...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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...