 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. - Page 230by James Boswell - 1820Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1848 - 442 pages
...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...Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " How is it that we hear the loudest yelp* for liberty among the drivers of negroes?" and in his conversation with Mr.... | |
 | John Fletcher - Slavery - 1852 - 712 pages
...there was an opportunity." * * * " Upon an occasion, when in company with several very grave men at Oxford, his toast was : ' Here's to the 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 - History - 1852 - 666 pages
...there was an opportunity." * * * " Upon an occasion, when in company with several very grave men at Oxford, his toast was : ' Here's to the 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 - Slavery - 1852 - 650 pages
...there was an opportunity." * * * " Upon an occasion, when in company with several very grave men at Oxford, his toast was : * Here's to the 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 - Slavery - 1852 - 676 pages
...there was an opportunity." * * * " Upon an occasion, when in company with several very grave men at Oxford, his toast was : ' Here's to the 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... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...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, 062. WHEN I said now to Johnson that I was afraid I kept him too late up, " No, sir,"... | |
 | Alexander Macdonald - Arbitration, Industrial - 1868 - 458 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...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
...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...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
...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... | |
 | English literature - 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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