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"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 Conway, Moncure Daniel

Naval officers are not expected to be excisemen.

From The Rival Crusoes by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Whether it was because it was a rule that a second discharge should be final, or that his failure to move Parliament had made him a scapegoat for the disappointed excisemen, his petition was rejected.

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 Conway, Moncure Daniel

No excisemen watching on the cliffs gave more than a single glance at “Israel’s Tabernacle,” as, without the least irreverence, he had named his boat.

From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

In vain the excisemen insisted that it was not their business.

From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford