19 examples of octroi in sentences

I proposed the abolition of the octroi duties and of the duty on liquors.

"The Representatives remaining at liberty decree: "The Octroi Duties are abolished throughout the extent of the territory of the Republic. "Given in permanent Session, 3d December, 1851.

Straight before him, into the unruffled, tideless sea, the sun was sinking in all its blood-red glory as he went at swinging pace along the white, dusty road, past the octroi barrier, and out into the country where, on the left, the waves lazily lapped the grey rocks, while upon the right the fertile slopes were covered with carnations and violets growing for the markets of Paris and London.

The two barricades of the Rue de Rivoli and of the Rue de la Coutellerie, near which are the offices of the municipal servicesthe lighting of the city, the octroi, waters, sewers, etc.,will not be taken until too late, in spite of the energy with which the army attacks them.

In imperial France, though the land had been divided by an Agrarian law, and cultivated, yet the Octroi, with other revenues, were devoted to the poor.

There is no octroi or anything of that sort across the street.

The officers of the octroi were standing close together at the door of their office, in which the lamp was burning.

I have no doubt the scientific gentlemen at the Musée will be able to tell us all about itM. de Clairon' 'Not to interrupt M. le Maire,' said Riou, of the octroi, 'I think there is more in it than any scientific gentleman can explain.' 'Ah!

I stumbled in, clutching at Riou with my disengaged hand, and fell upon the floor of the octroi, where they thought I had fainted.

In the crowd I saw Riou, who had done this at the octroi.

All was calm, the houses on either side of the way were open, all but the office of the octroi which was black as night with its closed door.

The one of the women who touched my heart most was the wife of Riou of the octroi.

The officers of the octroi, who examined my basket, complimented me on my choice,nay, grew so enthusiastic about my John Dory, that, if I remember right, they let it pass duty-free.

III Ruins When you go into Rheims by the Epernay road, the life of the street seems to be proceeding as usual, except that octroi formalities have been abolished.

OCTROI, m., droit que payent certaines denrées à leur entrée en ville.

The octroi dues on grain were at the same time suspended at all the markets; wheat was already going down; when the Parisians went out of doors to see the riot, they couldn't find any.

It is strongly fortified, being surrounded by a ring of forts, and a wall 22 m. long, at the 56 gates of which the octroi dues are levied.

Still, they listened to me, and did not show angry signs of a consciousness that I was audaciously befooling them, till the talk having veered to London, I ventured to assure them that London was not surrounded by any octroi boundary, and that no impost of that nature was levied there.

[Footnote 1: It may possibly be necessary to tell untravelled Englishmen that the octroi, universal on the Continent, is an impost levied on all articles of consumption at the gates of a town.]

19 examples of  octroi  in sentences