exciseman
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excisemen
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No sooner was it known that the hope of an increased salary for the exciseman had failed than he found himself in danger of arrest for debt.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Moncure Daniel Conway
The discharged and insulted postmaster could sympathize with the dismissed and starving exciseman.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Moncure Daniel Conway
The farm was given up, and he soon depended entirely upon his seventy pounds a year, the pay of an exciseman.
From Home Life of Great Authors by Hattie Tyng Griswold
Burns did three such acts—he wrote poetry—he published it; and, despairing of his farm, he became an exciseman.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
And you, my little Two-to-the-Pound, what a time it is since we've met, never since the exciseman died, I do believe.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various
The excisemen stood reloading the flintlocks, and Gilchrist, in a flutter of fear, gave no orders until the skiffs were offshore and rowing hard for the Gull, waiting with her sails all aback.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by John Sillars
At this period he had first exercised his talents as a writer by drawing up a pamphlet recommending the advance of the salaries of excisemen.
From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Egerton Ryerson
In 1792, a suspicious-looking brig appeared in the Solway, and Burns, with other excisemen, was set to watch her motions.
From Robert Burns by John Campbell Shairp
There was much friction in the first year of the Union over excisemen and tax-collectors: smuggling began to be a recognised profession.
From A Short History of Scotland by Andrew Lang
Having arrived there, you will appear to break from me after a struggle, and run as hard as you can towards the north in the direction of the excisemen.
From Patsy by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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