 TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is 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 — taxes on every thing...  The Works of Charles Sumner - Page 473by Charles Sumner - 1874Full view - About this book
 | Horace Smith - English wit and humor - 1869 - 304 pages
...Smith has well enumerated the fruits of an insane desire for national aggrandizement, as including : " Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth,...the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon every thing which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1869 - 424 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,...the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon every thing which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light,... | |
 | Francis Fisher Broune - 1869 - 486 pages
...language : '' 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; tuxes upon every thing which is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste; taxes upon warmth, light... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Christian ethics - 1870 - 842 pages
...can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of g !ory t —• TAXIS upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot—taxes upon every thing wliich it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste—taxes upon... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 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,...it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste ; tixes upon warmth, light, and locomotion ; taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the... | |
 | Electrical engineering - 1919 - 706 pages
...Britain. "We can inform Brother Jonathan what is the inevitable consequence of being too fond of glory. Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth,...light and locomotion. Taxes on everything on earth or under the earth, on everything that comes from abroad or is grown at home. Taxes on the raw material,... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1916 - 652 pages
...were heard from all parts of the country. And no wonder, for the bill imposed a tax upon practically "every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed upon the foot ; upon everything which is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste ; upon warmth,... | |
 | J. Ellis Barker - World War, 1914-1918 - 1917 - 498 pages
...1820 : We can inform Brother Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory. Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth,...the back, or is placed under the foot. Taxes upon anything that is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste. Taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion.... | |
 | Otto Jespersen - England - 1920 - 312 pages
...that were not taxed. In the words of Sydney Smith, there were "taxes upon every article which enters the mouth or covers the back or is placed under the...taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion; taxes on the raw material; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man; taxes on the... | |
 | James A. Flanagan - Co-operation - 1920 - 564 pages
...— " Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under foot ; taxes upon everything which it is pleasant...; taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion ; taxes upon everything on earth, and the •waters under the earth ; on everything that comes from abroad,... | |
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