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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.

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

Fierce schemes of vengeance in his bosom swell, Jobations dire, and Impositions fell.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various

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

Let any one fairly judge, if these do not seem as great Impositions on our Reason, as the Change of Place, or the Length of Time, which are found fault with in our Poet.

From Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Written by Mr. William Shakespeare (1736) by Anonymous