 | James Boswell - 1848 - 442 pages
...68. SEGRO SLAVERY. 21 against slavery in every form, in which I with aH deference thought that lie discovered " a zeal without knowledge." Upon one occasion,...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... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 676 pages
...appeared whenever there was an opportunity." * * * " Upon an occasion, when in company with several very grave men at Oxford, his toast was : ' Here's...next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies !' I, with all due deference, thought that he discovered a zeal without knowledge." This Tfas surely... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 666 pages
...appeared whenever there was an opportunity." * * * " Upon an occasion, when in company with several very grave men at Oxford, his toast was : ' Here's...next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies !' I, with all due deference, thought that he discovered a zeal without knowledge." This was surely... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 650 pages
...appeared whenever there was an opportunity." * * * " Upon an occasion, when in company with several very grave men at Oxford, his toast was : * Here's...next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies !' I, with all due deference, thought that he discovered a zeal without knowledge." This was surely... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 712 pages
...appeared whenever there was an opportunity." * * * " Upon an occasion, when in company with several very grave men at Oxford, his toast was : ' Here's...next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies !' I, with all due deference, thought that he discovered a zeal without knowledge." This was surely... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...it : write it down in the first leaf of your pocket-book, and never doubt of it again." — Johnson. UPON one occasion, when in company with some very grave men at Oxford, Johnson's toast was " Here's to the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies." — Bosv^ell,... | |
 | Alexander Macdonald - 1868 - 458 pages
...Session in Scotland. He had always been very zealous against slavery in any form, in which I, with all deference, thought that he discovered ' a zeal without...settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity" (g). ' » * . Knight in The argument dictated by Dr. Johnson was as follows :— D T . Jonn . " It... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pages
...Session in Scotland.1 He had always been very zealous against slavery in every form, in which I with all deference thought that he discovered " a zeal without...the West- Indies." His violent prejudice against our West-Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pages
...Session in Scotland.* He had always been very zealous against slavery in every form, in which I with all deference thought that he discovered " a zeal without...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... | |
 | 1875 - 644 pages
...dangerous." Johnson had oven shocked a company of some very grave men at Oxford by proposing as a toast, "Here's to the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies ; " while in his pamphlet of " Taxation no Tyranny," he had demanded, his prejudices against our West... | |
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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... 
