 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
 | Henry Charles Carey - Economics - 1866 - 594 pages
...himself back upon the chintz-bed which has paid twenty -two per cent., makes his will on an eightpound 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... | |
 | Thomas John Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce Thurlow (5th baron) - India - 1866 - 248 pages
...himself back upon the 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 licence of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 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 licence of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
 | Ontario. Council of Public Instruction - English language - 1871 - 506 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... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey, Kate McLean - Economics - 1872 - 584 pages
...himself back upon the chintz-bed which has paid twenty-two per cent., makes his will on an eightpound 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 Celivergos Zachos - 1873 - 348 pages
...himself back npon 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... | |
 | George Manville Fenn - Wit and humor - 1899 - 534 pages
...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 licence of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
 | 1874 - 588 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 4'80 arms of an apothecary, who has paid a licence of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting... | |
 | David Charles Bell - Elocution - 1879 - 556 pages
...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 licence of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
 | English literature - 1887 - 428 pages
...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 licence of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is theo.... | |
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