...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...that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it." The reports increased immensely the sale of the Magazine ; they enabled Cave to set up an equipage,...

...Francis's Demosthenes would be nothing.' The rest of the company were lavish in their compliments to Johnson : one in particular praised his impartiality,...equal hand 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...

...Francis's Demosthenes would be nothing.' The rest of the company were lavish in their compliments to Johnson : one in particular praised his impartiality,...equal hand 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...

...bestowed lavished encomiums on Johnson ; one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing that he dealt out reason and eloquence with an equal hand...that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.' " This remarkable scene and its revelations, though highly flattering to Johnson, aroused him anew...

...nothing." The compliments of the party were still more abundant; and one in particular lauded Johnson's impartiality, observing that he had " dealt out reason...equal hand to both parties." " That is not quite true, tea" said Johnson ; " I saved appearances well enough ; but I took care that the whig dogs should not...

...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." The reports increased...

...person praised the impartiality of Johnson in the speeches he wrote for the House of Commons, and said that he had dealt out reason and eloquence with an...equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true, sir," said the Doctor; "I saved appearances well enough, but I took care that the Whig dogs should...

...the Magazine ; but Johnson long afterward 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...

...tho 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...

...the Magazine ; but Johnson long afterward 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 — 28* every passage which bears the marks of his higher...