| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 páginas
...rendered Afercenarius. * ' 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.' Pensioner is defined as ' One who is supported by an allowance paid at the will of another ; a dependant.'... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 640 páginas
...rendered Mrrcenarius. ^* " ' 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.' Pensioner is defined as ' One who is supported by an allowance paid at the will of another ; a dependant.'... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 páginas
...his Dictionary : 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. Pensioner. — 1. One who is suppoited by an allowance paid at the will of another, a dependent. 2.... | |
| Pierre Franc McCallum - 1810 - 174 páginas
...looking over PIOOTT'S Political Dictionary, I find Pension thus defined by Johnson. — In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country. Again, Pension.— This word hasbeen well defined by Addison, to be " an allowance made to any one... | |
| 1818 - 596 páginas
...mon cherame, • Pension — An allowance made to any one without .'HI equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling, for treason to his country. — Pensioner, a slave of state, hired by a stipend to obey his Master.— Johnsoirt Diet, t »nts... | |
| Commoner - 1819 - 270 páginas
...to obey his master ;" and the meaning given to " pension" is still stronger, — " In England it is generally understood to mean, pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country." About thirty years ago, when the country was much burdened, it was enacted by parliament, " That 110... | |
| Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher.) - 1820 - 402 páginas
...definition of the term*, which * " Pension, an allowance to any one withoutequivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country." he certainly never would have done had he entertained the hope of a pension falling to his lot ; but... | |
| 1823 - 696 páginas
...he had done. The definition he had given of the word pension, in his dictionary, that in England it tt raised some further scruples whether he ought himself to become a pensioner; but they were -removed... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 602 páginas
...name of a faction]. 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}. QPKNSIONER, a slave of state hired by a stipend to obey his master}. OATS [a grain which in England... | |
| 1831 - 652 páginas
...received one himself however,) " 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." His hatred of the Scotch breaks out in his definition of "oats," — " a grain which in England is... | |
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