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" school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent, into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself... "
Manual of Social Science: Being a Condensation of the "Principles of Social ... - Page 421
by Henry Charles Carey, Kate McLean - 1864 - 548 pages
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Osgood's American Sixth Reader: For Schools and Families

Lucius Osgood - Readers - 1873 - 528 pages
...the coffin', and the ribbons of the bride';—at bed' or board', couchant' or levant', we must pay'. medicine which has paid seven per cent.', into a spoon...that has paid fifteen per cent.', flings himself back on his chintzbed', which has paid twenty-two per cent.'; makes his will on an eight pound stamp', and...
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The High School Speaker: A Collection of Declamations, Poetic Pieces and ...

John Celivergos Zachos - 1873 - 348 pages
...bride,—at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. The school-boy whips his taxed top,—the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle on a taxed road;—and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon...
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The Maritime Monthly, Volume 3

1874 - 588 pages
...ribbons of the bride—at bed or board, we must pay taxes. The schoolboy whips his taxed top—-the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed...has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed which has paid twenty-two per cent., makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires...
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Six Speeches on Financial Reform

William Trant - Finance - 1874 - 234 pages
...of the coffin, and on the ribands of the bride; at bed or at board, couchant or levant, we must pay. The beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a...medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon which has paid thirty per cent., throws himself back upon his chintz bed, which has paid twenty-two...
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Wholesale Co-operation in Scotland: The Fruits of Fifty Years' Efforts, 1868 ...

James A. Flanagan - Co-operation - 1920 - 574 pages
...of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride—at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. The schoolboy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth...dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid 7 per cent., into a spoon that has paid 15 per cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed, which...
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Twenty Years of the Republic, 1885-1905

Harry Thurston Peck - United States - 1920 - 1034 pages
...of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth...dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid 7 per cent., into a spoon that has paid z¿ per cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed, which...
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Government & People: An Introduction to the Study of Citizenship

Conrad Gill, Charles Wilfred Valentine - Great Britain - 1921 - 342 pages
...increase the land tax, but preferred to spread the burden over the whole people. (See below, p. 185.) manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle, on a...has paid fifteen per cent, flings himself back upon his chintz bed, which has paid twenty-two per cent, makes his will on an eight-pound stamp, and expires...
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HOYT'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTATIONS

KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...infamy, however great, to any pressure of taxation, however light. SYDNEY SMITH—On American Debts. The ILTON—Paradise Lost. Bk. II. L. 300. 18 » * * With...seem'd 19 We have exchanged the Washingtonian dignity flings himself back on his chintz bed, which has paid twenty-two per cent., and expires in the arms...
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Liberalism in Action: A Record and a Policy

Elliot Dodds - Great Britain - 1922 - 304 pages
...years before, had depicted the condition of England in words now made familiar by quotation :—' ' The schoolboy ' ' whips his taxed top ; the beardless...Englishman pouring his medicine, which " has paid 7 per cent., into a spoon that has paid 15 " per cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed ' '...
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Constitutional Law of England

Edward Wavell Ridges - Constitutional law - 1922 - 668 pages
...Englishman was thus described by Sidney Smith in 1820, in an article in the Edinburgh Review : " The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth...taxed road; and the dying Englishman, pouring his (/) 1 Jac. I. c. 33. (m) 16 Car. I. c. 8. (n) Ib. c, 36. (o) 12 Car. II. c. 4. medicine, which has...
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