 | Addison Peale Russell - 1875 - 416 pągines
...door, or at arm'slength, but he places it, by heaping wealth upon wealth, at a sublime distance.' " (" All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil," impatiently exclaimed Dr. Johnson, " show it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people laboring... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 388 pągines
...Lichfield a very poor fellow," said Dr. Johnson, " I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty. Sir, .all the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince 2O4 STRIKING A BALANCE.... | |
 | 1882 - 638 pągines
...another time he said, " Riches do not gain hearty respect : they only procure external attention." All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it to be evidently a great evil. Dufresny, a French dramatist, when told that poverty was no crime,... | |
 | William Mathews - 1883 - 398 pągines
...about this town a very poor fellow," said he, " I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty. Sir, all the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pągines
...scruple to hang a man for it. When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty; but I was at the same...which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince you that you may... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 pągines
...scruple to hang a man for it. When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty ; but I was, at the...which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, show it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince you that you may... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 608 pągines
...scruple to hang a man for it. When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty ; but I was, at the...labouring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune. — So you hear people talking how miserable a king must be ; and yet they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 pągines
...scruple to hang a man for it. When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty; but I was, at the same...which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince you that you may... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 424 pągines
...very sorry to be poor. Sir, all the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, show it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people...labouring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune. So you hear people talking how miserable a king must be : and yet they all... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 pągines
...scruple to hang a man for it. When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty; but I was, at the same...which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, show it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince you that you may... | |
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When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty ; but I was, at the same time, very sorry to be poor. Sir, all the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, shew it to be evidently... 
