 | John Wilkes - 1786 - 460 pages
...ptnjimid by a king. *'Ptnfan, nf [pinfan, Fr.] An allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a /ale b'lrel-.ag for treaj'in to hit country. Ftuftntr. nf [from pinfoti] i. One who is fupported by... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...[bribed} person is 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 pages
...person is 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 pages
...following definitions in 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 pages
...PREFACE. ON 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 pages
...Derefore, Monsieur, 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... | |
 | A commoner - 1819 - 270 pages
...hired by a stipend 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 pages
...Dictionary given a 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... | |
 | 1822 - 430 pages
...promulgated in the follow^ ing words : " PENSION. An allowance made .to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a slate hireling for treason to his country. " PENSIONER. One who is supported by an allowance paid... | |
 | 1823 - 696 pages
...had done. The definition he had given of the word pension, in his dictionary, that in England it was f qđ Ჷ L C k, w V L - %; / _8M_ | T,L ^3΅ p d PԦ H J O raised some further scruples whether he ought himself to become a pensioner; but they were -removed... | |
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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']. 
