...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, Ennio Visconte, a Milanese...

...excise is paid." " LEXICOGRAPHER, a harmless drudge." " PENSION, an allowance made to any one wittioa an equivalent In England it is generally understood...mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to Iw try." "PKNSIONKK, a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey his master," &c. Ac, 8158 JOHNSON'S...

...men drawing their support from the government, in the early days of our present •war: "PENSION — An allowance made to any one without an equivalent....given to a state hireling for treason to his country." In one paragraph of his preface there is a tone of sadness mingled with truth. In speaking of the fate...

...pension : "An allowancemade to any one without an equivalent, în England it is generally understood tp mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country." Le lecteur voit d'ici les sarcasmes des adversaires. les gronderies de quatre femmes et d'un vieux...

...suppressed by subsequent editors ; as, " Excise, a hateful tax levied upon the commodrudge." " 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 master," &c. &c. ditics, and adjudged,...

...a hateful tax levied upon the commoexcise is paid." " LEXICOGRAPHER, a harmless drudge." " PENSION, an allowance made to any one without an equivalent....England it is generally understood to mean, pay given to л state hireling for treason to his country." " PENSIONER, a slave of state hired by a stipend to...

...equivalent, but not in money. In this bulletin Dr. Samuel Johnson's definition of pensions is quoted : " An allowance made to any one without an equivalent....understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treaspn to his country." This ironical definition came back to plague Dr. Johnson himself when he became...

...common judges of property, but wretches hired bv those to whom excise is paid." Pension, he says, is "An allowance made to any one without an equivalent....given to a state hireling for treason to his country." Pensioner is defined to be " A slave of state hired by stipend to obey his master." Oats he describes...

...common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." Pension, he says, is "An allowance made to any one without an equivalent....given to a state hireling for treason to his country." Pensioner is defined to be " A slave of state hired by stipend to obey his master." Oats he describes...

...common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid." Pension, he says, is "An allowance made to any one without an equivalent....given to a state hireling for treason to his country." Pensioner is defined to be " A slave of state hired by stipend to obey his master." Oats he describes...