 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
 | Horace Smith - English wit and humor - 1869 - 304 pages
...that has paid 15 per cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed, which has paid 22 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 Browne - 1869 - 926 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... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Christian ethics - 1870 - 842 pages
...which nos paid 22 per cent.,—and expires in the orna 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 taxed from 2 to W per cení. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1870 - 248 pages
...will on an eight-pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a licence of an hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying... | |
 | Robert Burns Morgan - Great Britain - 1923 - 696 pages
...into a 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,...expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a licence of an hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
 | Francis Wrigley Hirst - Free enterprise - 1925 - 104 pages
...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,...expires in the arms of an apothecary, who has paid a licence of £100 for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately... | |
 | Federico Llaverías - Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) - 1925 - 544 pages
...has paid fifteen per cent, flings himself back in his chintz bed which has paid twenty-two percent, 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 immediately... | |
 | Angus Whiteford Acworth - Finance - 1925 - 170 pages
...vide Dowell, " History of Taxes," II., pp. 252-57. 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 taxed from 2 to 10 per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - History - 1927 - 200 pages
...has paid fifteen per cent, flings himself 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... | |
 | George Alexander Johnston - Citizenship - 1928 - 316 pages
...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 licence of £100 for the privilege of putting him to death. . . . His virtues are handed down to posterity... | |
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