 | James Boswell - 1835 - 348 페이지
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 346 페이지
...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... | |
 | William Blackwood - 1841 - 646 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 페이지
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 페이지
...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....decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilisation. 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. 
