exciseman
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excisemen
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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
It was inevitable that one whose district as an exciseman reached far and wide could not regularly attend to ploughing, sowing, and reaping, and the farm was very often left to the care of servants.
From Robert Burns Famous Scots Series by Gabriel Setoun
Accepted a position as an exciseman at fifty pounds a year.
From The Real Robert Burns by J. L. Hughes
Even while waiting impatiently the coming of his wife, he had been contributing to Johnson's Museum, and he fondly imagined that he was going to be farmer, poet, and exciseman all in one.
From Robert Burns Famous Scots Series by Gabriel Setoun
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
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
"A rebellion of the excisemen," says Oldys, "who seldom have the populace on their side, was not much feared by their superiors."
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
In vain the excisemen insisted that it was not their business.
From Jonah and Co. by Dornford Yates
"He had risen by superior energy, more than by greater honesty, to be a chief among the excisemen."
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
It is a tale of private life, and only varied by the perilous exploits of smugglers and excisemen.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
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