[846]Boswell's "Life of Johnson," ch. V. 28, note 2.
[847]Ibid. ch. VII. 46.
[848]Ibid. ch. XVII. 159.
[849]Ibid. ch. V. 28.
[850]He had formerly put in his Dictionary the following definition of the word pension: "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." This drew of course afterward all the sarcasms of his adversaries upon himself.
[851]Boswell's "Life," ch. XXIV. 216.
[852]Ibid. ch. XLIX. 444.
[853]Ibid. ch. XLVIII. 435.
[854]Ibid. ch. XVI. 148.
[855]Ibid. ch. LXVI. 606.