| 1914 - 964 Seiten
...compared with "effectiveness." We all know the story of Dr. Johnson who, as a Parliamentary reporter, took care that the "Whig dogs" should not have the best of it. However, to the credit of English journalism, the reporting of the debates was for long efficiently... | |
| James Boswell - 1846 - 602 Seiten
...company bestowed lavish encomiums on Johnson: one, in particular, praised his impartiality; observing that he dealt out reason and eloquence with an equal...saved appearances tolerably well, but I took care 1 [No doubt that celebrated reply to old Horace Walpole, which begins " The atrocious crime of being... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 624 Seiten
...company bestowed lavish encomiums on Johnson ; one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence with an equal hand to both parties. "That ia not quite true," said Johnson; "1 saved appearances tolerably well : but I took care that the whig... | |
| 1872 - 500 Seiten
...Government to take care that the change should not be prejudicial to India. VIII, 150: Johnson had taken care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it. Mit shall VII, 113: Her rites are so superstitious that I will take care that they shall be performed... | |
| James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 Seiten
...company bestowed lavish encomiums on Johnson : one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, , 1 took care that the WHIG uoua should not have the best of it." — Murphy. The tpeech of Mr. Fitt'i... | |
| Frederick Knight Hunt - 1850 - 318 Seiten
...in their compliments to Johnson : one in particular praised his impartiality, observing that he had dealt out reason and eloquence with an equal hand to both parties. ' That is not quite true, sir,' said Johnson, ' I saved appearances well enough ; but I took care that the Whig dogs should not... | |
| Frederick Knight Hunt - 1850 - 314 Seiten
...to both parties, ' That is not quite true, sir,' said Johnson, ' I saved appearances well enough ; but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.'" Cave's name has been immortalized because he had the good fortune to get Johnson to write out his Parliamentary... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 594 Seiten
...company bestowed lavished encomiums on Johnson ; one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing that he dealt out reason and eloquence with an equal...that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.' " This remarkable scene and its revelations, though highly flattering to Johnson, aroused him anew... | |
| 1853 - 888 Seiten
...were still more abundant; and one in particular lauded Johnson's impartiality, observing that he had " dealt out reason and eloquence with an equal hand to both parties." " That is not quite true, tea" said Johnson ; " I saved appearances well enough ; but I took care that the whig dogs should not... | |
| William Keddie - 1854 - 400 Seiten
...wrote in a garret in Exeter Street." His reports, however, are considered by the editor of Hansard's Parliamentary History, the most authentic extant,...quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances pretty well; but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it." The reports increased... | |
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