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" ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home — taxes on the raw material — taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man... "
Mountains of Debt: Crisis and Change in Renaissance Florence, Victorian ... - Page 112
by Michael Veseth - 1990 - 256 pages
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Principles of Social Science, Volume 3

Henry Charles Carey - Economics - 1867 - 528 pages
...piled on taxes, until they reached, said Sidney Smith, "every article which enters into the month, or covers the back, or is placed under foot ; taxes...light, and locomotion ; taxes on everything on earth, and in the waters under the earth ; on everything that comes from abroad or is grown at home; taxes...
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Roses and Holly. A Gift-book for All the Year

Roses - Gift books - 1867 - 172 pages
...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, or taste — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth — on everything that comes from abroad, or...
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The public school speaker and reader, ed. by J.E. Carpenter

Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...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...light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth, on everything that comes from abroad or is grown at home — taxes...
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The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith: A Selection of the Most ...

Sydney Smith - 1869 - 424 pages
...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...taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on every thing on earth, and the waters under the earth • — on every thing that comes from abroad,...
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The Tin Trumpet: Or, Heads and Tails for the Wise and Waggish

Horace Smith - English wit and humor - 1869 - 304 pages
...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...taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on every thing on earth, and the waters under the earth — on every thing that comes from abroad, or...
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The Lakeside Monthly, Volume 2

Francis Fisher Broune - 1869 - 486 pages
...enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot; tuxes upon every thing which is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste; taxes upon warmth, light and locomotion ; taxes on every thing on earth, and the waters under the earth ; on every thing that comes from abroad, or is...
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The Works of Charles Sumner, Volume 8

Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1873 - 550 pages
..." 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...light, and locomotion ; taxes on everything on earth and the waters under the earth, on everything that comes from abroad or is grown at home ; taxes on...
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The Works of Charles Sumner, Volume 8

Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1874 - 542 pages
..." 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...light, and locomotion ; taxes on everything on earth and the waters under the earth, on everything that comes from abroad or is grown at home ; taxes on...
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The Crown and its advisers; or, Queen, ministers, lords and commons

Alexander Charles Ewald - 1870 - 248 pages
...House divided — For the motion, 60 Against, 170 Majority against, 110 TAXES ! TAXES ! 83 the feet — taxes upon. everything which it is pleasant to see,...light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth and the waters under the earth — on everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at home — taxes...
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Government, Conduct, and Example

William Dawbarn - Conduct of life - 1871 - 296 pages
...glory. Taxes upon every article which enters the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot ; taxes upon everything which it is pleasant...; taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion ; taxes upon everything on earth, and the water under the earth, 212 SYDNEY SMITH AS A SPEAKER. on everything...
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