The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the breadless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid7 percent, into a spoon which has paid15 percent, flings himself back upon 小学生抽打着交了税的陀螺;小伙子用交了税的缰绳,在一条交了税的公路上驾驭着(用着交了税的笼头)交了税的马;一个奄奄一息的英国人,将他的交了7%税的药倒在交了15%税的勺子里,然后躺在交了22%税的棉床上,在药剂师的怀抱中终于断了气,而那个药剂师为了能够让他死亡花了100英镑在证书上。
chintz
[ noun ] a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric <noun.artifact>
Chintz \Chintz\, n.; pl. {Chintzes}. [Hindi ch[=i]nt spotted cotton clooth, ch[=i]nt[=a] spot.] Cotton cloth, printed with flowers and other devices, in a number of different colors, and often glazed. --Swift.
Tom Parr is chairman of Colefax & Fowler, which perhaps more than any other decorating company, symbolises the countrified look, the world of chintz and 'humble elegance'.