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 it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of... The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 289by Samuel Johnson - 1818Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 pages
...the diminution of our own liberties: nn event, which none but very perspicacious politicians are nble to foresee. If slavery be thus fatally contagious,...loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes 1 But let us interrupt a while this dream of conquest, settlement, and supremacy. Let us remember that... | |
| Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - 1846 - 510 pages
...professors. Dr. Johnson was not far out of the way when he contemptuously asked in his Taxation No Tyranny, " how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of Negroes ? " He applied this test to our Revolutionary Fathers, and showed them to be wanting in the truest... | |
| Johnson Society - 1921 - 46 pages
...When the Americans began to complain of being taxed by the British Parliament, he exclaimed, " How is that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?" and he did not spare the planters in our West Indian islands. But perhaps the most touching story of... | |
| John Fletcher - 1852 - 666 pages
...his sarcasm and ridicule, in his famous work, entitled "Taxation no Tyranny." " How is it," says he, "that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes." Not long after he wrote this argument, on the occasion of a dinner-party at Dilly's, he said, "I am... | |
| John Fletcher - 1852 - 650 pages
...his sarcasm and ridicule, in his famous work, entitled " Taxation no Tyranny." " How is it," says he, "that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes." Not long after he wrote this argument, on the occasion of a dinner-party at Billy's, he said, " I am... | |
| John Fletcher - 1852 - 712 pages
...his sarcasm and ridicule, in his famous work, entitled "Taxation no Tyranny." " How is it," says he, "that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes." Not long after he wrote this argument, on the occasion of a dinner-party at Billy's, he said, " I am... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 410 pages
...the chains of their slave. To him at least could never be applied Dr. Johnson's taunting words : " How is it that we hear the loudest " yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ? " The views of Washington on this great question are best shown at the close of the Revolutionary... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 426 pages
...the chains of their slave. To him at least could never be applied Dr. Johnson's taunting words : " How is it that we hear the loudest " yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ? " The views of Washington on this great question are best shown at the close of the Revolutionary... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1858 - 420 pages
...the chains of their slave. To him at least could never be applied Dr. Johnson's taunting words : " How is it that we hear the loudest " yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ? " The views of Washington on this great question are best shown at the close of the Revolutionary... | |
| GEORGE BANOROIT - 1858 - 450 pages
...slaves." Virginia and the Carolinas had shown impatience of oppression. "How is it," asked Johnson, "that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ? The slaves should be set free; they may be more grateful and honest than their masters." Lord North... | |
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