| 单词 | mulct |
| 例句 | “Existing at the pleasure of the advertisers, to mulct the public, gratifying their stupidity, and render some small advance on investment to the owners, offering putative employment to their etiolated, wastrel sons.” Review | A corrupt, cynical world as only David Mamet could imagine it 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Time Warner figured it could mulct the other pay-TV companies for every last dime because, really, what TV service would dare not carry the Dodgers, whatever the price? Column: The rich men who control baseball show they don't care about fans, again 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Any contravention of the edict shall entail a mulct of one hundred marks, one half payable to the fisc and one half to the party injured. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The tax on advertisements checks information, fines poverty, mulcts charity, depresses literature, and impedes every species of mental activity, to realize £150,000 per annum. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z The third, mulcted in purse, and uncertain on whom to turn, chattered impotent, senile curses. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z "He considers, then, in this case, that my client will be mulcted in costs?" Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours 2012-03-14T02:00:27.650Z However, they were mulcted in the sum of £50. Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History 2012-02-29T03:00:24.937Z On each recurring Sunday, every adult of every persuasion was to attend Protestant service, or be heavily mulcted for the benefit of her treasury. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z They can neither be robbed, squeezed, nor mulcted beyond the legitimate taxation by Persian officials, and are able to protect the property of others when it is entrusted to their keeping. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z A canon of the Council held at Berkhampstead in 696 condemned to corporal punishment, or mulcted in a fine, every person who made sacrifices to the evil spirits. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z The mulct of thirty pounds upon Russian passports is only intended for the subjects of Russia. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z They all agreed to follow him, and took an oath that they would obey205 him implicitly on the penalty of being mulcted of their booty. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z The United States, as now composed, have no power to exact obedience, or punish disobedience to their resolutions, either by pecuniary mulcts, by a suspension or divestiture of privileges, or by any other constitutional means. The Crisis of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One In The Government of The United States. Its Cause, and How it Should be Met 2012-01-12T03:00:13.627Z The Episcopalians were mulcted in heavy fines “for contemptuous and seditious language,” but finally overcame all difficulties, and became permanently established in 1686, and built a church in 1688. Curiosities of History Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880 2011-12-28T03:00:44.040Z And if, accepting office, the Yahid failed in the punctual and regular discharge of his duties, he was mulcted and chastised none the less. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Even undergraduates mulct one another in pots of beer if the line be crossed. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z It does not approve of the church posing as an almoner while the thin purse of labor is annually mulct to make it a present of several millions. Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice 2011-12-24T03:08:02.973Z Imprisonment before trial was common, and persons mulcted in penalties might be imprisoned until the penalties were paid, but imprisonment was never inflicted as the sole penalty after conviction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z He was mulcted in a severe pecuniary penalty, and the temporalities of his Bishopric were seized. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The alguazil will tear the handkerchief off his head, and he will be mulcted, moreover, in a fine. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z As £5 is the minimum penalty for a second conviction, Hop Lee was mulcted in that amount and ordered to pay £1, 1s. costs. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z And finally the foremost and boldest thinkers began to see that there could be no equal justice while unbelievers were mulcted in taxation to support the churches. Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice 2011-12-24T03:08:02.973Z For a long time, Spain had paid but meagre attention to her American possessions, save to mulct them for revenue. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z The latter, however, had recently been heavily mulcted in other valueless discoveries, and refers Fulton to the savants of the Institute, who report it chimerical and impracticable. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z Remorse is a damage, in which a man is penally mulcted; but this of mine was no more than a price, fairly and squarely agreed upon, which I was prepared to pay. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z He was thereupon prosecuted for libel by the owner of the vessel, fined $50, mulcted in costs, and, in default of payment, committed to gaol. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The United Sales Recording Machine Company of New Jersey was being held up, and it was good business for them to see that they were mulcted of as little as possible. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z In all the Chores they are bound to appear at the Kneipe, on certain days, and failing in this respect, are mulct in a pecuniary fine. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z But when I fall under the blind displeasure of the stupid bureau at Washington, justice, nay, honesty, is forgotten—they mulct me of my laurels. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z The poor mothers must not give a single inch, or they will find themselves mulcted in many an ell. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z If, says Gladstone, you have not got wealth to be mulcted, your poverty will answer me quite as well. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z Why is any person to be mulcted at another’s instance in any sum for any charity or any purpose whatever? A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z If, without being able to do this, he declares, he must be mulct in a viertel. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z You cannot, indeed, be sued at the City Hall, but you are prosecuted at another, even loftier tribunal, and you are mulcted in damages. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z There was something, beside the thought of Fan’s reclaiming him, that vexed him far more than the fear of any mulct. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Is this man’s £1000 a year to be mulcted in the same amount with £1000 a year derived from a real property capital of £25,000? Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z I have a fortnight at least to give to London, but don't mulct any engagements on my account, but let me see you on your 'off days.' Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z The victor was mulcted for the price of the supper. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z And even from this mulct he was released on the accession of Richard II., a few days after. Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z The wife escapes exposure; and the 'other party' is only mulct to one-fourth of his liability, and at the same time is exempt from all the ruffianism of the long robe! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z We shew no arts of Lydian panderism, Corinthian poisons, Persian flatteries, But mulcted so in the conclusion, that Even those spectators that were so inclined, Go home changed men. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z But if," said I, "the State mulcts his grace of a farthing's-worth, it is immediately denounced as a robber. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z The city was mulcted of one hundred thousand ecus, the sum to be delivered to the troops within forty-eight hours. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z On the following Whit Monday more after-dinner speeches were being made when the head of the bleaching department boasted that he had six hundred pounds which he had mulcted from his workers in fines. The Life of Roger Langdon Told by himself. With additions by his daughter Ellen. [With a preface by H. Clifton Lambert.] 2010-12-21T22:55:56.210Z Knowledge is not power at Naples; for my countrymen know that I have knowledge enough when I mulct their ignorance, as I sometimes do. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 It is uncertain to what extent the avarice of the officials had made the conditions of these two taxes more onerous, although, on the most favourable supposition, the citizen was mulcted in no inconsiderable sum. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar These announcements have but one burden—the creditors are to be mulcted, while the debtor continues to hope! Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) Mézeray refused to alter them, and was mulcted accordingly of part of his pension. A Short History of French Literature They were mulcted in chocolates and hansoms and cigarettes. Carnival And one by one Sube enumerated all the things of which he had previously been mulcted, and they all came back to him. Sube Cane Those communes who had protested so violently with the axes themselves were mulcted in a heavy fine. Black Forest Village Stories An evil result from the public point of view followed from the system of atoning for crime by pecuniary mulct. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Be it premised, that the reason assigned for this mulct of the acolytes is that by the proceeds thereof the washing of their surplices may be paid for. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) There are unlucky days in the calendar of medicine,—days when the convalescent makes no progress, and the sick man grows worse; when medicaments seem mulcted of half their efficacy, and disastrous chances abound. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day She had promised him that, as soon as she had mulcted Lyon of the hundred thousand dollars, he should share it with her in his own beautiful Paris. The Spiritualists and the Detectives She had heard "mulcted" on his own lips on more than one occasion; it should serve as a weapon to shield Sue now. Leonore Stubbs A schoolboy, mulcted in ten thousand lines of Greek and dwelling sequestered in the dormitories, enjoys unabated consideration from his fellows. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Public control, local option, mulct tax and other measures you devise figure up about the same way. The Daughter of a Republican Before you lash the detected class, mulct the undetected. The History of Freedom But I think it would have seemed more strange to punish and mulct him severely, if he had obeyed the law and put no gloss on plain words. Ritual Conformity Interpretations of the Rubrics of the Prayer-Book He had also been mulcted a neat little sum as duty on that miserable hat, which he had been obliged to declare as a present for a friend. The Bandbox And so at the end I vowed that he should not be mulcted, by me, in the hand of a friend. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV You will pay more taxes in the future, and be mulcted in a fine. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) Infractions are punished with heavy conventional mulcts, and even expulsion. Woman under socialism So the widow was mulcted a hundred dollars for playing the rôle of good Samaritan. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country As a result of the trials Selkirk was mulcted in damages to the extent of �2000. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba Others have enriched themselves by apostasy, or, being rich, have avoided impoverishing mulcts and taxes. Dreamers of the Ghetto I knew that at last we were in the presence of that powerful official who dispensed virgin two-dollar notes to the unwitting foreigner or native; and Adam Camp was about to be mulcted. Against Odds A Detective Story A noble lord, whom we shall call the Marquis of Steyne, is said to have mulcted him in immense sums. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges However, the charge against me—preferred by a policeman, and supported by no other witness—was considered proved by the Bench, who mulcted me in a fine of 10s and costs. Adventures and Recollections After that, the Pirate found it absolutely necessary to get a new steam pipe; and was, besides, heavily mulcted in an action brought against him by the injured lady. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand Fines and pecuniary mulcts they regard as equally repugnant to justice and reason, as the rich are thereby freed from all punishment—a procedure which to them appears the height of absurdity. The Empire of the East A pecuniary mulct was the only restraint upon the wilful murder of a slave, from the year 1740 to 1821, a period of more than eighty years. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Small holders would profit little, while those who possessed no land at all would now be mulcted for payment of the clergy. Lectures on the French Revolution In the late 'nineties he got involved in some suit or other and the local authorities mulcted him of many camels. Pan-Islam It seems cruel to mulct a pretty prima donna for condescending to acknowledge an encore. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 But a north-wester blowing prevented the hoisting of their flags, which mulcted the pageant of much of its intended glory. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Poor Courbet, mulcted in enormous damages for his share in the overthrow of the Column, was ruined and died in exile. The Story of Paris The money received in fines it brought up into the Acropolis, without assigning the reason for the mulct. The Athenian Constitution Our handbags were taken out of the room, doubtless to be examined at leisure by the old woman, and mulct of anything valuable. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls On some soap-boilers, who had not complied with the requisitions of the newly incorporated company, mulcts were imposed of one thousand five hundred pounds and one thousand pounds. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 Believe me, gentlemen of the jury, this is simply the barefaced attempt to bleed and mulct a poor impecunious Indian. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. For what man in his senses who, for an annual mulct of half-a-dozen sovereigns, commands the whole range of modern literature, would waste his substance in loading his house with books of doubtful interest? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Unquestionably, there is somewhere in the land a regularly organized biographical bureau, by which every man, President or private, has his lot apportioned him,—one mulcted in a folio, the other in a paragraph. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Leaning against a wall, sitting down, etc., for a first offense, they are mulcted in a small sum—12 to 60 cents, usually—and are put back in the line of promotion. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude Marquises, earls and a' that will be mulct on a descending scale, till the lowly knight is reached. Punch, or the London Charivari, July 1, 1914 And the stream which courses past close to the cave’s mouth, now a tiny mulct, will soon be a raging, foaming torrent, as Gaspar well knows. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco The Catholics of King George's time were to be mulcted indiscriminately because the Catholics of Queen Elizabeth's time had been declared liable to such a penalty. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I If beyond his time, the driver is mulcted by the proprietors; and when dollars are in the question, there is an end to all urbanity and civility. Diary in America, Series Two In the pamphlet it is "sconced"; that very common old word for fined or mulcted. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I There are companies of them, who guarantee to cure anything, and skilfully mulct the sick of their last penny. As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home The Alcalde or Governor of the Province who did not promptly inflict the punishment was to be mulcted in the sum of “₱200, to be paid to the Royal Treasury.” The Philippine Islands Very Bad Drainage.—Because the London School Board built schools with defective drainage, the London Ratepayers are to be mulcted in �250,000. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 25, 1893 He was mulct in some inconsiderable fine as well, and he was allowed to suit his own convenience and fancy as to the time and manner of surrender. 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 Emir of Tripoli attacked them with fearful loss, and was mulcted heavily in tribute and provisions. Peter the Hermit A Tale of Enthusiasm It seemed probable that they would be mulcted in heavy damages; and even these would be no bar to a criminal prosecution. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion He, however, would not ensure but that we might be met and mulcted by the Beni Sukh’r for leave to traverse their territory. Byeways in Palestine But they have a right to their own opinions, and I will not mulct them because of their conscientious convictions.—Yours faithfully, "Jeffrey Wortle." Dr. Wortle's School Lord Noel's son, Baptist, the third Viscount, had Royalist tendencies, for which he was mulcted in the sum of £9,000 during the Rebellion. The Kensington District The Fascination of London Lying at the extreme end of the old trade routes, the merchants of France, England, Spain, and Portugal were mulcted of the major profits of Oriental trade. Beginnings of the American People It might have been supposed that they had done him the greatest possible favour, instead of having mulcted him of a pretty considerable sum. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea A khan has incurred the Shah's displeasure; he is to be beaten and fined: the chief executioner beats and mulcts in the inverse proportion of the present which the sufferer makes him. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan Systems of taxation were everywhere crude and ruthless, and were in large degree fashioned after the Oriental practice of mulcting the man who will pay the most and resist the least. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 A divorce can always be obtained, but if the husband demands it he is mulcted of twenty rupees by the caste committee, while a wife who seeks a divorce must pay ten rupees. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The number of five or six should certainly be the limit for which any just scheme of family subsidy should mulct the taxpayer. The Family and it's Members I can't question the abstract justice of your mulcting old Blank for the amount, but, somehow or other, I don't want any of it myself. R. Holmes & Co. The abbot was mulcted in a heavy fine. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II England, he knew, had been mulcted in fifteen and a half millions in the Geneva award, and the San Juan controversy had been decided against her by the Emperor of Germany. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 A married woman detected in an intrigue is mulcted in a sum of four or five rupees, and if her partner be a man of another caste a lock of her hair is cut off. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala He longed to mulct them, to the service of the State, in the exact amount if their unhallowed appropriations. Tancred Or, The New Crusade Lancaster's life was spared, but he was mulcted in a heavy fine. London and the Kingdom - Volume I By the "Brehon" law or custom, every crime, however enormous, was punished, not with death, but by a fine or pecuniary mulct, which was levied upon the criminal. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. Jimmy tried to take the blame; but the Magistrate, without relaxing his face, fined him two pounds and mulcted Farrell in five. Foe-Farrell There was indeed a severe mulct, a capital censure enacted, against those that should refuse, and reject this ordinance. The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation The lawyer who asks his client about the "causa sine qua non," or harangues the jury concerning the "ipse dixit" of "de facto" and "de jure," will probably be mulcted for costs on general principles. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists Less was to be paid at holiday than at other times; and if a man were lazy in the morning or lingered over his meals, he might be mulcted at his master's discretion. The Customs of Old England For the dissemination of such banal knowledge, absurdly emitted and defectively taken in, the taxpayers of the United States are mulcted in hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Damn! A Book of Calumny Therefore he urges that every governor, under whose rule many natives were not converted, should be mulcted of all his goods and imprisoned on his return to Portugal. The Age of the Reformation The fiercest cowards that ever skulked, The cowardliest hounds that ever lapped Blood, if their horde be tracked and trapped, And justice claim their lives for mulct, Gnash teeth that flashed and snapped. A Channel Passage and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol VI Friends, confess it; in e'en as hard a fortune You stand mulcted, on you a like abashless Rake rides heavily. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus We have seen that the townsmen, at an early period, were mulcted in an annual tribute, of which they were afterwards relieved, for hanging certain clerks. The Customs of Old England So too, venial sin does not merit diminution of charity; for when a man offends in a small matter he does not deserve to be mulcted in a great matter. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Their work is done, they have been rewarded or punished, paid with praise and gold or mulcted in the sum of their reputation and estate. A Cigarette-Maker's Romance On account of C's failure to deliver the lance in due time to D, he is, according to a previous contract, mulcted to the equivalent of 15 pesos. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir The industrious and sober workman, who is mulcted of a percentage of his day's wages to pay the policeman, is the one who bears the penalty. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other If he perpetrate false harmony, and his certificate be run out, he is mulcted in the fine. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 430 Volume 17, New Series, March 27, 1852 He fixed 500,000l. as a mulct for an insult offered to himself, and then a rebellion broke out in consequence of his violence. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Eventually the prison authorities relented and we were permitted to purchase our mid-day meal from a restaurant, for which privilege by the way we were mulcted very heavily. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben It would appear to be a suicidal policy for the pockets of the tax-payers to be mulcted for the sake of securing a prospective monopoly and the ruin of a private enterprise. Round About the Carpathians The slightest flicker of a conscience in Park Lane would be more heavily mulcted than the most blameless life in Bermondsey. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-15 This encouraged him to take them to task, and he prosecuted one of them for a crime which would have subjected him to a corporal punishment, or at least to a pecuniary mulct. The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates But incidentally, they're going to mulct every other cattle owner in the state. The Trail Horde If all the camps were mulcted in the manner of Ruhleben, looking after the British prisoners must be an extremely lucrative occupation. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Mademoiselle Adelaide wept that night because of the reproaches madame made her, and the following morning Bessie was invited to resume her lessons, and was mulcted of every holiday indulgence. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax The case will undoubtedly be reversed and he will be mulcted in costs for being compelled to ask, because of the formalism of the court procedure, for what he did not want. The Man in Court I see that it is to be a mulcting, as in Speke's case: I am to give largely, though I am not thereby assured of getting down the river. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi That Milton was not thought wholly in the wrong appears from his not having been mulcted of a term's residence, his absence notwithstanding, and from the still more significant fact that Chappell lost his pupil. Life of John Milton The shires were mulcted of a tenth and the boroughs of a sixth. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) They made it known that their next scene of mulcting would be Mombo's village, and there they took twelve people—four slaves, and many cloths, then went south to the hills they inhabit. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 First, there's my fear lest harm should come of this, and then there's my own personal mulcting of what would have been of such deep interest to me. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II She had already mulcted me to the extent of $436 for trees, plants, and shrubs which were even then grouped on the lawn after a fashion that pleased her. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Which penalty should Priam and his sons345 Not pay, though Paris fall, then here in arms I will contend for payment of the mulct My due, till, satisfied, I close the war. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper In proportioning the pecuniary mulcts imposed by them for all, even the highest crimes, according to the dignify of the person injured, and to the quantity of the offence. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) It is possibly only a coincidence, but no sooner do we meet with one who accompanied Speke and Burton to Tanganyika, than the system of mulcting commences. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 It is this emasculated preaching, mulcted of its spiritual forces, which awakes the bitterest distrust and deepest indignation that human beings know. Preaching and Paganism Meanwhile the nobles and gentry had been alarmed and mulcted, and were ready to join hands with the Kirk in its day of resistance. A Short History of Scotland The wrath of Jove May sleep, but will not always; they shall pay Dear penalty; their own obnoxious heads Shall be the mulct, their children and their wives. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper He collected his vassals, and mulcted them of their possessions heavily. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians On the contrary, the act of compensation has placed in his hands funds in which he might be mulcted if convicted of violation of the law. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 Hitherto, a sum has been fixed, and the nation mulcted has been left free to devise and select for itself the means of payment. The Economic Consequences of the Peace We had no money to be mulcted of, nor were we able to procure from friends, as the custom is, funds for the buying of whiskey and tobacco. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Two citizens contended for a mulct The price of blood. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper "The justice and policy of exacting a large pecuniary mulct." The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) Ireland was not responsible for the evils which necessitated purchase, and even if she were, the ratepayers were not the right persons to be mulcted. The Framework of Home Rule The light, foolish handling of them by mulcts, fines, etc., 'tis their glory and their advantage. Daniel Defoe He turned to a Peterborough, for which McPherson had just mulcted him of thrice its value. A Daughter of the Snows But her presence even there was a crime, and a mulct of another gale of rent was levied off Jeremiah Sullivan. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times His sentiments towards Charles were very similar to those of an heir towards a usurer who has helped him in a temporary strait by mulcting him of his natural rights. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 So, How the husband favored lover differs also with every time and clime: here he is mulcted in damages, there he is shot down, in a third place he is tolerated. Hints for Lovers I know not how that Dustman stirred my ire: He may have failed to call when due: but he— My breast being charged with economic fire,— Was mulcted of his customary fee. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 2, 1891 I do not deny it; still it seems hard that I should be mulcted to that extent some fifty times a-year. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 26, 1891 Speak out: I will with honor pay the demanded mulct; ready to make an expiation, whether you should require a hundred steers, or chose to be celebrated on a lying lyre. The Works of Horace It is vain to trifle in this matter, the light, foolish handling of them by mulcts, fines, etc.,—it is their glory and their advantage. Political Pamphlets It wouldn't be a Persian institution, however, if there wasn't some little underhanded arrangement on hand to mulct the traveller of something over and above the legitimate charges. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Sooner would I let the crops rot upon the ground than be so mulcted by them. In the Days of Chivalry It is not that an employer should be mulcted in damages when he has been guilty of no fault. The Making of Arguments Two days later I received a postal written in a disguised hand by Ballantyne, I think, and purporting to come from "Charlie," showing the progress of the conspiracy to mulct Sir Slosson's pelf. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 These and other considerations are very properly urged, and the same feeling is manifested in the laws by the gradual abolition of nearly all pecuniary mulcts. A Collection of College Words and Customs If the clergy were free for the most part from civil taxation, they were nevertheless severely mulcted by the Papacy. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Nor was this the only mulct which Providence exacted from the happy father, for later on a townsman of his appeared on the scene in a long capote, and with a grimy woe-begone expression. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People He was mulcted for six thousand dollars and costs of the suit. California Sketches, Second Series I wot poor Charlie did not dream The telegram was but a scheme To mulct Sir Slosson's pelf; For in the absence of his friend The Honest Knight made bold to send That telegram himself. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 My L.2500 in prospect was mulcted of a fifth for the trouble of realizing it; of another fifth for prompt payment, and of another for expediting the affair of my commission. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 And because Augustus had consented so to pay them he was now to be mulcted of those loose belongings which gave its charm to Tretton! Mr. Scarborough's Family The mulct will be high, for the youth was of high Baltic blood, and had but lately arrived with his father from the north!” More Bywords But I think it would have seemed more strange to punish and mulct him severely if he had obeyed the law and put no gloss on plain words. Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 There is not a town that does not mulct them in taxes for every pole they erect, and for every wire they extend through the streets. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 Soon of my flesh they'll scarce have left an ounce, They so persistently maul, mulct, and milk me. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 5, 1890 Mulct, mulcted or mulct, mulcting, mulcted or mulct. The Grammar of English Grammars They passed their lives in considering themselves mulcted of certain ounces of tea by a deaf old steward who lived among them in the quadrangle. The Uncommercial Traveller But the advertiser's hands were too perilously filthy, so he let himself be mulcted in raging silence. Within the Law The Germans felt that they were being mulcted and quite naturally they did not like it. The Story of Mankind Upwards of thirty women were whipped publicly through the streets; and several, whose high rank screened them from more degrading punishment, were banished from the country, and mulcted in heavy fines. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 Gibbon, the historian, whose grandfather was the Mr. Edward Gibbon so severely mulcted, has given, in the Memoirs of his Life and Writings, an interesting account of the proceedings in Parliament at this time. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 I will pay thee the mulct for the bloodshed on account of this man, so that he may retain life and limbs. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Surely your Hollander would agree to be mulcted in one-third of his fortune rather than run the hazard! Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes; a satire If the culprits who left out a word deserved to be heavily mulcted in damages, it is difficult to calculate the liability of those who left out whole verses. Literary Blunders For these reasons, they had already been mulcted in differences to the extent of, in round numbers, 165,000 pounds. The Market-Place The owners of all vehicles injured by the trains are to be heavily fined, and the families of individuals allowing themselves to be killed are to be mulcted in heavy damages. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 06, May 7, 1870 The earl said he would talk afterwards about the mulct of money, but took Thorkel's oath upon the conditions. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway But when I had been mulcted in the second bill, I confess that I became a trifle downcast. A Chair on the Boulevard He must be mulcted," they cried, "he must be mulcted. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books "Be off at once," she remarked, "and join the entertainment; for mind, if they find you out, they will mulct you in so many glasses of wine!" Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Lancaster left no children, but his brother, Henry Wryneck, Earl of Derby, did not receive his estates till they had been mulcted largely on behalf of the Despensers. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II When Fin saw that they were most of them under sail, he ordered his men to get ready too; but as yet little more than a third part of the mulct had been paid. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway If you tell the truth about a man, you are mulcted in a libel suit, and if you tell the truth about a nation, the united Press of the country are down upon you. Jennie Baxter, Journalist Milton was already punished by the loss of his sight, and he was now mulcted in three-fourths of his small fortune. Milton But one country girl had to pay duty on a shilling box of writing paper, another was mulcted to half the value of a bottle of scent, and so on. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne The people of Zurich were heavily mulcted by Massena for having aided the Austrians to the utmost in their power. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 The queen talked over the matter with him, and said, "Your son Hardaknut will pay the full mulct the king may demand, if he has done anything which is thought to be against the king." Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway So thou art knight, Sir Knight, and for thy knighthood, thy lineage lofty, thy manors many, mulcted thou shalt be in noble fashion. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn A sentence of the Bishop of Spires, rejecting the charges of his opponents, and mulcting them in the costs of the suit, had been annulled, at their instance, by the Pope. Life of Luther Moreover, he mulcted them of two thousand dollars for Demeter, which, in his private estimation, was more than she was worth. The Nest Builder Thus in the Salic law it is said, "If a child under twelve commit a fault, 'fred,' or a mulct, shall not be required of him." The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus But the most dissuaded from this course, thinking that Sigurd would pay the mulct for the slaughter done. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway The same principle was observed by the companies in the distribution of their surplus, so that the holders of endowment policies were practically mulcted at both ends of the line. Cambridge Sketches Twelve to 18 per cent. is charged for loans on ample landed security; and ordinary cultivators are mulcted in 40 to 60. Tales of Bengal A truce for one hundred years was granted them, after they had been mulcted in a part of their territory. Roman History, Books I-III Afterwards gold and silver became plentiful: hence all the mulcts required by the Salic law are pecuniary. The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus The bondes came then, according to agreement, to pay the mulct. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway To come down into the plains and mulct the pious Hindu by some such ingenious practice would appeal to the Pathan's sense of humour almost as much as to his pocket. The Broken Road When he is warned on a jury, he had rather pay the mulct than appear. Character Writings of the 17th Century True, there had been swindlers who tried to mulct the circus of money, and there were always small boys, and grown men, too, who tried to crawl in under the tent. Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater The Most Dangerous Performance on Record The origin of exchequers is pointed out above, where "part of the mulct" is said to be "paid to the king or state." The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus He took great sums of money from many as fines, and condemned all those who had been killed as lawless, and their deeds as lawless; making their deaths thereby not subject to mulct. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway And now you say you don't believe me and call me names for which I am not sure I couldn't have you up before a beak and jury and mulct you in very substantial damages. Right Ho, Jeeves So ye intrepid striplings, who Made all your school-fellows feel humble, Are mulcted of your honours due By an officious Cambrian Bumble. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 22, 1917 If an Arab commits manslaughter, his tribe is mulcted thirty-three camels; and, as the crime is rather common in the Bedouin districts, the Bey's acquisition in this way is considerable. Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. Indeed, it pays him better to pursue this course; for, instead of spending money in the suppression of factious insurrections, he gains by mulcting both parties. Travels in Morocco, Volume 1. If he committed an offence in the Saxon time, he paid a "mulct"; if in the Norman, he was subjected to an amerciament. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) What had been done had doubtless been done in ignorance, and could be made good by a mulct to the episcopal treasury. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales He had cast out with the Hamilton gentry, and, having broken the head of a dragoon in the change-house of Lesmahagow, had his little estate mulcted in fines. Salute to Adventurers There an aged seafaring person, temporarily stranded, mulcted the Professor of a dollar--an undertaking that required no art--and in the course of his recital touched upon yonder little cesspool of infernal iniquities. The Mystery In such cases, the Governor of the district is mulcted both for the murder and robbery. Travels in Morocco, Volume 1. This swore, the mulct for blood was strictly paid: This, that the fine long due was yet delayed. Mosaics of Grecian History Shall I, an innocent proprietor, be mulcted of my right by thy fraud and covin? The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales In such cases the litigant generally got all he claimed and the railroad was mulcted. Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 He took some personal satisfaction out of his disappointment by depriving Ho Koong Yay of all his offices, and mulcting him in five years of his pay as an imperial duke. China The criminal jurisdiction was limited to the "imposition of lawful fines, mulcts, imprisonment, or other lawful correction, according to the course of other corporations in this our realm of England." The Emancipation of Massachusetts Smith was one of a number of Wall Street men badly mulcted in this operation, as Gould intended. Great Fortunes from Railroads The mulct to be imposed upon the parish of Epinal was never exacted. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales The visit had the sole object of mulcting me in rum and cloth, and my only wish was naturally to expend as little as possible in mere preliminaries. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 In East Africa when one of Lieutenant Cameron's "pagazis" happened to kill a native, the white man was mulcted only in half his cloth. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Every night for a week had this man occupied the same seat, and with careless imperturbability had mulcted the bank of several thousands. Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery The old man was pitiless; he mulcted them $179 a share. Great Fortunes from Railroads My being mulcted of my fifty and laughed at by the mess seemed inevitable, even were I fortunate enough to escape a duel with the fire-eating brother. The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 2 Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate; And therefore must your edict lay deep mulct On such as shall be absent. Sejanus: His Fall The evil might be avoided by building abattoirs, or, more easily still, by digging long trenches, and by ordering all pilgrims, under pain of mulct, to sacrifice in the same place. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 When finally the ponies had been corralled, he vaulted on one, and galloping with the speed of the wind, set out in pursuit of the robbers who had mulcted him of his wealth. Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery When he is not being mulcted for large sums he is being nicked for small ones. Europe Revised Abatements there were none, and families supporting life on two pounds a week might in some cases, perchance, be reconciled to the mulct by considering how equitably its incidence was graduated. Born in Exile A new purchase at some monster sale for which a gull has been mulcted. Ulysses As it is bounty to reward benefits, so is it equity to mulct injuries. Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman Himself, proud Henry's favourite peer, Held Romish thunders idle fear; Secure his pardon he might hold, For some slight mulct of penance-gold. Marmion Winding up this estate, Warren avenged the cause of plundered provinces; and the House of Commons itself, with Burke and Francis at its head, could scarcely have mulcted the late governor more severely. Sybil, or the Two Nations Very good, but suppose the stranger suddenly refused to follow the lead; then it would be Joe Bardi himself who would be mulcted. The Gates of Chance In the end, seeing that Ruggieri was innocent, he released him, and mulcted the usurers in fifteen ounces for the theft of the chest. The Decameron, Volume I It is a practice comparable to the mulcting of a civil offender against magisterial laws. The Life of Cesare Borgia I am ashamed to state this default in the British Museum, concerning which Englishmen are apt to boast and which so carefully mulcts modern authors in unpaid copies. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 "There, again, you mistake me," said I. "My aim is that thieves be mulcted to the end that the poor shall profit." The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza He instant cries, "The mulct I bear, if Mars perfidious flies." The Odyssey We'll raise supplies which way we please, And force you to subscribe to blanks, in which We'll mulct you as we shall think fit. Plays and Puritans The intense struggle between the two machines cost the city a great sum, for the taxpayers were mulcted to pay the bills. The Boss and the Machine; a chronicle of the politicians and party organization Whereby Master Jeff received only eighty dollars for horse and outfit—worth at least two hundred—and was also mulcted of forty dollars, principal and interest for past service of the blacksmith. Jeff Briggs's Love Story The Act of Uniformity had laid a mulct of a hundred pounds on every person who, not having received episcopal ordination, should presume to administer the Eucharist. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 What reason can he give for hanging a murderer, and suffering a heresiarch to escape without even a pecuniary mulct? Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 A peace with Poland soon followed that Defeat of Tannenberg; humiliating peace, with mulct in money, and slightly in territory, attached to it. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 From the ranks of the silent, awe-stricken company, each member of which was wondering by how much of the loss his own meagre pay would be mulcted, there came a splutter of laughter. Scaramouche The tribute of respect was thus paid to the deceased, the public sculptors were not mulcted, and the rest of the public suffered no inconvenience. Erewhon The company did not like being mulcted of its prey, and growled heavily; but their president declared that such bargains were not got at Washington for nothing. North America — Volume 2 The Board charged him to save the day by mulcting the army of the Potomac of an entire corps, retaining it at Washington. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War In token of their gratitude, the packers patronized his faro and roulette layouts and were mulcted cheerfully of their earnings. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke Perhaps he wished to return in retail to the poor the sums he had mulcted from the public by the wholesale. The Lesser Bourgeoisie "And did Bartlett's uncle really mulct Mr. Carwell in that insurance deal?" The Golf Course Mystery The Rajputs were the object of the attack, and they were rigorously mulcted. Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan There are loans that mulct us of our self-respect, just as some rebuffs from a friend's lips sweep away our last illusion. The Magic Skin Thenceforth, the weary travelers were mulcted a dollar per head for the privilege of sleeping on the floor, Jacob Kent weighing the dust and never failing to steal the down-weight. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke One night I was out fishing in the lagoon with Oti, the man who had been mulcted of the cowries. South Sea Tales Wednesday, July 22.—This morning, after having been mulcted as usual, we dispatched a servant with proper acknowledgments of the lady's goodness; but confined our wants entirely to the productions of her garden. Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon — Volume 1 I have learned from them that other millionnaires have been likewise mulcted or persecuted—how many is not known, for when one yields to the M. of M., his mouth is thenceforth sealed. Moon-Face The picture of the bewhiskered trio, as he had last seen them, mulcted of four dollars and ninety cents and a ferry ticket, made him chuckle. Martin Eden |
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