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 | Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1846 - 580 strani
...them."— (Boswell, III. 314.) "Sir," said he on another occasion, " they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging."— (III. 327.) Akin to this were his strong and even intolerant national prejudices. Of the French he... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1855 - 420 strani
...necks." (7) " They are a race of convicts," said the famous moralist, the pensioned Samuel Johnson, " and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging." (8) A circular letter was sent forthwith to all the colonies, promising, on the part of the ministry,... | |
 | GEORGE BANGROFT - 1856 - 558 strani
...necks." 3 " They are a race of convicts," said the famous moralist, the pensioned Samuel Johnson, "and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging." 4 A Circular letter was sent forthwith to all the Colonies, promising on the part of the Ministry to... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1856 - 470 strani
...them."— (Boswell, III. 314.) " Sir," said he on another occasion, " they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging."— (III. 327.) Akin to this were his strong and even intolerant national prejudices. Of the French he... | |
 | 1857 - 540 strani
...spirit of Dr. Johnson when our fathers were in rebellion, thought they were " a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging." Still, and to be just, it should be stated that there were " some nice people," as Cotton Mather calls... | |
 | 1857 - 512 strani
...spirit of Dr. Johnson when our fathers were in rebellion, thought they were " a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging." Still, and to be just, it should be stated that there were " some nice people," as Cotton Mather calls... | |
 | 1876 - 1164 strani
...who, in 1769, in speaking of the American colonies, exclaimed, 'Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging.' The Abbe Raynal, writing in the latter part of the last century, declared that A'merica had not yet... | |
 | James Boswell - 1858 - 464 strani
...I was told by Dr. John Campbell, that he had said of them, " Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging." Of this performance I avoided to talk with him ; for I had now formed a clear and settled opinion,... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 458 strani
...them."— (Boswell, III. 314.) " Sir," said he on another occasion, " they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging."— (III. 327.) Akin to this were his strong and even intolerant national prejudices. Of the French he... | |
 | Luke Tyerman - 1872 - 736 strani
...the miscellaneous and mongrel colonists across the Atlantic, " Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging." No wonder that the English government, already at 1775 their wits' end, applied to Johnson to assist... | |
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