 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pages
...apostolic hierarchy of the church of England : opposed to a IThiy]. " WHIG [the name of a faction]. '• PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent....given to a state hireling for treason to his country]. " PENSIONER [a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey his matter]. " OATS [a grain which in England... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1860 - 960 pages
...apostolic hierarchy of the church of England : opposed to a Whig}. "WHIG [the name of a faction], " PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent....it is generally understood to mean pay given to a »tote hireling for treason to his country]. " PENSIONER [a slave of ríate hired by a stipend to obey... | |
 | Henry Reed - English literature - 1860 - 414 pages
...common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid :" and Pension, to be "an allowance made to any one without an equivalent....it is generally understood to mean pay given to a statehireling for treason to his country"—a comic effect is produced by the unexpected encounter... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - Authors, English - 1861 - 502 pages
...stipend to obey his master." She was thinking of Johnson's definition of Pension, of which he says: " In England it is generally understood to mean pay...given to a state hireling for treason to his country." T 4 328 LETTERS. Etruscan jars, for example, given me by a monsignore, Ennio Visconte, a Milanese nobleman... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 582 pages
...stipend to obey his master." She was thinking of Johnson's definition of Pension, of which he says: " In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to hia country." T 4 Etruscan jars, for example, given me by a monsignore, Euiiio Visconte, a Milanese... | |
 | Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1864 - 376 pages
...reprehension of McGregor, alias. Malloch, alias Mallet, as contemptible a poet as a man.) Pension—An allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In...given to a state hireling for treason to his country. Pensioner—One who is supported by an allowance paid at the will of another; a dependent. W9 We know... | |
 | Bernard Quaritch - Booksellers' catalogs - 1864 - 644 pages
...excise is paid." " LKXICOOKAI-HKTI, a harmles* drmlge." " PENSION, an allowance made to any one withpol an equivalent- In England it Is generally understood...mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his railtry." " I'KNSIONKB, a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey his master," &c. »fee. 8158 JOHNSON'S... | |
 | Henry Reed - English literature - 1866 - 502 pages
...common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid:" and Pension, to be "an allowance made to any one without an equivalent....it is generally understood to mean pay given to a statehireling for treason to his country"—a comic effect is produced by the unexpected encounter... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1866 - 500 pages
...pension : "An allowance made to any one without an équivalent. In England il is generally understood tp mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country." les gronderies de quatre femmes et d'un vieux médecin charlatan, pauvres créatures sans ressources,... | |
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: " an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a State hireling for treason to his country. 
