...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...

...circumstance in his life somewhat2 romantick, but so well authenticated 1 [Johnson, in his Dictionary, defines "EXCISE, a hateful tax, levied upon commodities, and...adjudged not by the common judges of property, but by wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid;" and in the Idler i \o. 65), he calls a , Commissioner...

...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...adjudged not by the common judges of property, but by WRETCHES hired by those to whom excise is paid. (')]" And a few more, cannot be fully 'defended,...

...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....p°°r Kitty; Pra.v let her have the note, and do what by WRETCHES hired by those to whom excise is paid'2]. 1 He owns in his Preface the. deficiency of the...

...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...

...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...

...The Jacobite prejudices of the literary colossus were laugh* Johnson, in his Dictionary, defines " EXCISE, a hateful tax, levied upon commodities, and...adjudged, not by the common judges of property, but by wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid ;" and in the Idler (No. 65) he calls a Commissioner...

...into strait circumstances. — Gent. Mag., vol. Iv. p. 100. (2) Johnson, in his Dictionary, defines " EXCISE, a hateful tax, levied upon commodities, and...adjudged not by the common Judges of property, but by wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid;" and, in the Idler (No. 65.), he calls a Commissioner...

...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...

...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...