 ... that restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on 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...  The Monthly magazine - Page 294by Monthly literary register - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Herbert Heaton - Australia - 1922 - 304 pages
...by the industry of man; taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug which icstores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge and the rope which hang's the criminal; on the poor man's salt and the rich man 's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin... | |
 | Robert Burns Morgan - Great Britain - 1923 - 696 pages
...the industry of man — taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health — on the ermine which decorates the...man's spice — on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride — at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay : — The schoolboy... | |
 | Alpheus Hyatt Verrill - Smugglers - 1924 - 390 pages
...that pampers the rich man's appetite and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine that decorates the judge and the rope which hangs the criminal...salt and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of a coffin and the ribbons of a bride. At bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. The schoolboy... | |
 | William Belmont Parker - History - 1924 - 408 pages
...hear, feel, smell, or taste; . . . taxes on everything on earth and the waters under the earth ... on the poor man's salt and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribbons of the bride." Morrill was not oblivious of this, but he felt that such taxation was... | |
 | Angus Whiteford Acworth - Finance - 1925 - 170 pages
...the drug that restores him to health — on the ermine that decorates the judge, and the rope that hangs the criminal — on the poor man's salt, and...man's spice — on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride — at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. The schoolboy whips... | |
 | Federico Llaverías - Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) - 1925 - 544 pages
...by the industry of man ; taxes on the food which pampers man's appetite, and the drug which restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope that hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - History - 1927 - 198 pages
...the sauce which pampers 97 HISTORICAL TESTS OF DEMOCRACY man's appetite and the drug that restores him to health, on the ermine which decorates the judge...rich man's spice, on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribands of the bride. At bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. The dying Englishman... | |
 | Herbert Heaton - Canada - 1928 - 356 pages
...from abroad or is grown at home ; on the sauce which pampers man's appetite and the drug that restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge...rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribands of the bride". The British tariff was by this time more a machine to raise revenue... | |
 | George Alexander Johnston - Citizenship - 1928 - 316 pages
...—taxes on the sauce which pampers a man's appetite, and the drug which restores him to health—on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope...criminal —on 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... | |
 | 1897 - 1040 pages
...by the industry of man ; taxes on the sauce that pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the...rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride. In 1859 the number of dutiable articles was reduced to 397, and in 1875... | |
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