 He had always been very zealous against slavery in every form, in which I with all deference thought that he 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...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Σελίδα 230των James Boswell - 1820Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 544 σελίδες
...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 of the negroes in the West-Indies." His violent prejudice against our West-Indian and American settlers appeared whenever... | |
 | 1888 - 1004 σελίδες
...islands of America." Once, "in company with some very grave men at Oxford, he gave as his toast, ' Here's to the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies.'" In this very pamphlet he skilfully replies to the argument that the subjugation of America would have... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 σελίδες
...discovered " a zeal without knowledge." Upon one occasion, when in company with some very grave men at o have as Tyranny,'1 he says, " How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - 1899 - 516 σελίδες
...as " a place of great wealth and dreadful wickedness, a den of tyrants and a dungeon of slaves." " Here's to the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies ! " was the toast which this high Tory gave to a party in high Tory Oxford. Flogging and branding were... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 σελίδες
...discovered " a zeal without knowledge." Upon one occasion, when in company with some very grave men at lar)' protection of particular saints. I think their...giving the sacrament only in one kind is criminal, hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ? " and in his conversation with Mr... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 546 σελίδες
...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 of the negroes in the West-Indies." His violent prejudice against our West-Indian and American settlers appeared whenever... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 294 σελίδες
...tyrannically governed. The man who, in company with some grave men at Oxford, gave as his toast, ' Here's to the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies,' was not likely to condemn insurrection in general. The key to his feelings is found in bis indignant... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 726 σελίδες
...Upon one occasion, when in company with some 154 JOHNSON'S ARGUMENT ON SLAVERY [1777 very grave men at Oxford, his toast was, ' Here's to the next insurrection...Taxation no Tyranny, he says, ' how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ?' and in his conversation with Mr.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 638 σελίδες
...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 of the negroes beautiful and instructive poem, by an anonymous writer, in 1758 ; who, treating of pleasure in excess,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...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...Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ?" and in his conversation with Mr.... | |
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