 | Alexander Nicolas De Menil - 1897 - 572 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | William Smart - 1895 - 366 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 80 pagina’s
...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.... | |
 | Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - 1910 - 280 pagina’s
...everything Scottish, or Scotch as he would have spelt it, in his famous Dictionary defined oats as "a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Probably this was " wrote sarkastic," though it was, after all, only partially correct; it awoke, however,... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1896 - 500 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 270 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Frank Humphreys Storer - 1897 - 700 pagina’s
...are generally substituted for it. Hence the definition of oats given by the great lexicographer : " A grain, which in England is generally given to horses; but in Scotland supports the people." One reason why wheat does not succeed well in these localities is the great vigor of the grasses in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1898 - 442 pagina’s
...shun." — Francis. 198. Hit joke on the article of oats. The definition of oats in his Dictionary: "A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." 300. Leandro Alberts s Description of Italy. See Life, iii. 206. 301. Aforeri's Dictionary. The Grand... | |
 | James Edwin Creighton - 1898 - 418 pagina’s
...structure and function, through successive differentiations and integrations (Spencer). (n) Oats is a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. 7. Give examples of terms which are indefinable, and explain why this is the case. What is the distinction... | |
 | Reuen Thomas - 1899 - 322 pagina’s
...— an educated John Bull, — not immediately likable, but companionable, inimitable. ' Oats, — a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people ' — who could express his aversion like that except Dr. Johnson ? " I thought Ismene, who had her... | |
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OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker. 
