 | John Wilkes - 1767 - 294 Seiten
...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 not by 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... | |
 | John Wilkes - 1767 - 300 Seiten
...ceafe to be wretches hired by thofe to whom ex rife is paid. His definition of excife is, that it is a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, bat wretches hired by thofe to whom excife is paid. Is the txcife ftill on the fame footing ? -Is wifh... | |
 | 1768 - 400 Seiten
...indulged his pride and fpleen,*— -than {hewn forth either his principles or his pedantry, as Excife. — A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by thofe to whom excife is paid. Favourite.— A mean wretch whofe whole bufinefc... | |
 | 1768 - 418 Seiten
...indulged his pride and? fpleen,*—-than fliewn fortheither his principles or his pedantry, as Excife.-"-A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretcheshired by thofe to whom excife is paid. Favourite.—A mean wretch whofe whole bufinefs... | |
 | Archibald Campbell - 1783 - 238 Seiten
...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 adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by thofe to 'whom «xcife is paid. JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY. Dofteur J n fay of you... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 Seiten
...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 adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid." The Commissioners of Excise being offended by... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 Seiten
...published " A Dictionary of the English Language," in which are the following words: — ' " EXCISE, ns 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." ' The author's definition being observed by... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 Seiten
...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 adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid.' The Commissioners of Excise being offended by... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 220 Seiten
...Commissioners of Excise in the IDLER is, in truth, a sequel to his definition of Excise in his Dictionary ; " 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." Mr. BOSWELL was informed that the Commissioners... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1802 - 990 Seiten
...all caufcs touching the revenues are handled. *Ifarru. EXCI'SE. [¿«."i, Dutch ; exciium, Latin,] A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property. Afjrvil. Ta EXCI'SE. i). a. [from the noun.] To levy «cife upon a perlón or thirtg. Pepe. EXCl'SEMAN.... | |
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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. 
