But I serve severe exactors, and I hope that your testimony, my conqueror, will assure my king that I fought as became his standard."
"The Scottish Chiefs"
Jane Porter
In case of the death of the debtor, this rigorous demand falls upon the ruined houses of widows and orphans, and may be easily converted into a means either of cruel oppression or a mercenary indulgence, according to the temper of the exactors.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VIII. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke