...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 supports the people." The private opinions of Noah Webster look out very plainly through the judicial gravity with which...

...the first edition of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary testifies, in which, under the word Excise, he says, ," A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." To the Jews, the 32* TRADES AND INDUSTRIAL OCCUPATIONS...

...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 supports the people." The private opinions of Noah Webster look out very .plainly through the judicial gravity with which...

...prejudice, than as a relief to the weary labor of the work. In one of these he defines the word oats, " a grain, which, in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland, supports the people;" and in another, "pension," as "an allowance made to any one without an equivalent, in England, being...

...first edition of his Dictionary there was a description as follows appended to the article OATS : " A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." It might be said however that at this juncture the English statesmen were less intent on Legislative...

...Renegado, after telling Cor. et Ad.— Line 28 : On Excise, put the following note : He thus defines Excise : " A hateful tax levied upon commodities,...adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid." The Commissioners of Excise being offended by this...

...Johnson's Dictionary testifies, where, under the word excise, he gives the following definition : " A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged, not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." To the Jews, the degradation of the publican was only...

...Or thus : " Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge." " Oats " he defines as, " A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the J>cople." Our Scotch blood got up at this heinous insult; many replies were made, but the good-natured...

...Street.' Or thus: 'Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.' ' Oats ' he defines as ' a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.' Scotch blood got up at this heinous insult ; many replies were made, but the good-natured retort of...

...Dr. Johnson, in order to manifest his dislike to Scotchmen, gave as a definition to the word oats, " A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people " ; but he had always thought that the old lexicographer had unwittingly testified to the superior...