 | 1918 - 550 strani
...artillery, though it is silenced and subdued. There is no man has such mastery of irony as he has: "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich,...as well as the poor, to sleep under bridges, to beg bread, and to steal." The bastions of human vanity stand most often firm against the onslaught of righteousness;... | |
 | 1911 - 860 strani
...in the reflection that all men, whatever their status, are equal before the law. The law, he says, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well...bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. THE life of man is the incessant walk of time wherein every moment is a step towards death. Even our... | |
 | John Hunter Harley - 1911 - 256 strani
...raised on behalf of the poor and the oppressed. " The law," he said with that inimitable wit of his, " in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well...bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." He gave almost perfect expression to his wounded feelings in the touching little tale of ' Cranquebille."... | |
 | Rainbow Circle, London - 1911 - 188 strani
...alive to the peccadilloes of big functionaries. " The law," says Anatole France in one of his books, " in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well...bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." The Frenchman is too keenly alive to the ridiculous to dwell complacently in the present, or to hibernate... | |
 | Upton Sinclair - 1915 - 978 strani
...use," he said; "she has been dead some time — exhaustion from starvation." BY ANATOLE FRANCE r*HE law in its majestic equality forbids the rich as •^...bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread. anb Potrrrp BY HENRY GEORGE (One of the most widely-read treatises upon economics ever published, this... | |
 | Upton Sinclair - 1915 - 984 strani
...exhaustion from starvation." BY ANATOLE FRANCE THE law in its majestic equality forbids the rich aa well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread. anb BY HENRY GEORGE (One of the most widely-read treatises upon economics ever published, this book... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania - 1915 - 622 strani
...preserving the rich in their power and idleness. He must maintain the majestic equality of the laws which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal bread." A part of the story is unfolded at the villa of Vivian Bell at... | |
 | 1916 - 850 strani
...same equality one of the French Immortals had in mind when he said : "The law in its majesty equally forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under...bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread." Let us not talk any more about having a representative form of government In our Association when delegates... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - 1917 - 816 strani
...of having loved — consequently, honored and respected.)) «The law, in its majestic impartiality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under...bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.)) Since the Dreyfus case, Anatole France has been an active political worker, an effective speaker, and... | |
 | 1918 - 542 strani
...artillery, though it is silenced and subdued. There is no man has such mastery of irony as he has: "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich,...as well as the poor, to sleep under bridges, to beg bread, and to steal." The bastions of human vanity stand most often firm against the onslaught of righteousness;... | |
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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread'. 
