 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...  The life of Samuel Johnson - Page 204by James Boswell - 1820Full view - About this book
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty ; but 1 was, at the same time, very sorry to be poor. Sir,...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... | |
 | Anne Mozley - 1865 - 364 pages
...obtrude themselves : — " 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 laboring to convince you that you may live... | |
 | Anne Mozley - 1865 - 374 pages
...obtrude themselves : — "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 laboring to convince you that you may live... | |
 | Friedrich Otto Froembling - 1866 - 438 pages
...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 - 1874 - 602 pages
...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...— So you hear people talking how miserable a king must be ; and yet they all wish to be in his place." It was suggested that kings must be unhappy, because... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 480 pages
...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... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pages
...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... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1875 - 416 pages
...impatiently exclaimed Dr. Johnson, " show it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon...fortune. So you hear people talking how miserable a king must be ; and yet they all wish to be in his place.") The hoarding habits of the miser remind one of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 742 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...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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