Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as
they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by no means big
enough for the Gazette, may easily creep into the advertisements;
by which means we often see an apothecary in the same paper of
news with a plenipotentiary, or a running footman with an
ambassador.
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Miscellanists are the most popular writers among every people;
for it is they who form a communication between the read more
Miscellanists are the most popular writers among every people;
for it is they who form a communication between the learned and
the unlearned, and, as it were, throw a bridge between those two
great divisions of the public.
Caused by a dearth of scandal should the vapors
Distress our fair ones--let them read the prayers.
Caused by a dearth of scandal should the vapors
Distress our fair ones--let them read the prayers.
[The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who
have failed in their career.
[The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who
have failed in their career.
Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied.
Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied.
A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.
A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.
I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad as some of our newspapers read more
I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad as some of our newspapers make it
Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots,
Frae Maidenkirk to Johnie Groat's;-
If there's a hole in read more
Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots,
Frae Maidenkirk to Johnie Groat's;-
If there's a hole in a' your coats,
I rede you tent it:
A chield's amang you takin notes,
And, faith, he'll prent it.
Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, read more
Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.
Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.
Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.
