictionary. \- Gazetteer — It. was lately a term of the utmost... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 388 oldal
...Tory, Whig, Pension, Oats, Ex-. else,i and a few more, cannot be fully defended, and 1 He thus defines Excise : 'A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and...this severe reflection, consulted Mr. Murray, then Attorney General, to know whether redress could be legally obtained. I wished to have procured for... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 398 oldal
...Tory, Whig, Pension, Oats, Excise,' and a few more, cannot be fully defended, and 1 He thus defines Excise : 'A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and...this severe reflection, consulted Mr. Murray, then Attorney General, to know whether redress could be legally obtained. I wished to have procured for... | |
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Excise — 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. 
