 ... serves as well as truth till new ones come up. He is little concerned whether it be good or bad, for that does not make it more or less news; and if there be any difference, he loves the bad best, because it is said to come soonest; for he would willingly...  Gurney Married: A Sequel to Gilbert Gurney - Seite 65von Theodore Edward Hook - 1838Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Goodman - 1845 - 440 Seiten
...whether it is good or bad, for that does not make it more or less news, and if there be any difference, he would willingly bear his share in any public calamity,...to have the pleasure of hearing and telling it. He is deeply read in " Diurnals," and can give as good an account of Rowland Pepin if need be as any man... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 378 Seiten
...because it is said to come soonest ; for he would willingly bear his share in any public calamity to nave the pleasure of hearing and telling it. He tells news,...for he assures them it comes from very good hands. The whole business of his life is like that of a spaniel, to fetch and carry news ; and when he does... | |
 | 1856 - 374 Seiten
...for that does net make it more or less news ; and if there be any difference, he loves the bad best, because it is said to come soonest ; for he would willingly bear his share in any public calamity to nave the pleasure of hearing and telling it. He tells news, as men do money, with his fingers ; for... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 Seiten
...for that does not make it more or less news ; and if there be any difference, he loves the bad best, because it is said to come soonest ; for he would willingly bear Ыч share in any publie calamity to have the pleasure of hearing and tolling it. Ho telh news, as... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1879 - 398 Seiten
...for that does not make it more or less news ; ami if there be any difference, he loves the bad best, because it is said to come soonest ; for he would...tells news, as men do money, with his fingers ; for hj assures them it comes from very good hands. The whole business of his life is like that of a spaniel,... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1891 - 460 Seiten
...for that does not make it more or less news \ and, if there be any difference, he loves the bad best, because it is said to come soonest ; for he would...to have the pleasure of hearing and telling it. He is deeply read in diurnals, and can give as good an account of Rowland Pepin, if need bo, as another... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1895 - 314 Seiten
...remarks in Butler's essays are frequently very shrewd and pregnant ; as when he says of the newsmonger, ' He would willingly bear his share in any public calamity to have the pleasure of hearing and telling it ; ' or of the hunter, ' Let the hare take which way she will, she seldom fails to lead him at long-running... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1903 - 308 Seiten
...essays are frequently very shrewd and pregnant ; as when he says of the newsmonger, ' He would willing1^ bear his share in any public calamity to have the pleasure of hearing and telling it ; ' or of the hunter, ' Let the hare take which way she will, she seldom fails to lead him at long-running... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1908 - 516 Seiten
...for that does not make it more or less News ; and, if there be any Difference, he loves the bad best, because it is said to come soonest ; for he would...to have the Pleasure of hearing and telling it. He is deeply read in Diurnals, and can give as good an Account of Rowland Pepin, if need be, as another... | |
 | C. John Sommerville - 1996 - 208 Seiten
...Lye." Readers no longer responded to wisdom so much as to the breathless intensity of the journalist: "He would willingly bear his Share in any public Calamity, to have the Pleasure of hearing and telling it." 46 In the coffeehouse there was the pleasure of telling sensational news, if not of selling it. Finally,... | |
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