...fellow-subjects in America. For, as early as 1769, 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 any thing 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,...

...that the ministry were governed by feelings similar to those expressed by Dr Johnson, when he said, " Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be...thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging." proposed by the Earl of Chatham would have saved America ; but the famous bill, which he framed for...

...fellow-subjects in America. For, as early as 1769, 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 any thing 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,...

...fellow-subjects in America. For, as early as 1769, 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 any thing 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,...

...out of Newgate; and even Dr. Johnson could stoop to utter the malignant remark, that the Americans are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them, short of hanging. — Boswell, vol. ii. And yet the very work, in which the first of these sarcasms is repeated with...

...abuse, " he'd burn and destroy them." — (Boswell, iii. 314.) " Sir," said he on another occasion, " they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging." — (iii. 327.) Akin to this were his strong and even intolerant national prejudices. Of the French...

...liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. * Belsham, vi. 181,204. t Dr. Johnson said : "The Americans are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging." M'Gregor's America, i. 30. } The only opponent was Mr. Dickinson. " To secure these rights governments...

...abuse, "he'd burn and destroy 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...

...покровительство божс(') Доктор-ь Джонсонъ сказалъ: iTbe Americans are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing -we allow them short of banging. M'Urcgor America. 1.30. ствеппаго Проштдып») ручаемся нашим...

...accordingly read of him, airiIfia\cvvTIv Ofitlpoi, Analecta Veterum Poetarum, a Brunck, tom. ip 233. » " They are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything allowed them short of hanging," were his ungracious words. (Boswell, iii. 327.) But his expressed...