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Various Impositions we suffer'd from Boatmen, Porters, &c. on both Sides the Water.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.

Letter to Sir John Sinclair on the Mémoires concernant les Impositions, 343.

From Life of Adam Smith by Rae, John

But when the Impositions, are layd upon those things which men consume, every man payeth Equally for what he useth: Nor is the Common-wealth defrauded, by the luxurious waste of private men.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas

In 1606 came "the great Case of Impositions," not mentioned in the ordinary histories of England.

From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Parker, Theodore

The Impositions upon the French, says Mr. Gordon,2 grew monstrous almost as soon as they grew arbitrary.

From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 2 by Cushing, Harry Alonzo