 ... 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.  The Contemporary Review - Seite 8901889Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1845 - 786 Seiten
...Samuel Johnson also observes in his serious and solemn manner, ' When a great proportion of the people are suffered to languish in helpless misery, that...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 are... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 Seiten
...the people (said he,) 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.— Gentlemen of education, he observed, were pretty much the same in all countries ; the condition of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 Seiten
...the people (said he,) 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. — Gentlemen of education, he observed, were pretty much the same in all countries ; the condition... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 Seiten
...the people, said he, 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. — Gentlemen of education, he observed, were pretty much the same in all countries; the condition... | |
 | John Selden - 1818 - 678 Seiten
...the people (said he) 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. Gentlemen of education, he observed, were pretty much the same in all countries ; the condition of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 372 Seiten
...people," said he, " 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. Gentlemen of education," he observed, " were pretty much the same in all countries ; the condition... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 Seiten
...the people (said he), 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. — Gentlemen of education, he observed, were pretty much the same in ail countries ; the condition... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 472 Seiten
...the people (said he,) 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 — Gentlemen of education, he observed, were pretty much the same in all countries ; the condition... | |
 | 1878 - 1002 Seiten
...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, and again... | |
 | James Boswell - 1823 - 486 Seiten
...the people (said he) 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.—Gentlemen of education, he observed, were pretty much the same in all countries; the... | |
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