 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 lehte
...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,... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1832 - 338 lehte
...for men." [See Skinner.] So that Doctor Johnson's offensive definition of Oata: " A grain which, \a England, is generally given to horses; but, in Scotland, supports the people," — is only a specific appropriation of what Skinner had left general; and is, therefore, not quite... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 lehte
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 460 lehte
...giving vent to his hatred against the Scots. Even in his Dictionary we find the following article : " OATS, a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.'' Not recollecting his edition of Shakspeare, which was so far from answering the expectations of the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 402 lehte
...giving vent to his hatred against the Scots. Even in his Dictionary we find the following article : " OATS, a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Not recollecting his edition of Shakspeare, which was so far from answering the expectations of the... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 lehte
...giving vent to his hatred against the Scots. Even in his Dictionary we find the following article : " OATS, a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Not recollecting his edition of Shakspeare, which was so far from answering the expectations of the... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1840 - 286 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 lehte
...giving vent to his hatred against the Scots. Even in his Dictionary we find the following article: " OATS, a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Not recollecting his edition of Shakspeare, which was so far from answering the expectations of the... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 lehte
...giving vent to his hatred against the Scots. Even in his Dictionary we find the following article: " OATS, a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Not recollecting his edition of Shakspeare, which was so far from answering the expectations of the... | |
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OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker. 
