| 单词 | impost |
| 例句 | On June 6, he ran his colt in Aqueduct’s Queen’s County Handicap despite a 132- pound impost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Helen Luther once watched a rider step on a scale, only to see that he was over his horse’s assigned impost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He began to restrict his riding to top horses assigned high imposts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z To make races more competitive, tracks schedule “handicap” races, in which a racing secretary, also called a track handicap- per, assigns more accomplished horses higher weights, or imposts, than less accomplished horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The owner settled back into town to await the hundred- grander impost announcement. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z To help aspiring riders establish themselves in the sport, a horse ridden by a bug boy had his impost reduced by five pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After Seabiscuit’s extraordinarily easy win in Tijuana, the Bay Meadows racing secretary had proposed assigning him 136 pounds, but Howard had intercepted him and charmed 3 pounds off of his horse’s impost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the reporters, and much of the crowd, believed that Riddle had simply balked at the 132-pound impost and didn’t care enough about the consequences of scratching to do the sportsmanlike thing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So Howard parked his horses between the two tracks and began playing one against the other, hoping to pressure Santa Anita out of giving Seabiscuit an excessive impost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was waiting for the impost announcement for the New Year’s Handicap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One hundred and thirty was an enormous impost—many of history’s greatest horses had failed to win under it—but Howard’s statement was not well received. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Woolf weighed a lot more than the imposts assigned to most of these horses, but somehow he was able to circumvent the rule requiring riders to be within five pounds of the assignment. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His skills negated the handicap; he once won on a horse carrying fifteen pounds more than his impost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On that date, Stagehand’s 100-pound impost was justified; he was only two years old, had never won or even run particularly well in any race, and he was about to begin 1938 as a claimer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The highter the impost, the greater the risk of injury, a significant concern for Seabiscuit, who had a history of leg trouble. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Many top horses before him, such as his grandsire, Man o’ War, had been retired prematurely to avoid high imposts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The impost consisted of thejockey, his roughly four and a half pounds of saddle, boots, pants, and silks, and, if necessary, lead pads inserted into the saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Wall was sitting on a fresh, perfectly conditioned horse, under a feather impost,just dropping down into his run. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard never considered running his horse under such an impost, and Normile made the choice easier. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard would surely appreciate a relatively low and equal impost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then as now, all racehorses were assigned a weight, called an impost, to carry in each race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “But right now it looks, from this distance, as just another ‘worst of it’ impost which our boy friend, the ’Biscuit, must carry to the post.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z First, they concealed the horse’s superb form from track racing secretaries, who assigned imposts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Riddle did not want to subject the horse to the extremely high imposts he was slated to carry. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A colt named Stagehand, the early favorite for the 1938 Kentucky Derby, had been assigned just 100 pounds, the lowest possible impost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The weights would be announced that winter, and given the results of the match race, the track racing secretary would obviously be inclined to assign Seabiscuit the biggest impost of his career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On April 3, he swung Pollard onto Seabiscuit and secured enough lead pads under the saddle to bring the horse’s impost to a whopping 130 pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In policy matters, he proved obtuse, recommending, in one of his first initiatives, a blanket cancellation of all trade imposts. Seneca Could Have Written the Anonymous Times Op-Ed About Trump 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z He and others, including former President Madison, argued that Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution gave Congress the power to “lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises.” U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Congress quickly passed the 5 percent impost on imports that reformers had vainly sought from the Confederation. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z “The Senate has the power and responsibility to prevent irreversible legislative changes that, by giving in to localized interests, impost an immense toll on society and jeopardize the country’s future.” In Brazil, artists and activists protest against mining bill 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Key West is the only place in Florida set to impost a sunscreen ban - an effort to protect reefs that are important to the city’s economy and environment. Florida Legislature going to the dogs (and cats) 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z Article I, Section 8 allows Congress to “lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises.” Perspective | Elizabeth Warren’s popular plan to tax the rich is probably unconstitutional 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z In the 1968 Washington Park Handicap in Chicago, carrying an impost of 134 pounds, Dr. Fager won by 10 lengths and set the mile record of 1 minute 32 1/5 seconds. John A. Nerud, Hall of Fame Thoroughbred Trainer, Dies at 102 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z In January 1790, his “Report on the Public Credit” revived Robert Morris’s earlier call for a funded public debt, guaranteed by the impost and new taxes on coffee, tea, and imported alcohol. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z "I think it will be a big economic impost when people start to opt not to do things because of the heat," says Ms Hanna. Australia sweats over record heat 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z After implementing a limited tax measure last year that raised a ragbag of imposts and was deeply unpopular with business, Mr Videgaray promised no more tax changes until 2017. The reform that got away 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z She defied a penalty at Lingfield last time with ease and another 6lb impost for that victory is unlikely to stop her such was the manner of her success. Talking Horses: Latest news and best bets in our daily racing blog 2013-01-23T12:21:39Z By the foregoing verses, was instituted the impost of the "Zakat-ul-Mal;" literally: "The Purification," because it serves, as it were, to "purify" wealth and excuse it. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z As early as 1781, superintendent of finance and Philadelphia financier Robert Morris had proposed an amendment to the Articles of Confederation that would authorize a 5 percent impost, or import tariff. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z These local acts provided for the collection of an impost on foreign reprints of works by British authors in favor of the author or copyright owner. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z A heavy impost was placed on dairy produce, and the Government lent further aid to the industry by sending experts through the farming districts in charge of travelling dairies. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Has he not here, within these three days, refused me an impost necessary to maintain my dignity as a King, and to provide for the safety of the State? Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z With a few years of peace, had Congress the power to levy impost duties, much might be done. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z Congress sought another impost in 1783, but New York refused this time, fearing the creation of a powerful central government. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z They were further to enjoy the exclusive privilege of trading with the Cochin Chinese, and of introducing their merchandise free of all charges and imposts. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The revenue derived from imposts of the usual nature, harbour dues, &c., is about £175,000. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z He did not refuse you the impost; it was the States. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z I look upon that system of impost duties as a direct robbery of the people. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z Commerce cannot harmonise with slavery, with the tyrannical exaction of imposts, with persecutors, or with hangmen. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z ‘Nay, it is gold thou carriest;’ and he offered the impost laid on gold. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z And we wish them and each one of them, to be free from the aforesaid imposts when purchasing corn, wines, meat, fish, clothes and all things necessary for their living and for their rank. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z The business regularly appointed for this morning's discussion by the States was a mere trifling matter of some petty impost. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z Congress is empowered to levy and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to any extent which the public necessities may require. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z A part of the commerce of Germany, and several 45 Provinces of France with Holland, would have no other market than the Low Countries, if the imposts and the collection of them were not tyrannical. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z Beethoven had to pay an annual impost, called a class-tax, amounting to twenty-one florins. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z Arbitrary imposts are forbidden and any of the inhabitants who as serfs had been paying arbitrary tallage are relieved of the burden. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z In spite of this impost, and the heavy freights, amounting to nearly fifty per cent., the merchants are described as making enormous profits. The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) 2012-03-01T03:00:25.290Z Doubtless they lay on the table wherever he went--among assessments and imposts, regimental tallies and state papers. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Moreover, several of our languishing manufactures, scattered in the Seven United Provinces, may perhaps be restored to their former vigor, by the means of bounties, or the diminution of imposts. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z Mr. Lloyd George dared add no more than a halfpenny to the impost, but Mr. McKenna with sublime courage proposed to make the tax a round sixpence. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 28th, 1916 2012-02-23T03:00:40.467Z Its place was taken by other imposts of similar character but different name. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z In 1697, public pounds were erected in the several towns of Antigua, and imposts laid upon all liquors imported into the island. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z Being in the middle of the Thames, he presently fell down, only saying, “An impost, an impost,” and so died. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z He was much annoyed at one newspaper which said that if he undervalued non-dutiable things, how about those that carried a high impost? The Unpublishable Memoirs 2012-02-03T03:00:18.447Z Stilt′edness.—Stilted arch, an arch that does not spring directly from the impost, but from horizontal courses of masonry resting on it. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The only passage for exportation was through the land of the Cattabani, to the king of which imposts had to be paid. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z It was a searching analysis of the financial and moral grounds on which the impost rested, and a historical justification and eulogy of it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z A great part of the revenue collected came from duties upon imported goods, and these imposts were such as to practically offer bribes to all smugglers. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z But can any thing be expected from a people kept purposely in ignorance, and reduced to misery by exaction, imposts, and taxes? Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z Their number is above 140,000, and would be much greater were their attempts at colonization not kept down by numerous limitations, and heavy taxes and imposts. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z He did not mind the expense of keeping three Heir Apparents, for that fell on the country, and was defrayed by an impost called "The Queen's Tax." The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z The people had never complained of the amount of the taxes levied by impost; it was trifling. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Without contesting this view of the case, the home authorities regarded the 4d. charge as a most vexatious impost. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z No one could send out goods or import them except through the Commercial House and upon the payment of extraordinary imposts. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z With a little extra expense a kiln of this kind could be banded round the impost and fireholes, thus considerably prolonging its life. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z Besides erecting useful public works in many cities, he relieved Achaea of its arrears of tribute and exempted it from various imposts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z A bill was passed in May, to allow the Company to export tea to America on their own account, without paying export duty, while the impost of three-pence was continued. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Exemption from this impost would of itself be no inconsiderable boon to the contractors. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z A certain lord behaved very badly to his tenants, increasing the imposts upon them until life became a burden. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The main objection, however, still remained, for the Federal Government would have to raise the imposts and overburden that source of revenue, but it seemed that "some sacrifice was necessary for the sake of peace." Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z The ownership of the land was not greatly disturbed by confiscations, and though a tribute upon it was levied, this impost may not have been universal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z This impost was very small—avowedly a "pepper-corn rent," retained to save the national honor, about which ministers prated so loudly. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z The mail-coach contractors bitterly complained of this impost, and not without reason. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z For justice it is which disposes them there, Political craft in this mighty free land, Whose Rulers perpend not what impost were fair, But what imposition tax-payers will stand. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872 2011-11-19T03:00:22.947Z In order to protect the confederation the government has the right to levy taxes, and the most convenient form is that of imposts or taxes on importations. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z The natives were not burdened with large imposts, but the levying of the land-tithes was effected in an inconvenient fashion, and the capitation-tax, to which all Christians were subjected was felt as a humiliation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Early in February, 1770, the mistresses of three hundred families subscribed their names to a league, binding themselves not to use any more tea until the impost clause in the Revenue Act should be repealed. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z A day came when they sought to be relieved from this impost. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z The middle arch on each side is higher than the others, and springs from oblong imposts resting on the twin columns and flanked by the miniature pillars characteristic of the Granadine architecture. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Land was not otherwise taxed, and to this day direct taxes on farm property are almost unknown, though imposts of every other conceivable kind have been multiplied. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z What powers Congress should have for governing the trade of the whole, for making or recommending prohibitions, or imposts, deserves the serious consideration of every man in America. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z Thus was it that the oppressive taxation of Spain became the direct instrument of popular corruption, and, by extending imposts to the minutest ramifications of society, it made the people smugglers, cheats, and perjurers. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z This is rather dear; but the impost would be insupportable if his Grace insisted upon also showing himself for the money. Mr. Punch in the Highlands 2011-11-01T02:00:23.677Z The nutgeld tax—an impost apparently peculiar to the Border counties—was even last century frequently enforced in Cumberland and Westmorland. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z One of his chief aims was the reduction 61 of taxes and imposts and of the army. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z Let this impost be limited in duration, until Great Britain shall allow our vessels to trade to their West Indies. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z The income from pulque alone,—the favorite drink of the masses,—was one hundred and seventy-two thousand dollars, while other imposts swelled the gross income in proportion. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Trade improved, but the Shah's servants frequently deviated from the new tariff, and extorted more than the legal imposts. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Heriots is a manorial impost about which some curious information has at various times been published. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z My pains are its rebukes, my delights its sympathies, my hopes its suggestions, my sacrifices its impost, my heavenly longings its apology for haunting me forever. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z It was imagined, that a duty of five per cent upon all imposts would afford a fund adequate to this. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z He immediately abolished this impost, and diminished the whole amount of taxation upon the Indians. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Much of the country is unsuited to rubber, and in those parts there were other imposts which were collected with equal brutality. The Crime of the Congo 2011-10-13T02:00:47.603Z The government is proposing flat supervision fees for exchanges based on market share, charges for the cost to connect to new technology platforms and imposts for both trades and computer messages for market participants. Stockbrokers Balk at Australian Charges to Fund New Regulator 2011-10-12T00:39:03Z Our impost we'll with joy endure, Because it seems the only plan From fiscal burdens to secure Exemption for the Working-Man. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 62, January 20, 1872 2011-10-07T02:00:23.543Z Not only did the king take the part of the princes in this important struggle, but he harassed the towns by subjecting them to severe imposts, a proceeding which led to several risings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z His determination was founded on the fact that trade had now become established on a firm and robust basis, and that it could well bear without injury an impost of this character. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z We may pass the Report of the Commission in so far as it deals with the taxation of the natives, food taxes, porterage taxes and other imposts. The Crime of the Congo 2011-10-13T02:00:47.603Z One of the palpable results of the "political quintessence" of Louis Philippe's government took the form of heavy imposts, and these also afforded a subject for Grandville's graphic pencil. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z Frenchmen are equal in the eye of the law, whether as contributors to the public taxes and imposts, or as to admission to civil and military employments. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z The premier also proposed to extort seven millions from the people by a new impost, under the name of "the triple assessment!" Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z The imposts of honor, how hard they are to sustain when they conflict with love and longing. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z The frauds must have been easy and tempting, the collecting of imposts most costly. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Though there are some who say that it is well; for the Swedes commit no violence, observe agreements sacredly, collect no imposts, respect liberties, do not hinder the faith. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Besides these imposts, there were many circumstantial regulations concerning the tribute in horses, equipment of soldiers, use of post-horses, interment of the dead of various ranks, and so forth. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z These articles may be said to have declared it illegal for the Crown to levy any taxes or imposts, save those anciently pertaining to it, without the consent of parliament. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z "Well, if it tends to your happiness, certainly," she said, good-naturedly, and did her best to understand what he explained to her concerning the taxes and imposts. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Dombes did not pay any impost to the King, and this fact alone sufficed to render it prosperous. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z The imposts upon our productions are severe and disproportionate, the port-charges onerous, and the incidental exactions unreasonable and vexatious. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z Besides these fresh imposts, military service was demanded, which was quite a novel thing to most of them. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z All these things came free from any general system of imposts. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z It might have been made the ground of supporting many kinds of religious impost if He had. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z It was remarked in Parliament in 1877 that no committee representing the working class asked for the repeal of this discreditable impost, which most concerned them. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Most of it has been killed now; starved out, strangled by regulations and penalties and imposts, and a fiendish fiscal tyranny; dead like the poor slaughtered forgotten conscripts in Africa. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z For fifteen years their commerce was not to be troubled with duties or imposts. History of the Discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 With a Sketch of his Life 2011-07-12T02:00:34.217Z But in the cities and towns on the Atlantic, the full importance, indeed the absolute necessity, of a new form of government and a general system of imposts was deeply felt. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z The imposts on textiles which had previously been collected in America were henceforth to be collected at the point of exportation. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z As few know to-day how hateful this impost was, it will be informing to see how the clerical case was officially stated to me. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The free peasants are those, who, having been emancipated in times more or less remote, possess lands, and depend neither on the great landlords nor on the crown, though subject to ordinary imposts and corvées. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Despite the bank levy and other imposts on banking, there is no great inclination in the Conservative part of the coalition to see the back of the bankers. Money v making stuff 2011-06-07T10:29:01Z The principles embraced by the administration, and expressed in the veto message, are evidently hostile to the whole system of protection by duties of impost, on constitutional grounds. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z In the words of Dewey, he endeavored "to collect the requisitions from the States, to create a national revenue and impost, and place the revenue on a specie basis...." The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z I find that, about the year 1765, our people here began to grumble about the taxes and imposts which Great Britain levied upon us. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z These imposts were increased, on the royal authority, by Louis XI. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z —The Lynn Town Council resolved to put an end to the absurd and obnoxious impost known as “the Lady Mayoresses’ Pin Money.” Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z They have sold tobacco, laid an impost on noses, and given snuff-boxes to poets with their portraits on the lid, and diamonds all round. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z All imposts were forestalled, and every expedient for obtaining either direct or indirect taxes had been exhausted by the methods of the financiers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z If this particular impost were made upon me in any direct manner it would almost persuade me to be a passive resister. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z Ecclesiastics, nobles, and many of the crown officials were exempted from the heaviest imposts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z "KASUISKIL" The unhappy townspeople had believed themselves free from these imposts according to General Falkenstein's promise—except, indeed, as regards cigars, of which both the Prussian officers and men required nine provided each day. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z Is it not an admitted fact that it was by royal ordinance such an impost was first levied, and by force of law that it has since been maintained? Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z Excise�, an inland duty or impost laid on commodities produced and consumed within a country, and also on licences to manufacture and deal in certain commodities. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The absence of fringe taxes that would be incurred in the U.S. — such as imposts on employee benefits, payroll and other levies — also helps reduce overall postproduction cost. Want Blockbuster FX? Head to New Zealand 2011-04-12T08:40:00Z Besides the royal taxes, seigniorial imposts survived under the form of tolls and market dues. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z By way of recompense the town was to be freed from all imposts, except cigars, the general engaging furthermore to reduce the burden of the military billeting as much as possible. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z A severe tribute having been imposed on the Roman matrons by the Triumvirs, Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus, she boldly pleaded their cause before these noted extortioners, and obtained some alleviation of the impost. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z In the imposts of all kinds, that it derives directly or indirectly from the establishments themselves, the workmen employed, and the numerous personnel whose existence is linked to that of the manufacture of iron. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z “Abolish monopolies, Loans of Privy Seal, Ship-tax, Coal and Conduit money, with the other iniquitous imposts!” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z The companies won their second mining-tax battle in Australia after the government agreed to allow them to credit future state royalties imposts against a planned 30 percent levy on profits. European Stocks Fluctuate as Portugal’s PM Resigns; Rio Climbs 2011-03-24T08:52:05Z Another limiting condition is found in the practical impossibility of levying by local agencies such imposts as the customs and the income-tax in their modern forms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z There he met his father-in-law, C. Fundanius, the knight Agrius, and Agrasius, a farmer of imposts, who were gazing on a map of Italy, painted on the inner walls of the temple. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Raw iron being a material of great weight, in proportion to its value, cannot be smuggled; it will therefore bear, among all articles, nearly the highest rate of impost, in proportion to its cost. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z Since then they have reduced the odious tariff of 1842, and fixed the principle of imposts on the revenue, not the protective basis. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z By the conquered Asiatics this impost in their hopes. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z One refractory village only, of the Jidda tribe, withholding its impost of a single horse, paid the penalty of its folly. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z He proposes a territorial impost; a general capitation tax; an augmented duty upon the circulation and export of silver; and a duty upon the consumption of tobacco. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z In 1368 his greatest vassals, the counts of Armagnac, P�rigord and Comminges, displayed their disloyalty by appealing to the king of France as their suzerain against the legality of Edward’s imposts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z It has asked always the cheapest iron that could be gotten, and, of course, has demanded that the imposts should be fixed at the lowest possible rates. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z In their conversations with one another, they had discussed this question, and more than once had been heard to hint at some dark design by which the impost might be removed. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z The constitution says: The congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts, and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States. A Letter to Grover Cleveland On His False Inaugural Address, The Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude Of The People 2011-01-22T03:00:14.093Z The greater barons, however, found in this impost a pretext for revolt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z My vassals, finding themselves encouraged in resisting the payment of the taxes, are now loudly clamoring that the imposts are exorbitant, and will not pay them! The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z The exigency of this debate does not require me to survey the whole range of productive industry of the country, and to suggest a comparative system of imposts adjusted to them all. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z Tithe, the most odious of all imposts, was still collected in the most odious manner. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z As reported by Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Crosby was not tame in his criticism of the hits and the league’s decision to not impost supplementary discipline. Slap Shot: Monday Morning Skate: Kings Ink Johnson, Crosby Lashes Out, Sharks Stumble 2011-01-10T14:19:32Z A profitable banking concern once fairly in operation, and backed by the security of these statutory imposts, what more could the investor require for his capital? A Cursory History of Swearing The royal taxes, the seigniorial imposts, the tithes of the church are ever on the increase—and still I hear rumors of fresh taxes. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z In the palace of Diocletian at Spalato the principal street had an arcade on either side, the arches of which rested direct on the capital without any intervening entablature or impost block. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" The span of an arch is in circular arches the length of its chord, and generally the width between the points of its opposite imposts whence it springs. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Thriving villages and smiling fields were converted into deer forests, vexatious imposts were laid on the farmers, and the serfs had no interest in the cultivation of the soil. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide These direct imposts in the declining days of the empire, so entirely ruined the proprietors of rural estates, that they abandoned them in all quarters. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 The tithes, the taxes and the imposts extorted from us by the King, the castle and the curate, leave nothing for us to glean but wisps after the harvest. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z Despite the temperate habits of the Cuban people, the very general consumption of some form of alcoholic drink made this impost amount to a considerable sum. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 The upper part of the pier or abutment, where the arch rests—technically where it springs from—is the impost. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The two archways are connected by falling lines of impost mouldings and converging lines of coffering. An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. It is well known that when the Romans first conquered Macedonia, the senate proclaimed a general liberation from taxes and imposts of every kind to the Roman citizens, as the reward of their victories. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Seeing the courtier's fortune consisted almost exclusively in his seigniorial domains, there was no way of increasing his revenues except by overwhelming his vassals with exorbitant imposts. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z No person is bound to pay any tax or impost not legally established and the collection of which is not carried out in the manner prescribed by the laws. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 Regular imposts had to be devised which would be independent of their grants. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Then some governments refused to take for the payment of taxes and imposts, the money of their own country which they themselves had coined. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. In respect of foreign trade Bosnia and Herzegovina were in 1882 included in the customs and commercial system of Austria-Hungary, to the extinction of all intermediate imposts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The people of the State ought not to be taxed, or made subject to the payment of any impost or duty, without the consent of themselves, or their representatives in General Assembly freely given. Constitution of the State of North Carolina and Copy of the Act of the General Assembly Entitled An Act to Amend the Constitution of the State of North Carolina Reference has been made to the reform of the taxation system which included the abolition of a number of annoying and oppressive imposts. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 Moreover, they will aid me in restoring the imposts formerly decreed by the emperors, and thereby to replenish my coffers. The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter Thus they became the financiers of the olden time in both great and little traffic, the richest persons in the country, in spite of monstrous imposts. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. Instead of replacing the former imposts, however, Desmarets simply added his dixi�me to them; the experiment was naturally disastrous, and the idea was abandoned. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" This half-shekel gradually became an annual impost, levied for the great expenses of the Temple. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus To levy such taxes and imposts of national character as may be necessary for the needs of the government. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 This is the day they pay their rents and imposts. The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess But the burdens upon landed property rose so high, that for a long time, land together with house and farm, bore little value, and sometimes were offered in vain as acquittance for service and imposts. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. Molded as a champered band, the impost topping the pier forms the abacus of the capitals of the two columns. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album Taxes, state imposts and tithes of all sorts drove the mass of the people deeper and deeper into poverty. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State This type of arcade or window is found in early German work, except that, as a rule, there is a capital under the impost block. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" He proposed to raise it by an increase of the impost on foreign distilled spirits, and a tax by way of excise on spirits distilled at home. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools The Legislative body discusses and votes the projects of law and the imposts. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. The impost also forms the abacus of the capitals. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album The joy was general in Paris, where Calonne, accused of wishing to augment the imposts, was known as “Monsieur Deficit.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Akin to the tax that has just been described, at least in its nature as a direct impost, is the poll or capitation tax. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" The superior officers of justice and finance enjoyed privileges of nobility which, while still confining them to their rank in society, exempted them from various imposts and charges. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 He took occasion to abolish a variety of vexatious imposts, and the new budget fell less heavily on the Christians than the old. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Resting on a stoneboard, an attached pier surrounded by two attached columns is topped by an impost molded as a chamfered band. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album It was he who issued those humiliating rescripts, which are commonly but unjustly attributed to Omar I. But he forbade extortion and suppressed more than one illegal impost. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Along with the special duties on wool there was an increase of the imposts on wine and general goods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" These rents, which are decorated with the fine name of offerings, are, in fact, imposts which no Tartar king would venture to refuse the payment of. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] The prisons were soon crowded with poor wretches who could not pay the impost even by selling all their belongings, to the very straw of their beds. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Each pillar is topped by a large impost molded with a chamfered band. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album An impost, first established during the Commonwealth of England, was still levied on every hogshead of tobacco exported; this became a permanent source of revenue, and rendered the executive independent of the legislature. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia But these failures cleared the way for a more effective form of direct impost, which appeared in the “subsidy” or general tax on land and goods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" The princes, whose domains they entered, silently permitted the impost of a tribute; the rest were required to submit. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] There were five starters in the Derby all with the same impost—122 pounds. History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 This pier is topped by an impost molded with a chamfered band. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album The charter of James was of the same character with that of Elizabeth, with an express clause of exemption forever from all taxation or impost upon their imports or exports. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia The beginning of the “window tax,” licences on pedlars, and a temporary tax on the stocks of companies complete the imposts of this kind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" The best definition of due diligence in these matters would seem to be, that it is the same diligence and exactness as are exercised in proceedings relating to imposts of excise or customs. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) If they were not convinced of this truth, why grumble at the impost? The Justice and Necessity of Taxing the American Colonies, Demonstrated Together with a Vindication of the Authority of Parliament On each side of the gate, the three grains rest on three attached columns through an impost molded with a cavetto. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album The first parliament of the new reign laid an impost on tobacco; the planters, in abject terms, supplicated James to suspend the duty imposed on their staple; but he refused to comply. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia My dear neighbor," he at last said, "I see that you, too, have been highly assessed in the impost of misfortune that every one of us must pay. Waldfried A Novel The monopoly ceased at the British occupation, but the regulations and imposts remained. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products On the side-walls are four other scenes, two to each wall, and each is divided off by the cornice that forms the impost of the arch upon which rests the groined vaulting of the chapel. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 08 (of 10) Bastiano to Taddeo Zucchero The square part of the impost is adorned with a small hollow molding. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album The propriety of all duties and imposts being uniform throughout the states, cannot be disputed. Essays on the Constitution of the United States They threw the emperor Diocletian into such consternation that he hurried an army into Gaul to combat them; at the same time, however, he remitted the imposts, and granted almost everything that the Bagauders demanded. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres Lawmakers and tax-gatherers will rejoice over a new and fertile source of revenue, and pile upon it impost on impost, secure of the approval of the most grumbling of tax-payers. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. The impost of extraordinary tithe—the whole system of tithe—again, is doomed when once the country begins to live its new life. The Hills and the Vale The impost goes on above the external pier supporting the archivolt. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album Those respecting the publick debt, and the benefit of imposts, are the most important, and these I have taken pains to explain. Essays on the Constitution of the United States But the gift must be absolute, hereditary and free from all taxes, fees or imposts. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres He chuckled over the impost, for the goods which he had sent up to Independence by an earlier boat had been selected with that tax in mind. Bring Me His Ears Deficiencies in revenue were supplied by the enactment of less oppressive imposts, and particularly by resettling the income-tax, and by the introduction of a succession duty on real estate. Studies in Contemporary Biography As a further means of neutralizing the commutation they have devised a new form of impost, viz. a terminal tax which is levied on the goods after the termination of the transit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" But if the new system should be adopted, the whole impost, with an unlimited claim to excise and dry tax, will be given to Congress. Essays on the Constitution of the United States All citizens have the right to unite personally, or by their representatives, in the fixing of imposts. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 He had his own ideas about the payment of the impost, and although he could not entirely avoid it, he intended to take a great deal of the sting out of it. Bring Me His Ears Still shall the innocent word be hateful, and the people will turn even on their best friend, who in administration inflicts a new impost; as we have shown by the fate of the Roman Salinator! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Doubling the tax in 1901 only slightly checked the flow, but when it was raised to $500 in 1904 the number willing to pay the impost next year fell to eight. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time The impost will not be considered as being paid by this state, but by the continent. Essays on the Constitution of the United States There is an impost duty on flour of $4 a barrel. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... Other customs payable upon exports and imports are distinguished into subsidies, tonnage, poundage, and other imposts. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First That is an exceedingly beautiful one over the western door of St. George’s; and there is some spirited impishness and switching of tails in the supporting figures at the imposts. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) And new papers are forging to chastise them, in regard to the poors’ rate, which is again started; the improper choice of professors; and violent stretches of the impost. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors They have also the unlimited right to imposts and all kinds of taxes, as well to levy as to collect them. Essays on the Constitution of the United States There has been a heavy tax on all articles of impost and a special tax on all articles not enumerated in the tariff. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... These imposts are very various,-313- according to the nature of the thing stamped, rising gradually from a penny to ten pounds. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First For, poor as she was in all that governments put imposts upon, and men list in tax returns and carry to steel vaults to hoard away, Sarah Newbolt had her dreams. The Bondboy Standard measures were cut in stone in conspicuous places, and at Albona the various imposts were carved on the clock-tower in the piazza. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia Let the fund be an impost on our foreign trade, and we shall encourage our manufactures. Essays on the Constitution of the United States The west doorways of both show primitive imitations of Roman mouldings in the imposts and architraves. Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them Along the exterior of the upper part of the nave, runs a row of twenty-four semi-circular arches, with imposts and bases, and all uniform, except that eight of them are pierced for windows. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy Such taxes bring less into the public treasury, compared with what they take from the consumers, than any other imposts to which civilized nations are usually subject. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy The triumphal arch is round, with early caps and impost mouldings; other early caps and columns are visible in the walls of the choir in hollows made to expose them. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia But if we surrender the unlimited right to regulate trade, and levy taxes, imposts will oppress our foreign trade for the benefit of other states, while excises and taxes will discourage our internal industry. Essays on the Constitution of the United States Trade has been everywhere hampered by vexatious imposts cunningly introduced on all kinds of pretexts, and as pertinaciously persisted in, in spite of pointed remonstrances on the part of foreign representatives. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 Though little gold is left in the purse, there is ever room for hungry refugees at the table of the king’s former commissioner of imposts. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance On the new issues five per cent interest was paid, and even excises and imposts were set aside as security for their payment. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy Public property was confiscated for the benefit of the duke and his supporters, and all kinds of arbitrary and exorbitant imposts and restraints were imposed upon the people, even to the prohibition of fishing! The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia The impost, if well collected, would be fully equal to the interest of the foreign debt, and the current charges of the national government. Essays on the Constitution of the United States No subsidy, charge, tax, impost, or duties, ought to be established, fixed, laid or levied, under any pretext whatsoever, without the consent of the people, or their representatives in the legislature. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens The king’s commissioner of imposts perhaps would not have admitted he was passing the prime of life, but the crow’s-feet were gathering in the corners of his eyes. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Throughout the province the feeling is still the same—an immovable determination to resist at all hazards the imposts of a Dublin Parliament. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The arches are stilted, and at the height of the real springing an impost projects in profile. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia In New York the opposition is not to this constitution in particular, but to the federal impost, it is confined wholly to salary-men and their connections, men whose salary is paid by the state impost. Essays on the Constitution of the United States The impost duty on all agricultural products has also alarmingly increased. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Had the great bulk of the people been free, and the empire prosperous, this fixity of impost would have been the greatest of all blessings. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 It bristled with contentious points bearing upon the most equitable ways and means of raising supplementary imposts to meet the first year's war outlays. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources The piers and arches are unmoulded; the arches have two orders, carved imposts, and a very small base. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia Does one of the states attempt to raise a little money by imposts or other commercial regulations? Essays on the Constitution of the United States The round-arched, deeply recessed doorway has the usual paneled jambs and soffit, but the reeded casings and square impost blocks are of the sort that came into vogue about the beginning of the nineteenth century. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia While taxes and imposts everywhere else harassed merchants, commerce was free in the cities of Flanders, owing to the liberality, or rather shrewdness, of her rulers. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses But I am convinced that relief cannot be found in taxation of incomes at rates without a parallel anywhere, and in unduly burdensome imposts upon business activities. War Taxation Some Comments and Letters Moreover, in the tribute of the tithes and imposts on water and land, and for all trade duties, the Zoroastrians must be treated in the same manner as our other subjects. Les Parsis The farmer has, in truth, no other advantage from imposts than that they save him the trouble of collecting money for the government. Essays on the Constitution of the United States These windows are set effectively in brick arches with marble sills, keystones and imposts. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Our forefathers thus considered it a dangerous policy to permit a single State to lay any imposts upon the commercial commodities which passed over its borders. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses It is one of the oldest principles of taxation that an excessive impost destroys its own productivity. War Taxation Some Comments and Letters Openings which do not cut into the vault are then frankly arched, without impost moulding of any kind. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture In one instance, indeed, the impost does raise money at the direct expense of the seaports. Essays on the Constitution of the United States These windows slide in molded frames set in the reveals of the brickwork under plain arches with marble or other stone imposts, keystone and sill. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The impost act was followed by others hardly less important in putting the new Constitution into operation under its first Congress. James Madison The governor compelled two foreign ships to pay very exorbitant imposts, at which they were greatly dissatisfied. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, Volume XXXIX: 1683-1690 It is then carried round the building, and forms the impost moulding of the side arches in the bema and of the east window. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture But if we surrender the impost, we shall still, by this new constitution, be held to pay our full proportion of the remaining debt, as if nothing had been done. Essays on the Constitution of the United States The effect of the keystone and imposts, also the enrichment of the semicircular architrave casings are characteristic. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The impost bill secured the means to work with; the next necessity was to organize the machinery to do the work. James Madison The property so presented was free of imposts. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters Capitals.—The development of the capital from the Roman form, which was suitable only for the lintel, to the impost capital shaped to receive an arch has been well explained by Lethaby and Swainson. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture All their imposts and prohibitions shall be confined to foreign produce and manufactures imported, and to foreign ships trading in our harbours. Essays on the Constitution of the United States For abolishing the Annates it was argued that such an impost contradicts a maxim of the Apostle Paul; for doing away the Papal jurisdiction, that no place of Scripture justifies it. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) Are the imposts on agriculture to increase while its returns are to diminish? or is the old Whig expedient to be resorted to, of raising that very tax which they have resisted and denounced? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 The beneficiary may have bought the land and presented it to the king, to be received back free of imposts in perpetuity. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters Here the classic form is accurately adhered to, but, as the curved abacus was unsuitable to the arch, a large splayed abacus or impost block is placed above the capital. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture After taking the whole of our standing revenue, by impost and excise, we must still be held to pay a sixth part of the remaining debt. Essays on the Constitution of the United States Those having position and power think they have the right to acquire by violence as much as they can, daily making assessments and imposts, and new oppressions and impositions upon the poor. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost He laid enormous imposts on the peasantry, and when they were unable to pay, he took every thing from them, to their last horse, and harnessed themselves to the plough. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Even here, in the most prosperous of the villages I have been in, life is, for most of the people, only a struggle against poverty, thrift being impossible where every surplus meets a new impost. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 It is a general feature of the Byzantine capital that it projects at no point beyond the impost line of the arch, thus differing both from the classic and the Gothic forms. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture The opposition here is not one-half so great to the federal government as it was three years ago to the federal impost, and the faction, such as it is, is from the same blindfold party. Essays on the Constitution of the United States The imposts on foreign linen yarn were withdrawn. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production For their convenience the revenues were raised by imposts instead of direct taxes, and thus they give little or nothing in exchange for their excessive representation. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans “How much lighter or heavier will you in your capacity as judge make this impost?” The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton It appears appropriately here as the form of capital required to carry the impost of an arch upon a capital. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture In all these places an impost is collected, of which, as consumers, you pay a share without deriving any public benefit. Essays on the Constitution of the United States Later, upon the payment of a high security, the same Saul the Jew became farmer of the imposts. Jewish Literature and Other Essays A numerous smaller progeny may be found in the laying of imposts, and the successive adjustment of protection to navigation, the fisheries, agriculture, and manufactures. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans There is the further expedient of "stilting" the cross arches, that is, making the real arch spring from a point above the impost and building the lower portion of it vertical, as shown in Fig. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 The latter bays are covered by groined vaults springing from the imposts of the capitals, which are of the Byzantine Ionic type, with high carved imposts. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture Such goods pay a certain impost for the benefit of the importing states, but our treasury is not profited by this commerce. Essays on the Constitution of the United States But now these allotments were illegally appropriated, so that they neither paid imposts nor furnished labourers; and while governors held worthless regions, wealthy magnates annexed great tracts of fertile land. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era It was provided that all duties, imposts, or excises should be uniform throughout the United States. The Critical Period of American History The Bretons, who were secretly undermining the regency, cried aloud, "No impost, no Montaran," to draw away suspicion from their anti-patriotic plots—but the event turned out against them. The Regent's Daughter The government has, however, not been contented with exercising this power as she had a right to do, but has gone a step beyond it, by laying imposts, not for revenue, but for protection. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Comparing present taxes with those of the past, we should certainly expect heavier imposts now, because the government furnishes today, as an equivalent of protection and blessing, infinitely more than former dynasties did. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ The Bakufu collected dues on foreign commerce, also, and miscellaneous imposts of an irregular character made no small addition to its income. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era At the same time there came the final struggle in New York over the impost amendment, against which Governor Clinton had firmly set his face. The Critical Period of American History So obnoxious was the tax upon letters, that he was entitled to say that “the people had declared their readiness to submit to any impost that might be substituted in its stead.” Cheap Postage Considerable attention is given to the Chinese who come to the islands; Corcuera describes their present location and status, and proposes further imposts on them in order to replenish the Philippine treasury. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXVI, 1636 No impost whatever is paid for them to the Government, the concession being presumably accorded to the population, in consideration of their being inhabitants of a frontier station. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria On the one hand, he levied heavy imposts to procure funds; on the other, he sent to China ships—hence called Tenryuji-bune—to obtain furniture and fittings. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era On the 15th of February, 1787, the matter was reconsidered in the New York legislature, and the impost amendment was defeated. The Critical Period of American History The thought-form has this advantage, however, that it can be given a durable or a temporary existence, and can be taken about with me without being liable to impost as "excess luggage." Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance The impost is 11 ft. long by 8 ft. broad, and 2 ft. thick; weight, 10 tons 7 cwt. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Roland levied imposts and even tithes throughout his district, and compelled the farmers, at the peril of their lives, to bring their stores of victual to the "Camp of the Eternal." The Huguenots in France There were, however, other imposts, which, though not accurately stated, must have brought the land-tax to much more than forty per cent, of the yield. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Then the interest of this debt must be provided for; and to that end Congress had recommended an impost, or system of custom-house duties, upon liquors, sugars, teas, coffees, cocoa, molasses, and pepper. The Critical Period of American History The others open into large square recesses or chambers, with ashlar walls, and rubble barrel-vaults springing from chamfered imposts on each side. The Care of Books I perceive by the imposts and expenses on the transfer of small properties, that a barrier almost insurmountable is raised to their acquisition by the coloured population. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II A custom or impost formerly granted to the crown for merchandise imported or exported. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. This impost may well have outweighed all the others. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The last ounce was now to be put upon the camel's back in the failure of the impost amendment. The Critical Period of American History At the gates of each small town in France the octroi, or impost, levies on articles of food brought in, and the customhouse in England seizes all American reprints of English books. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men The islands of the Archipelago are willing to aid our efforts, but they claim from me in return a guarantee for the safety of their goods and for the regular administration of their imposts. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II An act for the collection of revenue through the medium of imposts was finally passed, and the principle was recognised of discriminating duties for the protection of American manufactures. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. Originally these imposts were defrayed by actual labour, but afterwards money came to be substituted. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Their piers, behind which is a passage, are square, and the impost moulding is continued as a string. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric This impost was to last for two years. Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets This will lighten his tax upon the whole, and thus enable him to cheat the government that has put such a grievous impost upon his enterprise. The Boy Tar As will appear in a later chapter, the new impost did not yield the amount which Pitt expected; but the failure was probably due to defects in the methods of collection. William Pitt and the Great War The discontinuous88 impost, the ugliest invention of French Flamboyant, may perhaps be endured in some subordinate place; it is intolerable in the main piers of a church. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine West of this is the principal entrance, a Norman arch, beneath which a pointed arch has been inserted, the original imposts, however, remaining. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Charged by them with the public defense, Congress could not put a soldier in the field; and charged with defraying expenses, it could not levy a dollar of imposts or taxes. America First Patriotic Readings The abolition of all impost duties and a system of direct taxation, are of course warmly advocated—meaning thereby the ruin of Northern manufactures by smuggling European goods over our border. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The House accepted these crushing imposts without demur. William Pitt and the Great War Arches of two orders rise from square piers with imposts, and support an equally plain clerestory. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine Perpetual imposts and extraordinary war-subventions had drained the town of its resources for some time. The Story of Rouen Such was the answer to the merchants who complained of excessive and unequal imposts. The History of Tasmania, Volume I There was, among them, one for a body consisting of delegates from each of the three estates,—nobles, ecclesiastics, and burgesses,—to assist in deciding that troublesome question, the regulation of imposts. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) Several supporters of Pitt, among them the Duke of Leeds, Sir William Pulteney and Henry Thornton, opposed the new imposts, and the Opposition was jubilantly furious. William Pitt and the Great War Plain as are the imposts, they show that the work is of the confirmed Norman variety of Romanesque; there are no Primitive traces hanging about it, such as we see at Jumièges. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine But the county or State should take care of highways and bridges without putting an impost on travel. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 One of the most mischievous authors of this abominable conspiracy is the man Brotteaux, once known as des Ilettes, receiver of imposts under the tyrant. The Gods are Athirst While they will rise up against a vexatious impost, they crouch before a system of which the impost is the smallest evil. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IV Bath, he was assured, welcomed the new imposts because they would drive very many families thither. William Pitt and the Great War Mr. Gladstone used to consider it necessary to prepare the way for each new impost by an elaborate argument. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 12, 1916 A duty on imports had been imposed in one or two instances by Mary, and this impost had been extended by Elizabeth to currants and wine. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 As Colonel Ward sarcastically pointed out, opposition to this particular impost has been for years the "by-election stunt" of every party in turn. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05 The vast majority of free citizens could in any case only express their opinions as to this or that financial impost through their representatives in the House of Commons. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV The produce of some of these imposts is curious. William Pitt and the Great War This was a greater extortion than usual; but the traders were compelled to accept the impost. The Scalp Hunters There is no toll or duty paid upon merchandise exported or imported, nor is there any impost or tax paid upon land. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 These stand him too high in his own market, as they reach it only after long carriage and scandalous imposts. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Few more mischievous imposts could have been devised. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot Before the tax was approved of by the King some friars loaded a vessel with export merchandise, and absolutely refused to pay the impost, alleging immunity. The Philippine Islands He then rebukes Frederick for keeping money locked up in his military chest, instead of throwing it into circulation, for his violent and arbitrary administration, and for the excessive imposts under which his people groaned. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. Mr. Chamberlain omitted to mention the last-named impost, but no doubt that was his artfulness. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25 Wolff's Bureau has instructed its correspondents that in order to meet this new impost the percentage of truth in its despatches must be still further diminished. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916 So long as each State laid its own imposts, and goods free of duty in one State might be practically excluded from another, Congress could negotiate no valuable treaties of commerce abroad. History of the United States, Volume 2 In 1887 the term was extended for another 10 years; hence, no imposts being levied, all the Spaniards had to do was to maintain their prestige with peace. The Philippine Islands The peasant was obliged to pay direct imposts in cash. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 The abolition of the "droits r�unis" had also been promised, and they were not only levied with greater rigour and harshness than before, but even some of these imposts had been greatly increased. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I The arch of the doorway is a plain, round-headed arch with its edges left quite square, and the impost is plain with the exception of a hollow immediately below the abacus. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire Clothing is dear as the consequence of protective imposts. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile The only tax that has interest to us as philatelists is the one cent impost on all letters and postcards. The Stamps of Canada I have hitherto given you, in token of my gratitude, the rents, rates, imposts and taxes, of two streets, and of the related alleys, courts and lanes. A Book of Burlesques The same witness informs us that of the extraordinary imposts the Peasants paid nearly twice as much in proportion to their estimated property as the Barons, Nobles, and Burghers together. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Each impost is, as it were, in square-edged layers, each layer overhanging the one below it. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire Those which are now reached by the income tax when the holders are residents here should be reached hereafter by an impost on dividends and coupons, according to Mr. Hayes's idea. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 Greedy of gain, they ground the people with heavy ritual imposts. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion The Honourable Merchants are free from all imposts, conscriptions, etcetera, and pay no taxes. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Moreover, they were obliged to sell only in Great Britain, where heavy imposts served to curtail the net profits of the producer. Benjamin Franklin The jambs are quite plain, with heavy impost members, slightly hollowed, and a square label, much damaged and defaced. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire Sir R. Walpole proposed to set apart the proceeds of the impost for his majesty’s use. Recollections of Old Liverpool There were no imposts but those paid to the government. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 The Constitution gives to Congress to power to levy imposts, and prohibits it to the States. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 It is hardly possible for us to realise the general horror in which this hated impost was then enveloped. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 Between the sill of the window and the blocked-up arch there are impost members or brackets fixed in the wall, and abutting against the side walls, the mouldings which return being different in each. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire An impost of threepence in the pound could never be opposed by the colonists, unless they were determined to rebel against Great Britain. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 The Empire establishes taxes and customs duties, but the imposts are collected by state authorities. The Governments of Europe If not a direct tax, it was admitted to be properly levied according to that clause in the Constitution which declares that "all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States." Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 This may enable them to carry into effect a general impost which one or two obstinate States have so long prevented. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) The jambs of this curious arch are nearly 28 inches and the imposts nearly 10 inches in thickness. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire Like Godfrey, Boothby was a generous man, but the expenses which the royal family cost him and his predecessors must have been a heavy impost upon the monastery. A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time, with a descriptive account of its architectural peculiarities and recent improvements; compiled from the works of Gunton, Britton, and original & authentic documents It was not merely a tax on improvements, but an impost on being alive. The Masques of Ottawa "Yet if they turn to God and observe prayer, and pay the impost, then are they your brethren in religion: and We make clear the signs for men of knowledge." A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 The rigorous levy of the deux vingtièmes is enregistered, the stamp act and impost territorial are revoked, the parliament recalled, the nation soothed by these acts, and inspired by the insults of the British court. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) Under the fourth window is a doorway, which is, on the exterior, richly ornamented, filling all available space, the whole of the imposts, arch mouldings and capitals being thickly sculptured with interlaced carving. Ely Cathedral He supposed that the impost will not be the only revenue—the post office he supposes would be another substantial source of revenue. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 He increased the first imposts, and did them violence, he and his men; after having taken all he wanted, he returned to his city. The Story of Russia The revenue was to be raised by imposts on importation and tonnage, and by direct taxation, if necessary. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII When that shall be done, that impost will suffice to pay the interest, and sink the principal in a very few years. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) He was going to raise the income tax, he said, the existing impost on incomes of 160 pounds a year and over. Lloyd George The Man and His Story The census in the constitution was intended to introduce equality in the burdens to be laid on the community.—No gentleman objected to laying duties, imposts, and exercises, uniformly. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 They did good indirectly, for they formed one of the strongest arguments in favor of the abolition of that obnoxious impost. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy This additional impost, laid by act of March 25, 1804, called the Mediterranean Fund, remained in force long after the war closed and held its place on the books of the Treasury under that name. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII I am afraid we may consider the refusal of the impost as an answer. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) The statute for assigning certain imposts for the King's household is transcribed at full length, word for word. Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth For such an impost, a vessel of the republic, upon its arrival in any of the english ports, would only pay a few shillings. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. After the vaultings have been polished, set the impost mouldings directly beneath them. The Ten Books on Architecture It would have been better at once to seek what was needed in the other impost without taxing French salt. Sophisms of the Protectionists New York still refuses to pass the impost in any form, and, were she to pass it, Pennsylvania will not uncouple it from the supplementary funds. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) The Christian population was subjected to heavy imposts, the principal being the haratch, or capitation-tax, paid to the imperial treasury, and the tithe on agricultural produce, which was collected by the feudal lord. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Sometimes the curvature of the arch does not immediately spring from the capital or impost, but is raised or stilted. The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. The arches, walled-in up to the impost level, are now filled with glass, as well as the opening. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See The discontent with the vicious government had been extreme, and the imposts now levied were less onerous than those which had been wasted in profusion and extravagance. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War As this was proposed by the King in lieu of the impost territorial, there is no doubt now that the latter, with the stamp tax, will be immediately repealed. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) This led to the enrichment of the archivolts and imposts with that peculiar type of conventional foliage which characterizes Mahommedan work, and which in this case was carried out by Coptic craftsmen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" “The Appraisers’ department is simply for the purpose of deciding the market values and dutiable character of all goods imported, so that the imposts can be laid with correctness. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The south door, within a porch, has a pointed top beneath a wide, round-headed arch springing from imposts. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey That obnoxious impost was even then, as it has subsequently been, a great bone of contention, and proved the casus belli of many a wordy war. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities It is expected that the State of New York will shortly accede to the impost which has been proposed. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) Though that impost yielded more profit, the bargain might be esteemed hard; and it was chiefly the necessity of the king's situation which induced him to consent to it. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. The Inspectors examine the baggage of the cabin passengers, collect the imposts on dutiable articles, and send them ashore. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City They required a general pardon, the abolition of slavery, freedom of commerce in market towns without toll or impost, and a fixed rent on lands, instead of the services due by villainage. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. This toll for cutting seaweed is a regular impost in these parts, sometimes rising for "red weed" and "black weed" to 11s. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Would it not have been better to assign to Congress exclusively the article of imposts for federal purposes, and to have left direct taxation exclusively to the States? The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) It received all the revenues accruing from the Indies, not only the imposts on commerce, but also all the taxes remitted by colonial officers. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century It is the only one in which the stones are squared, dressed, and provided with lintels or imposts. Stonehenge Today and Yesterday The paternalistic tendencies of the Spanish government are obvious in the former direction, with various restrictions on trade, and annoying imposts on all classes of people. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 25 of 55 1635-36 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Their vast revenues from land were much more like government imposts than like rents. The Age of the Reformation The ocean never did attend more duly Upon his sovereign's course, the night's pale queen, Nor paid the impost of his waves more truly, Than mine unto her cruelty hath been. Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles Delia - Diana One proves one's loyalty to him as to other sovereigns, by putting his image more or less everywhere, and punctually paying the imposts levied by his ministers. Life of St. Francis of Assisi It has even been suggested that the small uprights once carried imposts, or lintel stones similar to the trilithons, on the evidence of this one stone. Stonehenge Today and Yesterday The augmentation of the duty on imposts met with no opposition. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States It was proposed that an impost of ten per cent. be laid on the incomes of the clergy and one of five per cent. on the rich laity. The Age of the Reformation Lo here the impost of a faith entire, That love doth pay, and her disdain extorts; Behold the message of a chaste desire That tells the world how much my grief imports. Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles Delia - Diana New York had given her final veto to the impost system, and in doing so, had virtually decreed the dissolution of the existing government. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Therefore it was necessary to bed one stone deeper than the other, in order that their two summits should be level to receive the lintel, or impost. Stonehenge Today and Yesterday It must be admitted that an exact note of all these imposts would be of great service to the history of the human mind. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary We must at length imagine that they knew the country could bear the impost imposed upon it. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) The custom is computed on an average of what was paid on piece-goods and raw silk of said imports, adding additional imposts. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) The states therefore, were requested to enable congress, "to carry into effect that part which related to impost so soon as it should be acceded to." The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States There is no direct evidence as to the actual method of placing the imposts upon the uprights. Stonehenge Today and Yesterday What is quite certain is that these imposts were never authorized by any council; that it was an enormous abuse invented by avarice, and respected by those whose interest it was not to abolish it. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary This scandalous impost hit us at every turn. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben New imposts, people's approval necessary before enforcement, 90. China and the Chinese In the progress of the business, however, there was reason to believe that the impost might be conceded, but that the application for internal taxes would encounter difficulties not to be surmounted. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States The Publicans.—In every province the Roman people had considerable revenues—the customs, the mines, the imposts, the grain-lands, and the pastures. History Of Ancient Civilization The imposts were not found adequate to produce the sums required, and a new loan, at five per cent, was decreed. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century For it is not enough that imposts laid for protection of domestic manufactures are oppressive, and transfer in their operation millions of our property to Northern capitalists. General Scott During previous reigns an impost of this kind on the coast towns in time of war might have been considered legitimate, since its original object was to provide ships for the national defense. The Leading Facts of English History In the course of the year 1786, every state in the union had acted upon the recommendation, and, with the exception of New York, had granted the impost duty which had been required. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States These men bought from the state the right of collecting the impost in a certain place, and the provincials had to obey them as the representatives of the Roman people. History Of Ancient Civilization Considered as a boon to them, it is a mere nullity; but, considered as an impost on the public, it is no nullity, but a very serious and pernicious reality. Public Speaking An ordinance was passed to provide for arresting the operations of certain acts of Congress of the United States, purporting to be taxes laying duties and imposts on the importation of foreign commodities. General Scott The Sultan levies no tax in the interior or impost of any kind, and the sole revenue he receives in Hejaz comes from Customs duties of Jeddah and Yembo, which may amount to £40,000. The Future of Islam This debate on the impost and tonnage bills was succeeded by one on a subject which was believed to involve principles of still greater interest. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Since his time, however, this people have found themselves in a better condition to enforce this impost on the Kailouee salt-merchants than they were formerly. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government A small impost of three pence, to be collected in America, was left as a reminder of the principle laid down in the Declaratory Act that Parliament had the right to tax the colonists. History of the United States All non-Moslims had to pay the jiziya or poll tax, and the remission of this impost accorded to converts was naturally a powerful incentive to change of faith. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 The impost alone gives us ten or eleven millions annually, increasing at a compound ratio of six and two thirds per cent, per annum, and consequently doubling in ten years. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 An attempt to raise the impost would be dangerous; and the excise added to it would not produce funds adequate to the object. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Would it not have been better to assign to Congress exclusively, the article of imposts for federal purposes, and to have left direct taxation exclusively to the States? Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Congress, on the 18th of April, 1783, recommended to the States to invest them with a power, for twenty-five years, to levy an impost of five per cent, on all articles imported from abroad. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 Even at this early period of his reign he had abolished some vexatious imposts. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants In the impost bill, the Representatives had, by almost an unanimous concurrence, made a difference between nations in treaty with us, and those not in treaty. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 These imposts, known as the "new and small customs," as opposed to the "old and great customs" established in 1275, were not sanctioned by parliamentary grant: but for the moment they provoked no opposition. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Every column is truncated as low as the impost of the arch, but the arches are all entire. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 The expenses of collecting this impost, will probably be six per cent, on its amount, this being the usual expense of collection in the United States. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 He received the unexpected support of Lieutenant-Commander Kenworthy, who declared that Yorkshire miners always had a bottle after their day's work and denounced an impost that would rob a poor man of his "boy." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920 But admiration is a sort of impost from which most minds are but too willing to relieve themselves. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals When a tributary sept became strong enough to resist the pressure of these imposts, exemption was claimed by a sort of legal fiction, by which they were genealogically affiliated to the ruling sept. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints New York still refuses to pass the impost in any form, and were she to pass it, Pennsylvania will not uncouple it from the supplementary funds. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Of course, this impost will pay the interest of a debt to that amount. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 The receipts were all paid into the national treasury, and the senate had the uncontrolled direction of the general expenditure, as well as the regulation of the amount of imposts. Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. The power confided to him would be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History Massachusetts reluctantly yielded and the next year repealed her impost,14 while Connecticut continued to tax the trade of Springfield till the ten years expired. England in America, 1580-1652 Trade was restrained, or the privilege granted, on the payment of tolls, passages, paages, pontages, and innumerable other vexatious imposts, of which, only the barbarous and almost unintelligible names subsist at this day. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) This was the state of the several propositions relative to the impost and regulation of commerce at the date of our latest advices from America. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 The building is in two stories—the upper of brick, with freestone quoins, impost and window and door dressings, rests upon a rusticated basement of freestone, six feet high. The Uses of Astronomy An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856 In a country where no law can be adopted, no impost established, without the consent of those whom this law is to govern, the public cannot be robbed without being first deceived. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader Congress may lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Whatever may have been the feeling in England in reference to levying imposts upon servants and slaves, it is certain the colonists were in hearty accord with the spirit and letter of the act. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Besides, who should have a right of deciding when the imposts were equal. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 The proceeds from this impost on a religions ceremony were to go specifically towards the organization of the Jewish Crown schools, and were placed entirely at the disposal of the Ministry of Public Instruction. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) Upon each Portuguese orange, the country loses nothing; for the ninety-nine cents which the consumer pays to satisfy the impost tax, enter into the treasury. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader Have men no self-interest, no avarice, no repugnance to public imposts? The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) The same act recites, that whenever any slaves were sold for tobacco, the amount of imposts would only be "two shillings per hogshead," which was only the nominal sum paid by the colonists themselves. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens For how are the equal imposts to be effected? Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 But a savage, undisciplined people suffer a robbery with more patience than an impost. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) From England alone, as much as 160,000 pounds had been paid out of the country in fifty years;350 and the impost was alike oppressive to individuals and injurious to the state. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) In future, you will comply with the orders given you in regard to this, endeavoring to have both imposts collected with as much gentleness as possible. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century It was changed into an act "for laying an impost on Negroes imported." History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens For this is not the usual form of imposts. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 The people have been accustomed to indirect taxation of divers kinds from the most remote times, and hate income tax or any other direct impost, however reasonable it may be in theory. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official A king conversant with the considerations relating to Time should, with such agreeable, sweet, and complimentary words, send his agents and collect imposts from his people. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 In the former case it will be enough to extinguish the whole line of the ancient rulers, and to take care that neither the laws nor the imposts of the province be materially altered. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Fifteen shillings was the impost tax levied upon every servant imported, "not born in England or Wales, and twenty shillings for every Negro or other slave" thus imported. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens The plan of equal imposts presents difficulties insurmountable. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 The States respectively surrendered to the general government the whole power of laying imposts on foreign goods. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) Acting with heedfulness and leniency, he should levy mild imposts upon them. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 They diminish by their imposts the wealth of the peoples ruled by them. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Attention has been called already to the impost Act of 1708. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens A would say to B, My imposts do not raise so much as yours; I raise them therefore. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 First, there must be liberty to follow those laws of business which experience has developed, without imposts or restrictions or governmental intrusions. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) |
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