 The school-boy 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...  The Works of Sydney Smith - Page 93by Sydney Smith - 1844 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Cone Beckwith - Peace - 1847 - 262 pages
...back upon his chintz bed which has paid twenty-two per cent., makes his will on an eight-pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid...privilege of putting him to death. His whole property ia immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1847 - 524 pages
...the 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...expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a licence of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1848 - 556 pages
...bed, which has paid 22 per cent. — and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a licence of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His tuliole property is then immediately taxed from 2 to 10 per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are... | |
 | Henry Brewster Stanton - Great Britain - 1849 - 412 pages
...The dying Englishman pours his medicine which has paid 7 per cent., into a spoon which has paid 15 per cent. ; flings himself back upon his chintz bed which has paid 22 per cent. ; makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a license... | |
 | Samuel Dunn - 1852 - 1074 pages
...that has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed, which lias paid twenty-two * m ? Wi "Oe [7 5㫼 k ^3 +' 3 ` ( f licence of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then taxed... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...Englishman, pouring his medicine which has paid seven per cent, into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent, flings himself back upon his chintz bed which has paid twenty-two per cent, makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary,... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...back upon his chints bed which has paid twenty-two per ce.it., makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary, who has paid a license of an hundred pounds The school-boy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse,... | |
 | Francis E. Brewster - Conduct of life - 1851 - 470 pages
...Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed, which has paid twentytwo per cent., makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...blessings of cheap ing his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon that has paid fiftcen per cent. — flings himself back upon his chintz bed, which has paid twenty-two per cent. — and expires in the arms of an apothecary, who has paid a license of a hundred... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 498 pages
...himself back upon his chintz bed, n //•'.'• has paid 22 per cent., — and expires in the arml of an apothecary, who has paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting aim to death. His whole property is then immediately taxed from 2 to 10 per cent. Besides the probate,... | |
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