And the British Nebuchadnezzar will never get beyond the worship of his Vishnu, respectability, the deity of the pure and blameless ratepayer.
"Hilda Wade A Woman With Tenacity Of Purpose"
Grant Allen
The ratepayer ought to remember that the more he wrests from the grip of the sturdy mendicant, the more he ought to bestow on undeserved distress.
"Alice, or The Mysteries, Book II"
Edward Bulwer Lytton
Soon, then, the suitable flat was found and my father migrated to Leipsic, entered on his new duties at the Conservatorio, and became a good citizen and ratepayer.
"Fragments of an Autobiography"
Felix Moscheles