Note 171 — No. XIX.
Reading edition
[This clever parody has reference to the attempt made by the Duke of Northumberland to evade payment of Pitt’s Income-tax. To mitigate the severity of the pressure on persons with large families, a deduction of ten per cent. was allowed to persons who had above a certain number of children. Among others the Duke was not ashamed to avail himself of this clause.—Ed.]