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" The schoolboy whips his taxed top — the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; — and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid 7 per cent., into a spoon that has paid 15 per cent. — flings... "
Mountains of Debt: Crisis and Change in Renaissance Florence, Victorian ... - Page 112
by Michael Veseth - 1990 - 256 pages
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The Industrial Revolution: Being the Parts Entitled Parliamentary Colbertism ...

William Cunningham - Free enterprise - 1908 - 520 pages
...the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice — on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride — at bed or board, couchant or levant,...with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying taxation. Englishman pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon that has paid...
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One City and Many Men

Sir Algernon West - Great Britain - 1908 - 302 pages
...Smith said, alluding to the vexatious interference of the Customs on all articles of daily use : — " The schoolboy whips his taxed top, the beardless youth...dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid 7 per cent., into a spoon which has paid 15 per cent., flings himself back on his chintz-bed, which...
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The Industrial Revolution: Being the Parts Entitled Parliamentary Colbertism ...

William Cunningham - Free enterprise - 1908 - 520 pages
...must pay : — The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed thepres- horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road; and the dying taxation, Englishman pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon that has paid...
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The Industrial Revolution: Being the Parts Entitled Parliamentary Colbertism ...

William Cunningham - Free enterprise - 1908 - 516 pages
...we must pay:—The school-boy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed the pres- horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road; and the dying taxation, Englishman pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon that has paid...
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The Nineteenth Century: A History

Robert Mackenzie - Civilization, Modern - 1909 - 574 pages
...the maximum of fourpence. ' Sidney Smith did not caricature when he wrote : " The schoolboy whips bis taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed...with a taxed bridle on a taxed road ; and the dying EnglishThe criminal laws were savage, and they were administered in a spirit appropriately relentless....
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Memories of a Labour Leader: The Autobiography of John Wilson,

John Wilson - Coal miners - 1910 - 332 pages
...coffin, and the ribbons of the bride; at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. The school boy whips his taxed top, the beardless youth manages his...dying Englishman, pouring his medicine which has paid 7 per cent, into a spoon that has paid 15 per cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed which...
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Customs Tariff of 1842 with Senate Debates Thereon Accompanied by Messages ...

United States. Congress - Tariff - 1911 - 658 pages
...on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride. At bed or board, levant or couchant, we must pay. The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the...taxed horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road. The dying Englishman pours his medicine, which has paid 7 per cent, into a spoon that has paid 15 per...
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Constitutional Law of England

Edward Wavell Ridges - Constitutional law - 1915 - 622 pages
...1820, in an article in the Edinburgh Review : " The schoolboy whips his taxed top ; the beardless vouth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle, on a...; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, (I) 1 Jac. I. c. 33. (TO) 16 Car. I. c. 8. (n) Ib. c. 36. (o) 12 Car. II. c. 4. (p) 1 Jac. II. c. 1....
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The Chartist Movement in Its Social and Economic Aspects, Volume 1

Frank Ferdinand Rosenblatt - Chartism - 1916 - 268 pages
...baneful burden on industry. Sydney Smith gave expression to this sentiment in his characteristic style : The schoolboy whips his taxed top, the beardless youth...dying Englishman, pouring his medicine which has paid 7 per cent into a spoon that has paid 15 per cent, flings himself back upon his chintz bed which has...
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Progress and Its Enemies: Showing the Fallacy of the Single Tax Theory, and ...

John Fremont Wilber - Single tax - 1918 - 130 pages
...whether it be war, a defective title or an uncertain and ever increasing tax rate. Sydney Smith (1820) : "The schoolboy whips his taxed top ; the beardless...dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid 7 percent, into a spoon that has paid 15 percent, flings himself back onto a chintz bed which which...
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