 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,...  The Monthly magazine - Seite 294von Monthly literary register - 1820Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 Seiten
...wildness utterly incapable of civilization ! ON TAXATION. WE can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory : taxes upon...the back, or is placed under the foot ; taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste ; tixes upon warmth, light, and... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 Seiten
...inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory — TAXES ! Taxes npon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot ; taxes upou every thing •which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste ; taxes npon warmth, light,... | |
 | Ontario. Council of Public Instruction - 1871 - 506 Seiten
...inform you, my friends, 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 taste—taxes upon... | |
 | Charles A. Mann - 1872 - 398 Seiten
...description, by Sidney Smith, of taxation in his day, containing the following well-known passage. "Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth,...placed under the foot — taxes upon every thing which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion —... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1872 - 422 Seiten
...brightness stars for ever and ever.1 British taxation. — We can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory. Taxes upon...which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or U placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1912 - 822 Seiten
...applied to this system of internal revenue Sydney Smith's humorous account of British taxation in 1820: "Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth,...the back, or is placed under the foot ; taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, taste, or smell; taxes upon warmth, light and locomotion... | |
 | 1912 - 414 Seiten
...can inform Jonathan what are the inevita^ ble consequences of being too fond of glory : — TAXES ! taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under foot ; taxes upon everything which is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste; taxes upon warmth,... | |
 | Adelbert Grant Fradenburgh - 1913 - 310 Seiten
...employed forty years before have been aptly applied 1 to the excise taxes of the Civil War period: "Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth...the back, or is placed under the foot; taxes upon everything that is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste; taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion;... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1913 - 626 Seiten
...Their citation is from Sydney Smith's article on America, Edinburgh Review, Jan., 1820. Smith wrote: "Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the hack, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel,... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania - 1919 - 888 Seiten
...taxation in the form of advice to the United States: "We can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory: TAXES upon every article which enters the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot— taxes upon everything which is pleasant... | |
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