 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 seven per cent. into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent.  The Philosophy of Human Nature - Page 88by Francis E. Brewster - 1851 - 447 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1863 - 522 pages
...will on a stamp that has paid eight pounds, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid one hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to...whole property is then taxed from two to ten per cent, in probate, and large fees are demanded for burying him in a church. Hfs virtues are handed down to... | |
 | Arbitration (International law) - 1863 - 638 pages
...himself back upon his chintz bed which has paid twenty-two per cent., ma"kes 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 immediately... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 614 pages
...paid fifteen 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 pounds for the privilege ot putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English essays - 1865 - 478 pages
...bed. which has paid 22 per cent., and expires in the arms of an apothecary, who hat paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately taxed from 2 to 10 per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him... | |
 | 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 immediately... | |
 | 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 immediately... | |
 | Roses - Gift books - 1867 - 172 pages
...fifteen 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 licence of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride — at bed or board we must pay taxes. The schoolboy whips his taxed top — the beardless...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...paid fifteen 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 pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately... | |
 | Francis Fisher Broune - 1869 - 486 pages
...paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back on his chintz bed, which has paid twenty-two per cent., and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a license of one hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
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