 The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay: they whose aggregate constitutes the people, are found in the streets and the villages, in the shops and farms; and from them, collectively considered, must the measure of general prosperity be taken.  A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland - Página 24por Samuel Johnson (écrivain.) - 1816 - 208 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 páginas
...character-is -obscured or obliterated by travel or instruction, by philosophy or 'vzlnity; .nor is public happiness to be estimated, by the assemblies of the:...constitutes • the people, are found in the streets and the vil- ' lages; in the shops and farms; .and 'from them, ' collectively considered, must .the measure... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 378 páginas
...character is obscured or obli. terated by travel or instruction, by philosophy or vanity ; nor is public happiness to be estimated by the assemblies of the...rich nor gay : they whose aggregate constitutes the * These elegant and judicious reflections reach the heart of crery reader of sensibility, and carry... | |
 | Charles Jared Ingersoll - 1810 - 186 páginas
...character is obscured or obliterated by travel or instruction, by philosophy or variety : nor is public happiness to be estimated by the assemblies of the...constitutes the people, are found in the streets and villages, in the shops and farms, and from them collectively considered must the measure of and happiness... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 páginas
...character is obscured or obliterated by travel or instruction, by philosophy or vanity ; nor is public happiness to be estimated by the assemblies of the gay, or the banquets of the rich. The great mass pf nations is neither rich nor gay : they whose aggregate constitutes the people, are found in the... | |
 | John Lambert - 1814 - 556 páginas
...false ideas of the country and its inhabitants. " The great mass of nations," says Dr. Johnson, " are neither rich nor gay. They whose aggregate constitutes...must the measure of general prosperity be taken." From these I have judged of the real character of the Americans ; and 1 found it as difficult to discover... | |
 | John Lambert - 1816 - 552 páginas
...mass of nations," says Dr. Johnson, " are neither rich nor gay. They wbose aggregate •onstitutes the people, are found in the streets and the villages,...must the measure of general prosperity be taken." From these I have judged of the real character of the Americans ; and I found it as difficult to discover... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1819 - 476 páginas
...that Johnson has said, 'that the true state of every nation is the state of common life.' and that ' they whose aggregate constitutes the people, are found...streets and the villages, in the shops and farms.' — But let the authority and example of Johnson be carried as far as it may ; it never can extend... | |
 | 1822 - 590 páginas
...character is obscured or obliterated by travel or instruction, by philosophy or vanity ; nor is public happiness to be estimated by the assemblies of the...must the measure of general prosperity be taken." — (Johnson's Tour, p. 45.) But let us now turn our attention to Statesmen, a set of gentlemen up... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1822 - 550 páginas
...false ideas of the country, and its inhabitants. " The great mass of nations," says Dr. Johnson, " are neither rich nor gay. They, whose aggregate, constitutes the people, are found in the streets and villages ; in the shops and farms; and from them collectively considered must the measure of general... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1822 - 542 páginas
...They, whose aggregate, constitutes the people, are found in the streets and villages ; in the chops and farms; and from them collectively considered must the measure of general prosperity be taken." From these I have judged of the real character of the Americans ; and I found it as difficult to discover... | |
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