| Benjamin Franklin - American prose literature - 1779 - 610 pages
...have many others, and much more grievous to fome of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idlenefs, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from thefe taxes the commiffioners cannot cafe or deliver us, by allowing an abatement.... | |
| several hands - 1780 - 612 pages
...; but we have many others, and much more grievous to fome of us. We are taxed twice as much by pur idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly ; and from thefe taxes the commiflioners cannot cafe or deliver us, by allowing an abatement.... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1780 - 612 pages
...have many others, and much more grievous to fome of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idlenefs, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly ; and from thefe taxes the commiflioners cannot cafe or deliver us, by allowing an abatement.... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 614 pages
...have many others, and much more grievous to fume of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idlenefs, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly ; and from thefe taxes the commiflkmers cannot cafe or deliver us, by allowing an abatement.... | |
| James Anderson - Scotland - 1791 - 422 pages
...have many others, and much more grievous to fome of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idlenefs, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly ; and from thefe taxes the commifiioners cannot eafe or deliver us, by allowing an abatement.... | |
| Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...heavy; and, if thofc laid on by the government were the only ones \vc had to pav, we might more c.tlîiy discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to fomc of us. We are taxed twice as fnuch by our idlencfs, three timos as much by our pride, and four... | |
| Chapbooks - 1796 - 34 pages
...indeed, very heavy; and, if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them ; but we have many others,...as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly ; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement.... | |
| Conduct of life - 1802 - 348 pages
...have many others, and much more grievous to fome of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idlenefs, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly ; and from thefe taxes the commiffioners cannot eafe or deliver us, by allowing an abatement.... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 72 pages
...proceeded as l• "Friends," say taxes are indeed v• on by government to pay, we might n hut we have mai; grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much...as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly : and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing any abatement.... | |
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