 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 upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything...  Louis XI. tragédie - Page 219by Casimir Delavigne - 1894 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Gillespie Blaine - United States - 1884 - 700 pages
...than glory, we had come to realize every exaction ascribed to the British system. We were levying " taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth or covers the back or is placed under the foot ; taxes on every thing which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell,... | |
 | Samuel Smith - Land tenure - 1884 - 62 pages
...Taxation. " We can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of 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... | |
 | Stephen Dowell - Taxation - 1884 - 482 pages
...inform Brother Jonathan,' he writes, ' what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of 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,... | |
 | Axel Gustafson - Drugs - 1884 - 88 pages
...these " mountains of taxes " may be formed from Sydney Smith's gravely humorous saying : " We must pay taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth or covers the back, or is placed under the foot. Taxes upon everything which is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, and... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1884 - 718 pages
...26.4 Total 8446.4 1 The old condition of things was well described by Sydney Smith : " We must pay taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth or covers the back, or is placed under the foot. Taxes upon everything which is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, and... | |
 | William Heaton - Great Britain - 1885 - 338 pages
...inform Jonathan," he said, " what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory : — TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes npon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1887 - 736 pages
...26.4 Total $446.4 1 The old condition of things was well described by Sydney Smith : " We must pay taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth or covers the back, or is placed under the foot. Taxes upon everything which is pleasant to sec, hear, feel, smell, and... | |
 | Alfred F. Robbins - Great Britain - 1888 - 232 pages
...wrote — "We can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of 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,... | |
 | Stephen Dowell - Taxation - 1888 - 618 pages
...inform Brother Jonathan,' he writes, ' what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of 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,... | |
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