 His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he...  Smugglers and Smuggling - Page 71by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill - 1924 - 327 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - International law - 1836 - 470 pages
...that 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 of an hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1836 - 226 pages
...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, who has paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
 | Ephraim Banks - Bank notes - 1838 - 436 pages
...cent—swallows it and leans back upon a chintz bed which has paid 22 per cent; makes his will upon an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid one hundred pounds for the privilege of pulling him to death—high charges are demanded for burying him in the charch!—his... | |
 | 1839 - 580 pages
...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 arras of an apothecary, who ha» paid a license of a hundred pounds for the liberty of putting him... | |
 | Jehangeer Nowrojee, Nauroji Jahangir, Hirjeebhoy Merwanjee - East Indians - 1841 - 528 pages
...paid fifteen per cent., flings " himself back on 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 a license of £100. for " the privilege of putting him to death. His " whole property is then immediately... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - Peace - 1842 - 226 pages
...spoon that 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 of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...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, who has paid a license of an hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death, His whole property is then... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...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, who has paid a license of an hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...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, who has paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
 | Philip Bury Duncan - Social psychology - 1844 - 136 pages
...himself on a chintz bed, for which he has paid twenty-two per cent., makes his will on an eightpenny stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary, who has paid 1007. for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then taxed from three to ten... | |
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