All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil sh…

Samuel Johnson
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All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. ✨ In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 1, p. 441 (20July 1763)
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All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. ✨ In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 1, p. 441 (20July 1763)

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