 | Noah Knowles Davis - 1880 - 344 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Charles Churchill - 1880 - 740 pagina’s
...who were hired to vindicate the court. (Omitted in the recent editions of the Dictionary.) Oats — A grain which in England is generally 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1881 - 842 pagina’s
...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 - 1881 - 506 pagina’s
...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 - 1882 - 1108 pagina’s
...'compunctious 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... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 pagina’s
...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 - 1883 - 612 pagina’s
...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 - 1883 - 378 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 pagina’s
...emphasis, "commonly a wretch who supports with insolence and is paid with flattery." "Outs" he defines as "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... | |
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OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker. 
