 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
 | 1885 - 290 pages
...two great political parties the balance of eloquence and of argument, whereupon he replied that he took care that the " Whig dogs should not have the best of it," and that was a sentiment in which the noble lord who was member for Middlesex would, no doubt, very... | |
 | Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead, Charles Henry Edward Carmichael - 1886 - 870 pages
...' Gentleman's Magazine ' from November, 1740,10 February, 1743, is said to have confessed that 'he took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.' l In a debate on the subject in 1738, initiated by Mr. Speaker Complaints Onslow, Sir Robert Walpole... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1886 - 478 pages
...spirit of political partisanship was unworthy of so great a philosopher. Like Dr. Johnson, he always took care "that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it." Still, with all its defects, his History is a great work; and if later writers have superseded it as... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 466 pages
...did not read then, or ever knew Johnson wrote till Johnson died.' Johnson said of these Debates :—' I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care...that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.' Ante, i. 504. ' Lord Holland said that whenever Boswell came into a company where Horace Walpole was,... | |
 | Francis Richard Charles Grant - 1887 - 216 pages
...had been equally dealt out to both parties. But Johnson would not agree to this. " I saved," he said, "appearances tolerably well, but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it." the ignoble contest with Curll. While engaged in this work, Johnson had an unfortunate controversy with... | |
 | Francis Richard Charles Grant - 1887 - 216 pages
...had been equally dealt out to both parties. But Johnson would not agree to this. " I saved," he said, "appearances tolerably well, but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it." Besides the parliamentary reports, he wrote at this time several short biographies and other contributions... | |
 | 1888 - 636 pages
...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 ! " We have now arrived at the era distinguished in the newspaper history of the period by the appearance... | |
 | Augustus Wood Clason - 1888 - 190 pages
...States are reported, how fully or fairly it is impossible now to say. If Johnson, reporting Parliament, took care " that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it," lesser men, if they had prejudices (and who is without them ?), can not be hoped to have been perfectly... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 566 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.' " — ARTHUR MURPHY'S Essay on the Life and Genius of Dr. Johnson, pp. 43-45. But it would appear as... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 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.' " — ARTHI-R MURPHY'S Essay on the Life and Genius of Dr. Johnson, pp. 43-45. But it would appear... | |
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