...the annual price of o£300 become, according to his own definition of Pensioner in his Dictionary, " A slave of state, hired by a stipend to obey his master," was comfortably lolling on the soft sofas of Mrs. Thrale, or acting the lion in the Literary Club,...

...blessing to Scotland. The Scotch can afford to disregard Johnson's somewhat sarcastic definition of oats, "a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Yes; and it supports them in comfort, health, and above all, in independence. Content with this simple...

...Dr. Johnson's inveterate prejudice against the Scotch. In his dictionary the Doctor defines oats as " a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Bute was believed to be, by his personal influence, the evil genius of George III. and of England,...

...Dr. Johuson's inveterate prejudice against the Scotch. In his dictionary the Doctor defines oats as " a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Bute was believed to be, by his personal influence, the evil genius of George III. and of England,...

...equivalent. In England it « generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country"*. *' PENSIONER [a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey hi* matter}. " OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports...

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...Oats excite him to the following utterance, which he doubtless penned with sardonic satisfaction : " A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." The dictionary of Johnson was received with favor. Some over-nice and captious critics discovered faults...

...it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to Iw try." "PKNSIONKK, a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey his master," &c. Ac, 8158 JOHNSON'S Dictionary of the English Language ; with numerous correction!. and the addition...

...mantled with a kind of sardonic smile, as when in his great dictionary he solemnly defined oats to be a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. We certainly would set down nothing here in malice, or under the impulse of an unthinking prejudice,...

...equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean, pay given to л state hireling for treason to his country." " PENSIONER, a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey his master," &c. &c. dities, and adjudged, not by the common judges 1595 JOHNSON'S Dictionary of the English Language...