 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 trang
...hireling for treason to his country}. QPKNSIONER, a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey his master}. OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people] . EXCISE [« hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 trang
...treason to his country]. [^PENSIONER, a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey his master} . OATS Qa grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people} . EXCISE \_a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 trang
...for treason to hit country']. " PENSIONER [a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey his master}. " OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people'}. " EXCISE [a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 trang
...hireling for treason to his country]. PENSIONER [a slave of slate hired by a stipend to obey his master]. "DR. JOHNSON TO MISS LUCY PORTER. "12th of July, 1763. " Mr DEAREST LOVE, — I had forMss""1 ?ot EXCISE [a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1840 - 286 trang
...which the commons use.1 14. Doctor Ferine preached in the reigns of Ed1 Dr Johnson defined " Oats to be a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." " It was pleasant for me," says Boswell, " to find that ' oats,' the food of horses, were so much used... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1840 - 290 trang
...which the commons use. 1 14. Doctor Ferine preached in the reigns of Ed1 Dr Johnson defined "Oats to be a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." " It was pleasant for me," says Boswell," to find that ' oats,' the food of horses, were so much used... | |
 | John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell - 1878 - 430 trang
...was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees." — Psalm Ixxiv, 5. J " OATS, ns A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." — Johnson's Dictionary. Of course this was " meant sarkastic " by the great lexicographer, but Scotsmen... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 trang
...paused, and felt some ' compunctious visitings' before he accepted a pension himself! Oats he defines, ' isease ; Yet, merciful in chastening, gave thee scope For mild redeeming virtues, faith and This gave mortal offence to the natives of Scotland, and is hardly yet forgiven ; but the best reply... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 374 trang
...for treason to his country}. " PENSIONER [a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey his master}. " OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people}. " EXCISE [a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 trang
...for treason to his country], " PENSIONER [a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey his master]. " OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people]. " EXCISE [a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property,... | |
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OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker. 
