To this discovery Dr. Francis made answer : 'Then, Sir, you have exceeded Demosthenes himself; for to say that you have exceeded Francis's Demosthenes would be saying nothing.' The rest of the company bestowed lavish encomiums on Johnson: one, in particular,... The works of Samuel Johnson - 46. oldalszerző: Samuel Johnson - 1823Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| James Boswell - 1799 - 640 oldal
...Francis asked how that speech could be written by him? "Sir," said Johnson, "I wrote it in Exeter Street. I never had been in the gallery of the House of Commons...that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it." ' Murphy's Life of Johnson, p. 343. Murphy, we must not forget, wrote from memory, for there is no... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 oldal
...asked how that speech could be written by him? "Sir," said Johnson, " I wrote it in Exeter Street, I never had been in the gallery of the House of Commons...that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it." ' Murphy's Life of Johnson, p. 343. Murphy, we must not forget, wrote from memory, for there is no... | |
| Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - 1820 - 540 oldal
...for genuine. He owned that he was not quite impartial in dealing out his reason and rhetoric, but " took care that the whig dogs should not have the best of it.'' His attachment to the tory, or rather Jacobite party, was further shown by an humorous pamphlet in... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 oldal
...for genuine. He owned that he was not quite impartial in dealing out his reason and rhetoric, but " took care that the whig dogs should not have the best of it." - His attachment to the tory, or rather Jacobite, party was further shewn by an humorous pamphlet in... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 oldal
...in the gallery of the house of commons but once. Cave had interest with the doorkeepers. He, and die persons employed under him, gained admittance ; they...have the best of it." The sale of the Magazine was gijeatly increased by the Parliamentary Debates, which were continued by Johnson till the month of... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 oldal
...gallery of the House of Commons but once. Cave had interest with the door-keepers. He, and the persons under him, gained admittance : they brought away the...that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it." * This strong bias in favour of a party runs through the whole of his political works, though not so... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 oldal
...dealt ont reason and eloquence with ;in equal hand to both parties. "That is not quite true," sard Johnson; " I saved appearances tolerably well ; but...that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it."* This strong bias in favour of a party rans through the whote of his political works, though ~ s ' O... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 oldal
...bestowed lavish encomiums on Johnson. One, in particular, praised his impartiality, observing that he had dealt out reason and eloquence with an equal hand...that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it *." Although the speeches, in the course of events, have lost their original interest, yet they possess... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 oldal
...genuine. He owned, however, that in dealing his reason and rhetoric he was pot quite impartial; but took care, that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.' lately discovered near Lynn in Norfolk, by Probus Britannicus : ' in which, as Norfolk was the county... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 oldal
...asked, " how that speech could be written by him ?" " Sir," said Johnson, " I wrote it in Exeter street. I never had been in the gallery of the house of commons...debates, which were continued by Johnson till the mouth of March, 1742-3. From that time the magazine was conducted by Dr. Hawkesworth. In 1743-4, Osborne,... | |
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