| James Boswell - 1791 - 564 pages
...has difcovered ftealing to be fo very bad a thing, that they make no fcruple to hang a man. for it. When I was running about this town a very poor fellow,...for the advantages of poverty ; but I was, at the fame time, very forry to be poor. Sir, all the arguments which are brought to reprefcnt poverty as... | |
| James Boswell - 1791 - 556 pages
...has difcovered ftealing to be fo very bad a thing, that they make no fcruple to hang a man for it. When I was running about this town a very poor fellow,...a great arguer for the advantages of poverty; but 1 was, at the fame time, very fbrry to be poor. Sir, all the arguments which are brought to reprefent... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Anecdotes - 1798 - 464 pages
...difeavered ftealing to be fo very bad a thing, that they make no feruple to hang a man for it. — • When I was running about this town a very poor fellow,...for the advantages of poverty ; but I was, at the fame time, very forry to be poor. Sir, all the arguments which are brought to reprefent poverty as... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...has discovered stealing to be so very bad a thing, that they make no scruple to hang a man for it. When I was running about this town a very poor fellow,...which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, shew it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince you that you may... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...has discovered stealing to be so very bad a thing, that they make no scruple to hang a man for it. When I was running about this town a very poor fellow,...which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, shew it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince you that you may... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...has discovered stealing to be so very bad a thing, that they make no scruple to hang a man for it. When I was running about this town a very, poor fellow, I was a great argucr for the advantages of poverty ; but I was, at the same time, very sorry to be poor. Sir, all... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...has discovered stealing to be so very bad a thing, that they make no 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 advanta- 1763. ges of poverty ; but I was, at the same time, very sorry JE^ to be poor. Sir, all the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...has discovered stealing to be so very bad a thing, that they make no scruple to hang a man for it. —When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great argner for the advantages of poverty; but I was, at the same time, very sorry to be poor. Sir, all... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...has discovered stealing to be so very bad a thing, that they make no scruple to hang a man for it. When I was running about this town a very poor fellow,...great arguer for the advantages of poverty ; but I wax, at the same time very sorry to be poor. Sir, all the argumente which are brought to represent... | |
| John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...discovered stealing to be so very bad a thing, that they make no scruple to hang a man for it. — When I was running about this town a very poor fellow,...which are brought to represent poverty as no evil, shew it to be evidently a great evil. You never find people labouring to convince you that you may... | |
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