 | 1876 - 28 страници
...Pensioner." They will find the definition to be this : — "Pension — ATI allowance made to anyone without an equivalent. In England it is generally...given to a state hireling for treason to his country." " Pensioner — A slave of state, hired by a stipend to obey his master." Such was the opinion of the... | |
 | 1876 - 458 страници
...while laboring in poverty and comparative ob•curity upon his Dictionary, in it denned a pension as "an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean p«y given to a State hireling for treason to his country;" mnd a pensioner as "a slave of State hired... | |
 | 1877 - 378 страници
...peculiar one still is given under the word ' pension', of which we have the following definition : " An allowance made to any one without an equivalent....given to a state hireling for treason to his country". " This", says Dr. Latham, " is Dr. Johnson's explanation ; one which is somewhat famous, partly from... | |
 | 1877 - 248 страници
...peculiar one still is given under the word ' pension', of which we have the following definition : " An allowance made to any one without an equivalent....given to a state hireling for treason to his country". " This", says Dr. Latham, " is Dr. Johnson's explanation ; one which is somewhat famous, partly from... | |
 | 1877 - 368 страници
...peculiar one still is given under the word ' pension', of which we have the following definition: " An allowance made to any one without an equivalent....given to a state hireling for treason to his country". " This", says Dr. Latham, " is Dr. Johnson's explanation; one which is somewhat famous, partly from... | |
 | Robert Jones, Thomas Powel - 1877 - 638 страници
...peculiar one still is given under the word ' pension', of which we have the following definition : " An allowance made to any one without an equivalent....given to a state hireling for treason to his country". " This", says Dr. Latham, " is Dr. Johnson's explanation ; one which is somewhat famous, partly from... | |
 | 1878 - 496 страници
...offered the bounty of three hundred a year. He had, in his Dictionary, defined the word " pension" thus : "An allowance made to any one without an equivalent;...given to a state hireling for treason to his country." This definition was now in his mind, and though^in great want of such support, he would not touch it... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1878 - 518 страници
...Sercunberer beS Contrat Social, füllen too^I íфneй, bafj fie тф1 me^r in ^гап!ге1ф finb. is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason of his country. llnb teaä muffen fie erft füllen, №etm fie iitïj barauf ben doctor folgenbermajjen... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 страници
...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....given to a state hireling for treason to his country. "Pensioner. A slave of state, hired by a stipend to ohey his master. "Oats. A grain which in England... | |
 | 1879 - 798 страници
...hired by a stipend to obey his master", and under Pension the Doctor says with Swift-like gravity: „In England it is generally understood to mean pay...given to a state hireling for treason to his country". The second exception to the general indifference of grammarians to the great questions of state is... | |
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PENSION [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']. 
