 | George Manville Fenn - Wit and humor - 1899 - 534 pages
...as well as great; lie is like a look in breeches." TAXES upon every article which enters themouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot ; taxes upon everything which is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, and taste ; taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion... | |
 | 1874 - 588 pages
...his pearls." THE Parliament Library — about 72,5JO volumes. PERMIT me to inform you, my friends, what are the inevitable consequences of being too...glory: — Taxes — upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English essays - 1874 - 608 pages
...inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory ; — TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon every thing which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion... | |
 | William Trant - Finance - 1874 - 234 pages
...thus graphically described by Sidney Smith : " We must pay taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot ; taxes upon everything which is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, and taste ; taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 pages
...he warns America, by pointing to the then state of England. He says : — " We can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too...of glory — taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot .... taxes on everything on the earth... | |
 | George Manville Fenn - Wit and humor - 1899 - 548 pages
...limits to his knowledge, on small subjects as well as great; lit is like a look in breeches." TAXBS upon every article which enters the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot ; taxesupon everythingwhich is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, and taste ; taxes upon warmth, light,... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania - 1919 - 888 pages
...gave a resume of British taxation in the form of advice to the United States: "We can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too...the back, or is placed under the foot— taxes upon everything which is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, locomotion... | |
 | Electrical engineering - 1919 - 706 pages
...that was going on in Great Britain. "We can inform Brother Jonathan what is the inevitable consequence of being too fond of glory. Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot. Taxes upon everything which it is... | |
 | J. Ellis Barker - World War, 1914-1918 - 1917 - 472 pages
...of St. Paul's, wrote in an article in The Edinburgh Eeview in 1820 : We can inform Brother Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too...fond of glory. Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot. Taxes upon anything that is pleasant... | |
 | J. Ellis Barker - World War, 1914-1918 - 1917 - 498 pages
...the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory. Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot. Taxes upon anything that is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste. Taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion.... | |
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