 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...none but very perspicacious politicians are able to foresee. If slavery be thus fatally contagious, how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes? But let us interrupt a while this dream of conquest, settlement, and supremacy. Let us remember that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 432 pages
...but very perspicacious politicians are able to foresee. • If slavery be thus fatally contagious, how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ? But let us interrupt a while this dream of conquest, settlement, and supremacy. Let us remember that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 584 pages
...none but very perspicacious politicians are able to foresee. If slavery be thus fatally contagious, how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ? But let us interrupt a while this dream of conquest, settlement, and supremacy. Let us remember that... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...knowledge." Upon one occdHion, when in company with some very grave men «t Oxford, his toa->t was, " Heie's to the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies." His violent prejudice a«;niisl our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an oppurtunity. Towards... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...grave men at Oxford, bis toast was, " Here'» to the next insurrection of the nt-grors in the \Vest Indies." His violent prejudice against our West Indian...and American settlers appeared whenever there was an oppnrtunity. Towards thecondiibtoii of his " Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " how is it that we hear... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 408 pages
...discovered " a zeal without knowledge." Upon one occasion, when in company with some very grave men at Oxford, his toast was, " Here's to the next insurrection...negroes?" and in his conversation with Mr. Wilkes' he asked, " Where did Beckford and Trecothick learn English?" That Trecothick could both speak and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 412 pages
...discovered " a zeal without knowledge." Upon one occasion, when in company with some very grave men at Oxford, his toast was, " Here's to the next insurrection...negroes?" and in his conversation' with Mr. Wilkes' he asked, " Where did Beckford and Trecothick learn English?" That Trecothick could both speak and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 572 pages
...none but very perspicacious politicians are able to foresee. If slavery be thus fatally contagious, how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ? But let us interrupt a while this dream of conquest, settlement, and supremacy. Let us remember that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 572 pages
...none but very perspicacious politicians are able to foresee. If slavery be thus fatally contagious, how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ? But let us interrupt a while this dream of conquest, settlement, and supremacy. Let us remember that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 564 pages
...none but very perspicacious politicians are able to foresee. If slavery be thus fatally contagious, how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ? But let us interrupt awhile this dream of conquest, settlement, and supremacy. Let us remember, that... | |
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Here's to the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies." His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his " Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " how is... 
