 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.  The London Quarterly Review - Page 201828Full view - About this book
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - Civil service - 1868 - 82 pages
...is neither rich nor gay; those whose aggregate constitutes the people are found in the streets and villages, in the shops and farms ; and from them,...considered, must the measure of general prosperity be taken. According as they approach to delicacy a nation is refined ; and vrhen their conveniences are multiplied,... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - Civil service - 1871 - 76 pages
...is neither rich nor gay ; those 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 prosperity be taken. According as they approach to delicacy a nation is refined ; and when their conveniences are multiplied,... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1876 - 96 pages
...is neither rich nor gay; those jwhose aggregate constitutes the people are found in the streets and villages, in the shops and farms ; and from them,...considered, must the measure of general prosperity be taken. According as they approach to delicacy a nation is refined ; and when their conveniences are multiplied,... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - Civil service positions - 1877 - 208 pages
...is neither rich nor gay; those 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 prosperity be taken. According as they approach to delicacy a nation is refined ; and when their conveniences are multiplied,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 pages
...assemblies of the gay, or the banquets of the rich. The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay: they whose aggregate constitutes the people are found...considered, must the measure of general prosperity be taken. As they approach to delicacy, a nation is refined ; as their conveniences are' multiplied, a nation,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1906 - 270 pages
...assemblies of the gay, or the banquets of the rich. The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay. They whose aggregate constitutes the people are found...considered must the measure of general prosperity be taken. As they approach to delicacy a nation is refined ; as their conveniences are multiplied, a nation,... | |
 | John Percival Postgate - Latin language - 1913 - 204 pages
...assemblies of the gay or the banquets of the rich. 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 the farms ; and from them must the measure of general prosperity be taken. JOHNSON. Journey to the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Hebrides - 1924 - 562 pages
...assemblies of the gay, or the banquets of the rich. The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay : they whose aggregate constitutes the people, are found...considered, must the measure of general prosperity be taken. As they approach to delicacy a nation is refine_d, as their conveniencies are' multiplied, a nation,... | |
 | Gordon Mursell - Religion - 2001 - 604 pages
...assemblies of the gay, or the banquets of the rich. The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay: they whose aggregate constitutes the people, are found...considered, must the measure of general prosperity be taken.882 So he criticizes those for whom 'all regard to the welfare of others [has been] overborne... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 644 pages
...performance of daily duties . . . The true state of every nation is the state of common life . . . they whose aggregate constitutes the people, are found in the streets, and the village, in the shops and farms; and from them collectively considered, must the measure of general... | |
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