 | George Whitefield Mead - 1896 - 400 pages
...; in a few hours the conditions of life would be as uneven as they are now. Said Dr. Johnson, — " How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which kings or laws can cause or cure." 1 When Dr. Johnson uttered these words, over a hundred years ago, the people were complaining, as now,... | |
 | John Stuart Mackenzie - 1897 - 484 pages
...arrangement of society can be only to a certain extent enforced. The saying has often been quoted — " How small of all that human hearts endure That part which kings or laws can cause or cure ! " And it is partly true, if it be taken to apply simply to that which can be directly and immediately... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 202 pages
...he inserted in Goldsmith's " Traveller " express what seems to have been his deliberate judgment: 20 "How small of all that human hearts endure That part which kings or laws can cause or cure! " He had previously put expressions very similar into the mouth of Rasselas. It is amusing to contrast... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 236 pages
...he inserted in Goldsmith's Traveller express what seems to have been his deliberate judgment : — " How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which kings or laws can cause or cure." He had previously put expressions very similar into the mouth of Rasselas. It is amusing to contrast... | |
 | Eugene Solomon Talbot - 1898 - 426 pages
...neurasthenia. The part of Government in this is very small. It is true here that, as remarked by Johnson — " How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which kings or laws can cure ! " Training of the individual rather than governmental regulation must be the factor to prevent... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 pages
...concluding ten lines, except the last couplet but one, which I distinguish by the Italick character : " How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which kings or laws can cause or cure. Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find ; with supreme delight... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pages
...concluding ten lines, except the last couplet but one, which I distinguish by the italic character : — " self in the wrong; and I have not satisfied myself with my long silence. Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find ; With secret course,... | |
 | Charles Hamilton Hughes - 1901 - 862 pages
...whole of these remedies by the power of the state he sees but an illustration of Johnson's apothegm: "How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which Kings or laws can cure." Emigration, Malthus admits, is a check to population, and has more than once proved an enormous... | |
 | John Hepburn Millar - 1902 - 412 pages
...more than refer to the closing passage with which Goldsmith's Traveller was furnished by his pen. " How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which kings or laws can cause or cure ! " These lines, with which the passage opens, express a sentiment deeply implanted in Johnson's breast.... | |
 | John Hepburn Millar - 1902 - 408 pages
...more than refer to the closing passage with which Goldsmith's Traveller was furnished by his pen. " How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which kings or laws can cause or cure ! " These lines, with which the passage opens, express a sentiment deeply implanted in Johnson's breast.... | |
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How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which kings or laws can cause or cure! 
