 | Herbert Heaton - 1922 - 304 pagina’s
...and everything was taxed. As Sydney Smith declared, 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... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1922 - 314 pagina’s
...us that the inevitable consequences of a nation's fondness for martial glory are " 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 on... | |
 | Robert Burns Morgan - 1923 - 696 pagina’s
...Jonathan [America] 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 warmth, light, and... | |
 | William Belmont Parker - 1924 - 408 pagina’s
...taxation, "the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory," which resulted in "taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot; taxes on everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste; . . . taxes on everything on... | |
 | Elisabeth Escher - 1925 - 118 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 upou every thing which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste . . ."8 Namentlich waren... | |
 | Federico Llaverías - 1925 - 544 pagina’s
...walls still exhibit the loop hole§ made during the heat of action by the troops who occupied month, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot ; taxes upon every thing which is pleasant to see, hear, smell, or taste; taxes upon warmth, light, locomotion; taxes on every tiiing... | |
 | Angus Whiteford Acworth - 1925 - 170 pagina’s
...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 it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - 1927 - 200 pagina’s
...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 to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste, taxes upon warmth, light, locomotion,... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - 1927 - 198 pagina’s
...which enters the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot, taxes upon everything which is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste, taxes upon warmth, light, locomotion, taxes upon everything on earth and the waters under the earth, on everything that comes... | |
 | George Alexander Johnston - 1928 - 316 pagina’s
...Sidney Smith's brilliant picture of the pressure of taxation in England in 1815 : " 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,... | |
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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... 
