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How to use gabelle in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word gabelle? Here are some examples.

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He was the syndic of the lessees of the royal salt marshes of Peccais, an integral part of the gabelle.
The high rate and unequal distribution of the gabelle provoked widespread contraband dealing in salt by smugglers.
This hated tax became the instigation for a huge black market trade, because the gabelle was not the same throughout the country.
He granted several privileges to Brittany, such as exemption from the gabelle, a tax on salt which was very unpopular in France.
French finances during the war were mainly financed by the increase in the taille tax, as well as indirect taxes like the gabelle and customs fees.
One of the most notorious taxes in the whole of history was the Gabelle of salt.
Examples from Classical Literature
The gabelle, which led to several rebellions, was not abolished until the Revolution.
By means of a draft on the receiver of taxes and the gabelle officer of the town, two hundred golden saluts were paid for it.
He blamed himself, because he knew it was his fault that gabelle had been left so long in such a dangerous post.
The Latin form of the word is gabellum, and the French gabelle.
These imposts and that of the gabelle were henceforth permanent.
From this figure, we subtracted the total of what the king received from the gabelle and the total costs of collecting this sum in Languedoc.
After the Revolution, the gabelle was removed but only to be reintroduced in the 19th century.
On the other hand, their common folk are so crushed down with gabelle, and poll-tax, and every manner of cursed tallage, that the spirit has passed right out of them.
Lay hands on this stranger if he seeks to lodge in your village to-night, and be sure that his business is honest, Gabelle.
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