 And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race...  Bulletin - Página 681913Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | United States. Special Commissioner of the Revenue, 1866-1870 - 1870 - 170 páginas
...equality of burdens and benefits is violated. In Gulliver's Voyage to Brobdingnag occurs this passage: "And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could...blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind and do more essential service to his country... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1871 - 406 páginas
...determination of civil and criminal causes; with some other obvious topics, which are not worth considering. And he gave it for his opinion, " that whoever could...blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1872 - 444 páginas
...determination of civil and criminal causes ; with some other obvious topics, which are not worth considering. And he gave it for his opinion, " that whoever could...blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground, where only one grew before, would deserve bettei of mankind, and do more essential service to his country,... | |
 | 1872 - 692 páginas
...determination of civil and criminal causes, with some other obvious topics, which are not worth considering. And he gave it for his opinion that whoever could...blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country,... | |
 | George Markham Tweddell - 1872 - 168 páginas
...children. There have been kings farther wrong than that of Brobdingnag, who, according to DEAN SWIFT,* "gave it for his opinion, ' that whoever could make...blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country,... | |
 | George Washington Julian - 1872 - 508 páginas
...been a policy of systematic improvidence and spoliation. Every one remembers the saying of Dean Swift, that " whoever could make two ears of corn or two...blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country,... | |
 | Library - 1873 - 1084 páginas
...determination of civil and criminal causes, with some other obvious topics, which are not worth considering. men, of whom I could not so much as see room to suppose...Nothing could make it rational, so much as to wish or only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country,... | |
 | 1873 - 1084 páginas
...determination of civil and criminal causes, with some other obvious topics, which are not worth considering. And he gave it for his opinion, " that whoever could...blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country,... | |
 | Edward Law Hussey - 1873 - 172 páginas
...poor work and poor pay, is fame,' said Mr. W» «.»»», in the last conversation I had with him. — He gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make...blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country,... | |
 | John A. Lynch - 1873 - 64 páginas
...the foundation for the success of all the others. And it has been said with truth, that whoever makes two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot where only one grew before, does essential service to his country. THE CHANNEL OF THE MISSISSIPPI.... | |
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