 his conversations on the subject, amidst his often indulged laxity of talk, there was ever a deep insight into the human heart. " All the arguments," he once, with keen satire, remarked, " which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, show it to...  The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Rambler - Página 117por Samuel Johnson - 1825Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | George Gissing - 1927 - 296 páginas
...fifth of its population could be induced to live as I do! ^TT "Sir," said Johnson, "all the arguments I which are brought to represent poverty as no evil,...to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune." He knew what he... | |
 | Nassau William Senior - 1928 - 410 páginas
...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,...to be evidently a great evil. You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune." James Boswell, Life... | |
 | Paul Milton Fulcher - 1927 - 336 páginas
...arrangement with the publishers, Charles Scribner's Sons. POVERTY R," said Johnson, "all the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil,...to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune." He knew what he... | |
 | 1904 - 926 páginas
...the delicious cleverness of Johnson to defend his position: "Sir," said Johnson, "all the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil...to be evidently a great evil. You never find people laboring to convince you that you can live very happily upon a plentiful fortune." The quotation, however,... | |
 | Burrhus Frederic Skinner, Margaret E. Vaughan - 1997 - 164 páginas
...with our thoughts. Boswell recorded a remark of Johnson's that has become famous: “All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil...to be evidently a great evil. You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily with a plentiful fortune.” He could have... | |
 | William Mathews - 2005 - 377 páginas
...poor fellow," said he, " I was a great argue! 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 pcople laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune." Want of money... | |
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