Johnson: one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the WHIG... The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 32by Samuel Johnson - 1824Full view - About this book
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...communicated to me, and I composed the speeches in the form which they now have in the Parliamentary Debates." To this discovery Dr. Francis made answer:...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 - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...communicated to me, and I composed the speeches in the form which they now have in the Parliamentary Debates." To this discovery Dr. Francis made answer:...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 - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1820 - 540 pages
...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 - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...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 pages
...communicated to me, and I composed the speeches in the form which they now have in the Parliamentary Debates." To this discovery Dr. Francis made answer...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 - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...communicated to me, and I composed the speeches in the form which they now have in the Parliamentary Debates." To this discovery Dr. Francis made answer,...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 - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...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 - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...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 - 514 pages
...communicated to me, and I composed the speeches in the form which they now have in the parliamentary debates." To this discovery, Dr. Francis made answer...month of March, 1742-3. From that time the magazine wag conducted by Dr. Hawkesworth. In 1743-4, Osborne, the bookseller, who kept a shop in Gray's inn,... | |
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