 | 1919 - 706 pagina’s
...inform Brother Jonathan what is the inevitable consequence 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 warmth, light and locomotion.... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1916 - 652 pagina’s
...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 - 1917 - 472 pagina’s
...Brother 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 anything that is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste. Taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion.... | |
 | J. Ellis Barker - 1917 - 498 pagina’s
...which enters into the mouth, or covers 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. Taxes upon everything on earth, or under the earth, on everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at... | |
 | Smith Burnham - 1920 - 704 pagina’s
...imposed upon many goods made within the country. It was said at the time that there was a tax upon "every article which enters into the mouth or covers the back or is placed under the foot ; upon everything which is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste." There were taxes upon all... | |
 | Otto Jespersen - 1920 - 312 pagina’s
...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 foot; taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell,, or taste; taxes upon warmth, light, and... | |
 | James A. Flanagan - 1920 - 564 pagina’s
...inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory." The description is as follows : — " 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 to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste ; taxes upon... | |
 | Conrad Gill, Charles Wilfred Valentine - 1921 - 338 pagina’s
...themselves. This is Sidney Smith's account of the state of taxation at that time : " Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the...feel, smell or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth — on everything that... | |
 | Adelbert Grant Fradenburgh - 1921 - 392 pagina’s
...years before, have been aptly applied to the excise taxes of the Civil War period. "Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers 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;... | |
 | Samuel Eagle Forman - 1921 - 704 pagina’s
...In July 1862, Congress passed an internal revenue act which imposed a tax upon practically " every article which enters into the mouth or covers the back or is placed under the foot ; upon everything which is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste ; upon warmth, light, and locomotion... | |
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... on earth, and the waters under the earth; on everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at home; taxes on the raw material; taxes on every fresh value... 
