Levies

Examples

• He began to order new levies and gather fresh armies amidst the wreckage of his world empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In some provinces of France, the king not only imposes what taxes he thinks proper, but assesses and levies them in the way he thinks proper. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• For many such purposes gangs of captives were cheaper and far more controllable than levies of the king's own people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Scotch revolted, and the English levies Charles raised to fight them mutinied. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He commanded an admirable army, against which the comparatively inexpert Roman levies could at first do little. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In addition to this, the new levies of troops that were being raised in the North-west went to Thomas as rapidly as enrolled and equipped. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• His army was just such another composite host as Darius had led into Thrace or Alexander defeated at Issus; it was a medley of levies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• These new levies with other reinforcements now began to come in. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• For a time that war was waged by the new levies with a patriotism and a zeal unparalleled in the world's history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If we had reason to fear these levies even before Richard's return, trowest thou there is any doubt now which party their leaders will take? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• It came at a time when military tactics had developed to a point that rendered ordinary levies useless against trained professional infantry. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Up to that period the Roman armies had been levies of free citizens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• These reinforcements gave him altogether about seventy thousand men, without counting what might be added by the new levies already spoken of. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• France, indeed, has never drawn any considerable revenue from its colonies, the taxes which it levies upon them being generally spent among them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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