...may be regarded as representing the spirit of his party, when he defined the word " excise " as " a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." 4. A new ministry was formed, at the head of which...

...twinkle of the eye, and a manifest inward chuckle, as in the well-known definition of excise : " A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches, hired by those to whom excise is paid." Oats excite him to the following utterance, which...

...prejudice against the excise is well known. In his Dictionary he baa gone so far as to defin.; it " A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." Murray (afterwards Lord Mansfield), then AttomeyGeneral,...

...edition of his " Dictionary " in 1755 : — " A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by common judges of property, but by wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." It was not, therefore, a vain alarm which was raised by the opposition. The response to its tocsin...

...intersections. Cough — A convulsion of the lungs vellicated by some sharp serosity. Excise — a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property; but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. «e* With the same zeal as of a saint ; sso Could prove...

...first edition of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary testifies, in which, under the word Excise, he says, ," A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." To the Jews, the 32* TRADES AND INDUSTRIAL OCCUPATIONS...

...property, but wretehes hired by those to whom Excise is paid/ The Commissioners of Excise being offendod by this severe reflection, consulted Mr. Murray, then...legally obtained. I wished to have procured for my renders a copy of the opinion which he gave, and which may now be justly considered as history ; but...

...Johnson, to prove "Taxation no Tyranny." Yet even Dr. Johnson defines an excise "a hateful tax levied on commodities, and adjudged, not by the common judges...of property, but by wretches hired by those to whom the excise is paid." The Doctor had in mind, perhaps, when he composed this definition in all the vehemence...

...been odious to the people of England ; " and which is very accurately defined by Dr. Johnson as " a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged...by wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." Class legislation, which stares out from almost every line of the Statute Book, is displayed in the...

...such men ? " ///-nature also found vent in some of the definitions. " Excise " is thus defined : " A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged, not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid." Johnson was a staunch Tory, and hated, of course,...