 | James Boswell - 1835 - 346 strani
...for 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,...languish in helpless misery, that country must be ill (1) Gregory Sharpe, DDFRS and FAS, born in 1713. He published some religious works, and several critical... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 348 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,...languish in helpless misery, that country must be ill (1) Gregory Sharpe, DDFRS and FAS, born in 1718. He published some religious works, and several critical... | |
 | William Blackwood - 1841 - 646 strani
...many Mahometan states. Indeed, experience has long justified the.profound saying of Dr Johnson, that " a decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.'' From the accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few, and the multiplication of labourers in the advanced... | |
 | Robert Benton Seeley - 1842 - 706 strani
...advanced in knowledge and character. So true is the observation of our great moralist, Dr. Johnson,—' A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.' ' He then, at some length, proceeds to demonstrate the peculiar claims of Ireland to be thus " civilized,"... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 strani
...than in any other country of the same extent : he did not mean little cantons, or petty republics. th Rp 8 Nr civilisation. Gentlemen of education,' he observed, ' were pretty much the same in all countries ;... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1852 - 172 strani
...causent 1'inconstance. Rochefoucauld. " THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD ALWAYS LOOKS CLEANEST." c THE POOR. A DECENT provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. Gentlemen of education are pretty much the same in all countries ; the condition of the lower orders, the poor especially,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 strani
...than in any other country of the same citent : he did not mean little cantons, or petty republics. Where a great proportion of the people,' said he,...decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilisation. Gentlemen of education,' lie observed, ' were pretty much the same in all countries ;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 strani
...little cantons or petty republics. " Where :i great proportion of the people," said he, "aro sutfercd to languish in helpless misery, that country must...decent provision for the poor is the true test of civili<-:>tion. Gentlemen of education," lie observed, " were pretty much the same in nil countries... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 strani
...than in any other country of the same extent : he did not mean little cantons or petty republics. " 6 < 8 )3\K 墐 ` C߱NY C-C a c ! R V rx2 ...= n )~` :v z\ 8 hW< V tL8 N :0 $q a"|bc [ U o^ H wrotchedly governed : a décrut provision for the poor is the true test of civili>.ition. Gentlemen... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 strani
...substitute for violated morality," he said, " is the leading feature of all perversions of religion." A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. Few have all kinds of merit belonging to their character. A fallible being will fail somewhere. Read... | |
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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. 
