Public Advertiser (22 April 1763) [ Practices ]
… mere Water. Having hinted, that the additional Tax upon Beer, and the new Tax upon Cyder, are molt grievous to the lower Rank of People, as they are unavoidable, while the Taxes upon the better, that is, dearer Kinds of Liquors consumed by … Strip- me-naked. One Tax more, and I have done. - I would have a Tax laid upon that insipid Liquor, Lemonade, which is drank at Routs and Assemblies by Perfons of Fashion, and is not at all envied them by us common Sort of People. For my …
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