...they hide the gold which they dig, or give it up to the overseer. L. 109. Some war, some pla(rlie : Such hallucinations in the minds of very wealthy men...purchased Stalbridge Park, near Sherborne. (Dyce.) L. 122. I»K|III- : The Pnetorian Guards, after they had murdered the Emperor Pertinax, set up the Empire for...

...Under the title ' Excise ' are the following words : — Excise, ns accijis, Dutch ; excisum, Latin ; a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged,...judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom the Excise is paid." "The author's definition being observed by the Commissioners of Excise, they desire...

...Under the title ' Excise ' are the following words : — Excise, ns accijis, Dutch ; exrisum, Latin ; a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged,...of property, but ,wretches hired by those to whom the Excise is paid." " The author's definition being observed by the Commissioners of Excise, they...

...expressing the general prejudice which long prevailed in England against this mode of collecting a revenue: "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." Excise wae a name formerly confined to th<- imposition...

...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...

...300. Johnson's most famous statement against excise is, of course, its definition in his Dictionary: "A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged...but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." Johnson mentions Davenant briefly in his preface to Dodsley's Preceptor (1748; p. xxix) and in his...

...attracted the wrath of Samuel Johnson, whose dictionary defined excise as « a hateful tax levided upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges...but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid ». Taxation in its various forms has remained a matter for adjudication by tribunals, at least at...

...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...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 a portion...

...the treatment of other secondhand goods. 26See supra sec. IV(C). 8 Excises Ben JM Terra Excise — A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged...but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. — Samuel Johnson I. Introduction A. Nature of Excise Taxes According to the late HC Simons, an American...

...EXTENSIONS Extraction and Optimal Taxation: Excises, Earmarked Taxes, and Government User Charges 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. SAMUEL JOHNSON With rent extraction itself now...