 | John Fiske - 1890 - 412 pages
...Gilbert Stuart, coming into the office one day and observing the uncouth figure, added with his pencil a head, wings, and claws, and exclaimed, " That will do for a salamander ! " " Better say a Gerrymander ! " growled 1 Tyler's Patrick Henry, p. 313. the editor ; and the outlandish... | |
 | John Fiske - 1891 - 412 pages
...Gilbert Stuart, coming into the office one day and observing the uncouth figure, added with his pencil a head, wings, and claws, and exclaimed, " That will do for a salamander ! " " Better say a Gerrymander ! " growled 1 Tyler's Patrick Henry, p. 313. Ea hs n^»i*r of to rwiiaztrate... | |
 | John Fiske - 1902 - 486 pages
...Gilbert Stuart, coming into the office one day and observing the uncouth figure, added with his pencil a head, wings, and claws, and exclaimed, " That will do for a salamander ! " " Better say a Gerrymander !" growled the editor; and the outlandish name, thus duly coined, soon... | |
 | James Albert Woodburn - 1903 - 350 pages
...Gilbert Stuart, coming into the office one day and observing the uncouth figure, added with his pencil a head, wings, and claws, and exclaimed, ' ' That will do for a salamander. ' ' Better say a Gerrymander, ' answered Russell, and thus the word came into the language. ' " ' Several... | |
 | Gustaf Adolf Bergström - 1906 - 244 pages
...territory of regular outline. This was indicated on a map which Russell, the editor of the »Continent», hung in his office. Stuart, the painter, observing...'Gerrymander!', said Russell, and the word became a proverb. — There are several quotations of the word. The earliest I have found in BAUTI.ETT, Dictionary of... | |
 | James Albert Woodburn - 1906 - 352 pages
...Gilbert Stuart, coming into the office one day and observing the uncouth figure, added with his pencil a head, wings, and claws, and exclaimed, ' ' That will do for a salamander. ' ' Better say a Gerrymander, ' answered Russell, and thus the word came into the language.' " ' Several... | |
 | Richard Hopwood Thornton - 1912 - 594 pages
...regular [irregular ?] outline. This was indicated on a map which Russell, the editor of the ' Continent,' hung in his office. Stuart the painter, observing...exclaimed, " That will do for a salamander." " Gerrymander I " said Russell, and the word became a proverb. — ' Mem. Hist. Boston,' iii. 212. (NED) This account... | |
 | Richard Hopwood Thornton - 1912 - 614 pages
...regular [irregular ?] outline. This was indicated on a map which Russell, the editor of the ' Continent,' hung in his office. Stuart the painter, observing it, added a head, wines, and claws, and exclaimed, " That will do for a salamander." " Gerrymander ! " said Russell,... | |
 | Frank Abbott Magruder - 1917 - 508 pages
...Massachusetts which hung over the desk of a Federalist editor. A celebrated painter added with his pencil a head, wings, and claws, and exclaimed, " That will do for a salamander ! " " Better say Gerrymander," growled the editor. Qualifications of Representatives. — A member... | |
 | Perry Scott Rader - 1917 - 472 pages
...Gilbert Stuart, came into Mr. Russell's office, and observing the uncouth figure, added with his pencil a head, wings and claws, and exclaimed, "That will do for a salamander." "Better say Gerrymander" growled the editor, and thus originated the uncouth word which describes the... | |
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Stuart, coming into the office one day and observing the uncouth figure, added with his pencil a head, wings, and claws, and exclaimed, " That will do for a salamander... 
