...accomplishments may be possessed by all ranks; but one may easily distinguish the born gentleivoman? " He said, ' the poor in England were better provided...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...

...proportion of the people 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. The condition of the lower orders more especially is the true mark of national discrimination.' We...

...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) are...policed, and wretchedly governed; a decent provision tor the• poor, is the true test of civilization. Gentlemen of education, he observed, were pretty...

...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,...governed : a decent provision for the poor is the trne test of civilization. Gentlemen of education," he observed, " were pretty much the- same in all...

...sir (said he), not highly gratified; yet I do not recollect to have passed many evenings withfewer objections.' "Though of no high extraction himself,...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...

...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 civilization'—Gentlemen of education, he observed, were pretty much the same in all countries; the...

...In short, the words of Dr. Johnson seem fully borne out by historical and geographical facts, that " A decent provision for the poor, is the true test of civilization." 5. He next corrects some most egregious errors, which, by the ignorance of our political economists,...

...prevails, is too obvious to universal observation to need a word in proof. Dr. Johnson has said, that iC a decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization ;" but such institutions are not, however, confined to Christendom. Even the semi-barbarous countries...

...than in any other country of the same extent : he did not mean little Cantons, or petty Repúblicas. Where a great proportion of the people (said he) are...wretchedly governed: a decent provision for the poor is the trae test of civilization. — Gentlemen of education, he observed, were pretty much the same in all...

...rirtutc essem aliis."— JAKES BOSWELL. the prefatory prayer, Sharpe ranted about liberty, as Maxwell a blessing most fervently to be implored, and its...same in all countries ; the condition of the lower orders,*the poor especially, was the true mark of national discrimination.' " When the corn laws were...