 | 1845 - 786 strani
...proportion of the people are suffered to languish in helpless misery, that country must be ill-policed, and wretchedly governed. A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. The condition of the lower orders more especially is the true mark of national discrimination.' We... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 strani
...than in any other country of the same extent; he did not mean little Cantons or petty Republics. " Where a great proportion of the people (said he) are...policed, and wretchedly governed; a decent provision tor the• poor, is the true test of civilization. Gentlemen of education, he observed, were pretty... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 strani
...great proportion of the people, said he, are differed to languish in helpless misery, that country mnst be ill policed, and wretchedly governed : a decent provision for the poor, is the trne test of civilization. — Gentlemen of education, he observed, were pretty much the same in all... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 strani
...virtute essem aliis." JB— O.] VOL. II. U " Though of no high extraction himself, he had much respect for birth and family, especially among ladies. He...education, he observed, were pretty much the same in ail countries ; the condition of the lower orders, the poor especially, was the true mark of national... | |
 | 1821 - 372 strani
...than in any other country of the same extent : he did not mean little cantons, or petty republics. " Where a great proportion of the people," said he,...governed : a decent provision for the poor is the trne test of civilization. Gentlemen of education," he observed, " were pretty much the- same in all... | |
 | 1878 - 1002 strani
...necessary.' He clenches this part of his argument with the saying ' of our great moralist, Dr. Johnson : " A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization." ' The motion, being opposed by the Government, was lost ; but was renewed next year by Mr. Sadler,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1823 - 486 strani
...passed many evenings withfewer objections.' "Though of no high extraction himself, he had much respect for birth and family, especially among ladies. He...decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.—Gentlemen of education, he observed, were pretty much the same in all countries; the... | |
 | 1828 - 546 strani
...In short, the words of Dr. Johnson seem fully borne out by historical and geographical facts, that " A decent provision for the poor, is the true test of civilization." 5. He next corrects some most egregious errors, which, by the ignorance of our political economists,... | |
 | Michael Thomas Sadler - 1828 - 496 strani
...prevails, is too ohvious to universal observation to need a word in proof. Dr. Johnson has said, that " a decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization ;" but such institutions are not, however, confined to Christendom. Even the semi-barbarous countries... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 strani
...than in any other country of the same extent: he did not mean little cantons, or petty republicka. Where a great proportion of the people,' said he,...governed: a decent provision for the poor is the true teat of civilization. Gentlemen of education,' he observed, ' were pretty much the same in all countries... | |
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... a decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. — Gentlemen of education, (he observed,) were pretty much the same in all countries ; the condition of the lower orders, the poor especially, was the true mark of national discrimination. 
