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" 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 everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell,... "
The Monthly magazine - Page 294
by Monthly literary register - 1820
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The Biblical Repository and Classical Review

Religion - 1847 - 782 pages
...according to their own showing,* there are " taxes upon everything — upon every article that enters the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything pleasant to see, hear, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion —...
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The Biblical repositor (and quarterly observer) [afterw.] The American ...

Edward Robinson - 1847 - 792 pages
...according to their own showing,* there are " taxes upon everything — upon every article that enters the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything pleasant to see, hear, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion —...
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The British orator

Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...ocean of ever-widening sublimity. TAXES. PERMIT me to inform you, my friends, what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory; — Taxes...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—...
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The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith - Essays - 1850 - 736 pages
...serious insult and injury. We can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being loo fond of glory ; — TAXES upon every article which...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...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...accomplished men. THE COST OF MILITARY GLORY.1 We can inform Brother Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory — Taxes...the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and...
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The Philosophy of Human Nature

Francis E. Brewster - Conduct of life - 1851 - 470 pages
...writer cannot abstain from the childish humor of applying to us a nickname') what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory. Taxes upon...the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under foot — taxes upon everything which is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell or taste : taxes upon warmth,...
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A Course of Reading for Common Schools and the Lower Classes of Academies ...

Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...CONSEQUENCES OF BEING TOO FOND OF GLORY. Permit me to inform you, my friends, what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory: taxes upon...the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under foot; taxes upon every thing which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell or taste ; taxes upon warmth,...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...COST OF MILITARY GLOEY.i We can inform Brother Jonathan what are the inevitable consequenees of bcing too fond of glory — Taxes upon every article which...mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxcs upon everything which it is pleasant to sce, hear, fcel, smell, or taste — taxcs upon warmth,...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...BULL can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of Glory : — TAXES ! Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth,...the back, or is placed under the foot ; taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste; taxes upon warmth, light, and...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...BULL can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of Glory : — TAXES ! Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth,...the back, or is placed under the foot ; taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste ; taxes upon warmth, light, and...
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