 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 pages
...hireling for treason to his country. "Pensioner. A slave of state, hired by a stipend to ohey his master. "Oats. A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. "Excise. A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property,... | |
 | Charles Churchill - 1880 - 740 pages
...usually applied to wretches who were hired to vindicate the court. (Omitted in the recent editions of the Dictionary.) Oats — A grain which in England is...given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. Alias — A Latin word often used in the trials of criminals; as Mallett alias Malloch ; (in the later... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English literature - 1880 - 182 pages
...visitings' at his subsequent acceptance of one, He mortally offended the Scotch by defining oats to be 'a grain which, in England, is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.' Lord Chesterfield, hoping to secure its dedication to himself, extolled it ; but his favor, once sought... | |
 | Noah Knowles Davis - Logic - 1880 - 344 pages
...the same names. 4th. Precise. It must contain nothing unessential or superfluous. E. g., " Oats is a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people " (Dr. Johnson). This specific difference is unessential. So, " Man is a risible animal." This definition... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...and felt some ' compunctious visitings,' before, lie accepted a pension himself ! Oats he defines, ' A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.' This gave mortal offence to the natives of Scotland, and is hardly yet forgiven; but the best reply... | |
 | Noah Porter - Books and reading - 1881 - 506 pages
...Pensioner is defined to be " A slave of state hired by stipend to obey his master." Oats he describes as " A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland sup•>orts the people." The private opinions of Noah WebI 24 Books and Reading. [CHAP, n «ter look... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1108 pages
...visitings' at his subsequent acceptance of one. He mortally offended the Scotch by defining oats to be 'a grain which, in England, is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.' Lord Chesterfield, hoping to secure its dedication to himself, extolled it; but his favor, once sought and... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - Anecdotes - 1882 - 638 pages
...man gets a full meal." His definition of " oats " was one of the curiosities of the Dictionary : " A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Sydney Smith said, " It takes a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding."... | |
 | James Baldwin - English language - 1883 - 612 pages
...adjudged, not by the common jndges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid. Oats: A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. Pension: An allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - English literature - 1883 - 378 pages
...and comparisons are odious, Mr. Strahan ; but God made hell." Oats he defines, in his Dictionary, " A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." " Yes," observed Lord Elibank, when he heard the offensive definition, " and where will you find such... | |
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OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker. 
