 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1849 - 602 pages
...a work as his Dictionary. In the first edition, published in 1755, the word EXCISE is explained as "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!" Thus the public mind being highly sensitive, and easily... | |
 | Robert Armitage - Authors, English - 1850 - 476 pages
...Then, sir, old Mr. Sheridan has found out a very good reason." Johnson's definition of OATS was, " A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Lord Elibank made a happy retort on this; "Yes," said he, "and where else will you see such horses... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1876 - 602 pages
...the next edition of the Dictionary, in 2 vols., 8vo., 1756. The meaning of " Excise " there stood, " a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property (Marvel)." It may be observed that, in giving the meaning to his words, the Doctor gets quit of a certain... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...paused, and felt some ' compunctious visitings' before h: accepted a pension himself 1 Oats he defines, ' n and silent shore, Shall we not meet, as heretofore, This gave mortal offence to the natives of Scotland, and is hardly yet forgiven ; but the best reply... | |
 | Joshua Toulmin Smith - 1853 - 200 pages
...permanent establishment of that everobuoxious Impost, which Dr. Johnson, In hU Dictionary, defines aa "a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged, not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by these to whom excise Is paid." Tbe results of this fraud and dishonesty have been... | |
 | Medicine - 1853 - 614 pages
...the same category. The inconveniences arising from the use of maize, lentils, peas, rye, and that " grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people" (Johnson), chesnuts, almonds, &e , are due, according to our author, to the great demand they make... | |
 | 1854 - 768 pages
...adhered to with a pertinacity worthy of a worthy cause; accordingly we have some curious definitions: " OATS. A grain which, in England, is generally given...to horses, but in Scotland, supports the people." " WHIG. The name of a faction." " PENSION. An allowance made to any one without an equivalent In England,... | |
 | Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1854 - 364 pages
...wretches 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... | |
 | American literature - 1854 - 704 pages
...adhered to with a pertinacity worthy of a worthy cause; accordingly we have some curious definitions: "OATS. A grain which, in England, is generally given...to horses, but in Scotland, supports the people." " WHIG. The name of a faction." " PENSION. An allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England,... | |
 | Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1854 - 378 pages
...interstices between the intersections. Cough — A convulsion of the lungs vellicated by some sharp serosity. 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. This defmition of the word Excise gave great offence... | |
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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. 
