 | British essayists - 1802 - 220 páginas
...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 páginas
...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.... | |
 | 1814 - 556 páginas
...have been pointed at the whole branch of the Revenue, we find this definition of Excise, generally. ' A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged, not by the common judgas of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid. ' — And afterwards, in his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 páginas
...orders. "In Britain's Senate he a seat obtains, " And one more pensioner St Stephen gains." Oafs. — A grain which in England is generally given to horses,...adjudged, not by the common judges of property, but by wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. . — The name of a faction, Sec. Johnson, in all... | |
 | 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 - 644 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1816 - 778 páginas
...CHANCELLOR, § 1, titf. 4 ; and § VIII. . (i.) * EXCISE. »./'. [acriji, Dutch ; txclfum^ Latin.) A hateful tax levied upon commodities^ and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretphes hired by thofe to whom. ex. cife is paid. — The people fhould pay a ratable ta^ for their... | |
 | 1818 - 596 páginas
...Pensioner, a slave of state, hired by a stipend to obey his Master.— Johnsoirt Diet, t »nts — A grain, which in England, is generally given to horses, but in Scotland, supports the people.— Ibid. I beseecha you to file one bills in Chancery against dis said Doctenr S — — 1 J n ; vor dat... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 páginas
...meaning of the words is not explained ; as his Tory, Whig, Pension, Oats, Excise,^. s He thns defines Excise, 'A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and...common judges of property, but wretches hired by those and a few more cannot be fully defended, and muet be placed to the account of capricions and humorons... | |
 | 1822 - 590 páginas
...secretaries put his pen across this passage. The same author, in his Dictionary, gave us this definition of excise : — " A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged, not by the common, judges or property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." He also describes a commissioner... | |
 | 1822 - 430 páginas
...themselves to my memory. •His favourite topic, ridicule of tue .Scotch, is thus introduced :— . " OATS. A grain, which in England •is generally given to -horses, but HI Scotland supports the people." Every admirer of his gene*al •character, and friend to consistency,... | |
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OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people]. 
