...rewarded for the tragedy of Douglas, both with a pension and with a sinecure place. But, when the 1160. ** Oats, a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." — Johnson's Dictionary. 1184. " The Story of the Princess Parizade " in the " Arabian Nights' Entertainments."...

...the signification of words." The second is suggestive of his irrepressible dislike of the Scotch : " Oats : A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." The third is an expression of contempt for those who live on public bounty. "Pension: An allowance...

...lexicogjaphic remark as follows : "Le Тле. dit petit A. a eu ce malheur" Dr. Johnson defines oats as "a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." A Puritan is "a sectary pretending to eminent purity of religion." A Whig is "the name of a laction,"...

...a boy, not a beast." . . "CoiruH, A convulsion of the lungs, vellicated by some sharp serosity." " OATS, A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.'' In 1758, on Saturday, April 15, appeared the first number of Ihe Idler, which was issued on Saturdays...

...us, To see oorsels as it hers see us.' APROPOS of the great lexicographer's definition of oat-s as ' a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people,' somebody (doubtless a patriotic Scot) is credited with the observation that while one country turned...

...labourers in Scotland are generally lean, soiled, and shabby.' When Dr. Johnson had defined oats as ' a grain which in England is generally given to horses,...triumphantly retorted : ' But where will you find such horses and such men? ' We may admire the patriotism, but we must regret the loyal mendacity of his...

...be remembered that the term " wealth " involves, somewhere in its wide circuit, the conception 1 " Oats. A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." — Johnson's Dictionary. a A fall in the loaf, eg from sixpence to fourpence, scarcely increases its...

...spirit of humor and mischief. " Lexicographer " he denned as " a harmless drudge; " and " oats " as " a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." 2 Francis Junius (1589-1677), student of the Teutonic languages. 3 Dr. Stephen Skinner (1623-67), lexicographer....

...anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections; Oats, a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people; Whiy, the name of a faction. Published a semi-weekly, the Rambler, 1750-52; lost his wife, 1752; contributed...

...Sir, old Mr. Sheridan has found out a very good reason! '" Tho definition of oats referred to was: "A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." 12 9. The opposition. The party in Parliament opposed to the Ministry. 12 14. That noble poem in which...