...lexicographers. He frankly acknowledged that he meant to vex the Scotch by his rendering of the word "Oats : a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Boswell certainly scored one against him when he asked : " But where will you find such horses, and...

...predominance of his private feelings in the composition of this work, than any now to be found in it. " OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people]. — Croker. He thus defines Excise : " A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the...

...In No. 40 also Wilkes quoted from " Pensioner Johnson, in his Dictionary" the definition of oats — "a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." No. 45, published on the 23rd of April, 1763, treated the king's speech at the opening of Parliament...

...rather have you whistle a Scotch tune." Johnson's definition of oats in his dictionary is well known as a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. We may judge the delight with which Boswell, traveling to litchfleld with Johnson, discovered that...

...reticulated or decussated at equal distances with interstices between the intersections. — Johnson. Oats. A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. — Johnson. Pathology. The art of road-making. Pension. An allowance made to any one without an equivalent...

...consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake and ends in ignominy. Rambler, No. 4. Oats: A GRAIN which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. Dictionary. Objections : OBJECTIONS crowd upon us without being sought, and instead of exercising our...

...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 to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker. He thus defines Excise : "A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the...

...this 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,"...

...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...

...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."...