 The schoolboy 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...  The Cornhill Magazine - Page 316publié par - 1906Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Sydney Smith - 1865 - 478 pages
...the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride — at bed or board, couchvnt or levant, we must pay. — The school-boy whips his taxed top — the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridlf., on a taxed road: — and the dying Englishman,pouring his medicine, which has paid 7 per cent.,... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey - 1866 - 594 pages
...nails of the coffin and the ribbons of the bride ; at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. " The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless...dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon the chintz-bed... | |
 | Thomas John Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce Thurlow (5th baron) - 1866 - 248 pages
...man's salt and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribbons of the bride. The schoolboy whips his taxed top ; the beardless...dying Englishman, pouring his medicine which has paid seven per cent into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent, flings himself back upon the chintz bed... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1882 - 584 pages
...the budgets of 1860 and the following years, we can sympathise with the complaint of Sydney Smith. " The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless...dying Englishman pouring his medicine which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon which has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself upon his chintz bed,... | |
 | William Cunningham - 1968 - 1098 pages
...the coffin, and the ribands of the bride — at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay : — The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed the pres- horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying taxation, Englishman pouring... | |
 | 1924 - 970 pages
...nails 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...medicine, which has paid 7 per cent., into a spoon that has paid 15 per cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed. which has paid 22 per cent., and... | |
 | Alvin Rabushka - 1985 - 260 pages
...nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride: at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth...medicine, which has paid 7 per cent., into a spoon that has paid 15 per cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed, which had paid 22 per cent., and... | |
 | Michael Veseth - 1990 - 257 pages
...nails of the coffin and the ribbons 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 seven percent, into a spoon which has paid fifteen percent, flings himself back upon a chintz bed,... | |
 | Donald Rutherford - 1996 - 520 pages
...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...medicine, which has paid 7 per cent., into a spoon that has paid 15 percent. — flings himself back upon his chintz-bed which has paid 22 per cent. —... | |
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