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, show it to be evidently... Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and ... - Pagina 149 door Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 446 pagina’s Volledige weergave -
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