 | 1860 - 782 oldal
...Johnson ; and one, in particular, praising SuS his impartiality, he replied, " That is not quite true ; I saved appearances tolerably well, but I took care that the Whig dogs should have the best of it." He, however, seems to have subsequently regretted the composition of these speeches,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1088 oldal
...the Magazine. But Johnson long afterwards owned that, though he had saved appearances, he had taken care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it ; and, in fact, every passage which has lived, every passage which bears the marks of his higher faculties,... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May (baron Farnborough.) - 1861 - 536 oldal
...misrepresented them to suit the views of different parties. Dr. Johnson is said to have confessed that " he took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it ; " and, in the same spirit, the arguments of all parties were in turn perverted or suppressed. Galling... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1861 - 544 oldal
...misrepresented them to suit the views of different parties. Dr. Johnson is said to have confessed that " he took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it ; " and, in the same spirit, the arguments of all parties were in turn perverted or suppressed. Galling... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - 1865 - 462 oldal
...faithfully embodying the argument, if not the style, of the speakers. It was once observed to him, that he dealt out reason and eloquence with an equal hand...quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances pretty well ; but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it." Obtaining a Copyright.... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 730 oldal
...the Magazine. But Johnson long afterwards owned that, though he had saved appearances, he had taken care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it; and, in fact, every passage which has lived, every passage which bears the marks of his higher faculties,... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - 1868 - 906 oldal
...faithfully embodying the argument, if not the style, of the speakers. It was once observed to him, that he dealt out reason and eloquence with an equal hand...quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances pretty well ; but I took ca^e that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it." Obtaining a Copyright.... | |
 | 1868 - 862 oldal
...Johnson that he dealt out reason REPORTING. and eloquence pretty equally to both parties, he remarked : ' I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.' It was not till 30 years later that the parliamentary debates descended from the magazines to the newspapers.... | |
 | 1868 - 860 oldal
...observed to Johnson that he dealt out reason and eloquence pretty equally to both parties, he remarked : ' I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.' It was not till 30 years later that the parliamentary debates descended from the magazines to the newspapers.... | |
 | John Shortt - 1871 - 824 oldal
...was afterwards discharged. The decision having written it in a garret in Exeter-street ; adding ' ' I saved appearances tolerably well ; but I took care...that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it." In order to evade the resolutions of the Houses of Parliament against the publication of their debates,... | |
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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, praised his impartiality ; observing... 
