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The Engineer is the Conductor of Roads and Bridges; then I have the Receiver of Registrations, the First Clerk of Excise, and the Perceiver of the Impost.

From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Robert Louis

If I had us'd Bricks it wou'd have cost me a great deal more Money; and I cou'd not have finish'd my Buildings without laying an extraordinary Impost upon my Country.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

An Impost and Excise bill was accordingly introduced into Congress, and met with violent opposition.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

Impost of 4 per cent on the rent of immovable property, or houses not occupied by their owners.

From Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

Foremost in merit, and most aptly suited to Mr. Campbell's particular type of genius, are the three inspiring essays, "The Impost of the Future", "The Sublime Ideal", and "Whom God Hath Put Asunder".

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)