Taxation, Tyranny, Addressed to Samuel Johnson
- Anonymous Pamphleteer 1775 (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
This 1775 pamphlet was published as an anonymous response to Samuel Johnson’s Taxation No Tyranny. Johnson’s towering reputation as a man of letters appears to enrage rather than intimidate this anonymous author, who takes Johnson to task for cloaking poor logic and argumentation in his famous linguistic splendor. The author argues that “English power will stand upon the firmest ground, when it is least abused by tyranny” and emphasizes the mutual dependence of Great Britain and the colonies.
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