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An epistle to W-----m, E----l of M---f---d, the most unpopular man in the kingdom, except His ---- and L--d B---. By the author of Royal perseverance and Tyranny the worst taxation.
Author of Royal perseverance.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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A gentleman from London, will deliver a series of compositions in prose and verse, on the important subjects of British liberty, oppression, taxation, universal representation, &c. partly original, partly selected from the most eminent authors; ...
Date: 1790?]- Pictures
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The Prince Regent presenting to political ministers the expected baby of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, who urinates in their faces; representing the burden of taxation required by the Royal family. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1816.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1 August 1816Reference: 12212i- Books
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The laws of taxation. Being, a concise treatise of all the acts of Parliament now in force, or that were ever made and pass'd, relating to the taxes of England, and the other Branches of the Royal Revenue. Wherein are set forth, the power and authority of the Senate in levying of taxes; the duties and charges upon the subject impos'd in all reigns; particularly on Candles, Soap, Leather, Malt, Plate, Stamp Duties, Land Tax, and Lottery Acts, Customs, Excise, Wine Licence, &c. The penalties for defaults in payment, and every thing necessary to be known by the Persons taxed, Commissioners of Taxes, Assessors, &c. To which is prefix'd, a preface, shewing how far the subject may be eas'd with respect to these taxes in the present times.
Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744.Date: [1721]- Books
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The history of American taxation, from the year 1763, to the end of last session. In which is introduced, an account of the official abilities of the following ministers, ... Charles Townshend; ... Mr. Grenville; Lord Rockingham; and Lord Chatham. ... By Edmund Burke, ...
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.Date: 1775- Books
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Thoughts on taxation and a new system of funding, By which the landholder and stockholder, being equally secured, would run the same fortune, and the latter escape the dangerous envy of being considered as a kind of foreigner, uncorcerned in the calamities of the country; and which, being adopted, would operate to lower the price of common necessaries, to a degree that would render substantial relief to commerce, that true source of riches and national credit.
Towry, George Phillips.Date: Printed in the year M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785]- Books
Bibliotheca gastronomica : a catalogue of books and documents on gastronomy the production, taxation, distribution and consumption of food and drink their use and abuse in all times and among all peoples / compiled and annotated with an introduction by André L. Simon.
Simon, André Louis, 1877-1970.Date: 1978- Books
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National arithmetick: or, Observations on the finances of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: with some hints respecting financiering and future taxation in this state: tending to render the publick contributions more easy to the people. By a late member of the General Court. [Six lines of quotations]
Swan, James, 1754-1830.Date: [1786]- Books
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The political progress of Britain; or, an impartial history of abuses in the government of the British empire, in Europe, Asia, and America. From the Revolution in 1688, to the present time. The whole tending to prove the ruinous consequences of the popular system of taxation, war, and conquest.
Callender, James Thomson, 1758-1803.Date: 1795- Books
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Captain Parolles at M-Nden: a rough sketch for the Royal Academy. Most respectfully dedicated to Temple Luttrell, Esq; In Honour of his spirited Speech on the 26th of May last. By the author of Royal perseverance, Tyranny the worst taxation, Epistle to L-d M-f-d, &c.
Author of Royal perseverance.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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Occasional letters upon taxation; upon the means of raising the supplies within the year, to answer the expences of a necessary war; and upon such measures as would probably tend to secure Great Britain and its natural dependencies the blessings of peace upon a durable system. By an independent man.
Independent Man.Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
A brief sketch of the causes which first gave rise to the late high price of grain in Great Britain ; and to the consequent apparent necessity for the Corn Bill : with some proposals for a more equitable taxation in a letter addressed to the editor of the Times newspaper / [James Curry].
Curry, James, -1819.Date: 1815- Books
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The political progress of Britain; or, An impartial history of abuses in the government of the British Empire, in Europe, Asia, and America, from the Revolution in 1688, to the present time. The whole tending to prove the ruinous consequences of the popular system of taxation, war, and conquest. [One line of quotation]
Callender, James Thomson, 1758-1803.Date: [1795]- Books
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The history of American taxation, from the year 1763, to the end of last session. In which is introduced, an account of the official abilities of the following ministers, and how far they have been concerned either in pursuing or receding from the present Scheme of governing America. The Rt. Hon. Charles Townshend; the Hon. Mr. Grenville; Lord Rockingham; and Lord Chatham. With an Account of the Act asserting the Entireness of British Legislative Authority. By Edmund Burke , Esq; Member for Bristol, and delivered by him in a speech to the House of Commons.
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.Date: M,DCC,LXXV. [1775]- Books
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The history of American taxation, from the year 1763, to the end of last session. In which is introduced, an account of the official abilities of the following ministers, and how far they have been concerned either in pursuing or receding from the present Scheme of governing America. The Rt. Hon. George Grenville; Lord Rockingham; Lord Chatham; and the Rt. Hon. Charles Townshend. With an Account of the Act asserting the Entireness of British Legislative Authority. By Edmund Burke, Esq; Member for Bristol, And delivered by him in a speech to the House of Commons.
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.Date: M,DCC,LXXV. [1775]- Books
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The political progress of Britain: or, An impartial history of abuses in the government of the British Empire, in Europe, Asia, and America. From the Revolution, in 1688, to the present time: the whole tending to prove the ruinous consequences of the popular system of taxation, war, and conquest. [One line of quotation] Part first.
Callender, James Thomson, 1758-1803.Date: 1795. (Price half a dollar)- Books
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The political progress of Britain: or, An impartial history of abuses in the government of the British Empire, in Europe, Asia, and America. From the Revolution, in 1688, to the present time: the whole tending to prove the ruinous consequences of the popular system of taxation, war, and conquest. [One line of quotation] Part second.
Callender, James Thomson, 1758-1803.Date: 1795. (Price three shillings)- Books
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Letters, from a farmer in Pensylvania, to the inhabitants of the British colonies; regarding, the right of taxation, and several other important points. To which are added, as an appendix, the speeches of Lord Chatham, and Lord Camden, the one upon the Stamp Act, the other on the Declaratory Bill, with a preface by the Dublin editor.
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808.Date: M,DCC,LXVIII. [1768]- Books
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Reasons against a duty on stock in hand upon drugs, coffee, and tea.
Date: 1711?]- Books
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Ways and means for the suppression of knavery, and to raise great sums of money for the government's use, without any new taxation; And save, to all His Majesty's Honest Subjects, near Half a Million of Money Annually, by Virtue of Selling Weight and Measure in due Proportion. Most humbly address'd To the King, Lords, and Commons. By Thomas Robe, Esq;
Robe, Thomas, -1746.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XLV. [1745]- Books
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Memoirs of the literary and philosophical Society of Manchester. An inquiry into the principles and limits of taxation as a branch of moral and political philosophy; by Thomas Percival, M.D. F.R.S. Lond. and Edinb. member of the Royal Society of medicine at Paris; of the royal soc. of agriculture at Lyons; and of the philosophical soc. at Philadelphia, &c. &c. ...
Percival, Thomas, 1740-1804.Date: 1790]- Ephemera
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Determined by the judges : the appellant therefore contended that his van was exempted from the duty as assessed.
Date: [approximately 1855]- Books
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Supply without burthen; or escheat vice taxation: being a proposal for a saving in taxes by an extension of the law of escheat: including strictures on the taxes on collateral succession, comprized in the Budget of 7th Dec. 1795. To which is prefixed, (printed in 1793, and now first published,) A protest against law taxes: shewing the Peculiar Mischievousness of all such Impositions as add to the Expense of An Appeal to Justice. By Jeremy Bentham, of Lincoln's-Inn, Esq.
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832.Date: 1795- Books
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Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. Member of Parliament for the city of Bristol, on presenting to the House of Commons (on the 11th of February, 1780) a plan for the better security of the independence of Parliament, and the oeconomical reformation of the civil and other establishments.
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.Date: M.DCC.LXXX. [1780]- Books
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The speech of Edmund Burke, Esq; in the House of Commons, on Friday, the 11th of February, 1780, on his motion for a plan of public oeconomy; The Outlines of that Plan, and an addenda, of other curious particulars.
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.Date: [1780]