| Joseph Robertson - 1840 - 286 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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... | |
| Philip Alexander Prince - 1843 - 790 페이지
...Dr. Johnson, who gave such a definition of the excise in his celebrated dictionary, as, ' that it was 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' — if that wise and good man had lived to see the... | |
| John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell - 1878 - 430 페이지
...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... | |
| Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1844 - 392 페이지
...interstices between the intersections. Cough — A convulsion of the lungs vellicated by some sharp serosity. Excise — A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property; bat wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. This definition of the word Excise gave great offence... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 페이지
...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 - 1846 - 602 페이지
...PENSIONER [a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey his master]. OATS [a grain which in-Eneland is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports...adjudged not by the common judges of property, but by WRETCHES hired by those to whom excise is paid 2] . 1 He owus in his Preface tlie deficiency of... | |
| James Boswell - 1848 - 374 페이지
...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...adjudged not by the common judges of property, but by wnETCHiis hired by those to whom excise is paid. (')]" And a few more, cannot be fully defended,... | |
| 1853 - 466 페이지
...the same category. The inconveniences arising from the use of maize, lentils, peas, rye, and that " grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people" (Johnson), chestnuts, almonds. &c., are due, according to our author, to the great demand they make... | |
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