 That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.  The Living Age - Pagina 4711908Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1901 - 268 pagina’s
...inconsistent. Moreover, as Dr. Johnson, when composing the Parliamentary Debates in a garret in Exeter Street, took care " that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it, "i so this zealous Jain has an evident leaning in all -doubtful cases towards the votaries of the... | |
 | Whitwell Elwin - 1902 - 616 pagina’s
...contending parties, he answered, " That is not quite true. I saved appearances tolerably well, but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it."3 It would be impossible, however, from the debates themselves to discover his bias. Both sides... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1902 - 724 pagina’s
...his impartiality, Johnson replied, "That is not quite true; I saved appearances tolerably well, but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it." The speeches passed for a time as accurate ; though, in truth, it has been proved and it is easy... | |
 | Thomas Marc Parrott - 1904 - 330 pagina’s
...reason and eloquence, he answered: "That is not quite true. I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it." It was fortunate for Johnson in more ways than one that at the crisis of his life he boldly plunged... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1905 - 770 pagina’s
...answered with charming frankness, " That is not quite true ; I saved appearances pretty well, but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it." * 276. A Satire. — In 1738 appeared a poem entitled "London," an imitation of the third satire... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 pagina’s
...16. p. 319. He might perhaps more justly have said with Johnson (Boswell's Johnson, i. 504) : — ' I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.' ' In the list of subscribers are found the Libraries of ten Oxford Colleges, and the names of... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1906 - 764 pagina’s
...answered with charming frankness, " That is not quite true ; I saved appearances pretty well, but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it." 276. A Satire. — In 1738 appeared a poem entitled " London," an imitation of the third satire... | |
 | Roy Macgregor Grier, Francis Aidan Hibbert - 1908 - 450 pagina’s
...CwenOT.) criticism were wholly mischievous. Dr. Johnson did not hesitate to own that, in his reports, he took care that the " Whig dogs should not have the best of the arguments." But it was commerce, which the policy of peace was intended s- colonial interests especially... | |
 | Reginald Lucas - 1910 - 496 pagina’s
...he made his famous avowal : ' That is not quite true, sir ; I saved appearances well enough ; but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.' " Cave, the editor, would get access to the galleries by the aid of some member; then, with such... | |
 | Courtenay Ilbert - 1911 - 268 pagina’s
...to both parties. "That is not quite true," said Johnson. "I saved appearances tolerably well, but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it." The account of this famous conversation was not published until at least nineteen years after... | |
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