 | Angus Whiteford Acworth - 1925 - 170 էջ
...Sydney Smith's famous quip on British taxation has often been quoted but will bear repetition : — " We can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences...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... | |
 | Federico Llaverías - 1925 - 544 էջ
...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... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - 1927 - 198 էջ
...year 1818, Sydney Smith gave a resume of British taxation in the form of advice to the United States : "We" can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences...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... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - 1927 - 200 էջ
...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,... | |
 | George Alexander Johnston - 1928 - 316 էջ
...Take, for instance, 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,... | |
 | Herbert Heaton - 1928 - 356 էջ
...British customs list; 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 .... on everything on earth and... | |
 | 1924 - 970 էջ
...reproducing. He was writing about America and warning Jonathan against a hankering after naval glory : We can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences...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... | |
 | 1897 - 1040 էջ
...distinct rates of duty. As Sydney Smith wittily said in an article of the Quarterly Review — There were taxes upon every article •which enters into the...covers the back or is placed under the foot ; taxes on everything on the earth and the waters under the earth, on everything that comes from abroad or... | |
 | Alvin Rabushka - 1985 - 260 էջ
...entertaining is an essay of Sydney Smith, published in the Edinburgh Review in 1820: We can inform Brother Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being...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... | |
 | Lexa Rosean, Lexa Roséan - 1999 - 216 էջ
...things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's." The Rev. Sydney Smith wrote: ". . . what are the inevitable consequences of being too...the back, or is placed under the foot . . . taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth." I'd say the good Reverend had more of a handle... | |
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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 everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell,... 
