 | 1914 - 776 էջ
...the Edinburgh Review of that year. "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 or covers the back or is placed under the foot. Taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess - 1914 - 372 էջ
...your ease, — be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington. TAXES THE PRICE OF GLORY JOHN BULL can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of Glory : TAXES ! Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or 15 covers the back, or is placed under the... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania - 1919 - 888 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... | |
 | 1919 - 706 էջ
...that was going on in Great 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, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot. Taxes upon everything which it is pleasant... | |
 | J. Ellis Barker - 1917 - 498 էջ
...witty Canon of St. Paul's, wrote in an article in The Edinburgh Review in 1820 : We can inform Brother Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being...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,... | |
 | Robert Burns Morgan - 1923 - 696 էջ
...America. (In Edinburgh Review, 1820 ; reprinted in his Essays.) \ We can inform Jonathan [America] what are the inevitable consequences of being too...;— 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Elisabeth Escher - 1925 - 118 էջ
...Ausspruch in der Edinburgh Review konnte kaum eine Ubertreibung genannt werden: "We can inform Brother Jonathan, what are the inevitable consequences 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... | |
 | Federico Llaverías - 1925 - 544 էջ
...garden 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;... | |
 | 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... | |
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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 — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear,... 
