 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 páginas
...opinion, il declara1t 6tre d'avi*. were not in the case, lorsqu'il ne s'ag1ssait pas d'un ennemi ou " whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - 1862 - 916 páginas
...did not intend, give new and lasting significance to the opinion of the fabled king of Brobdignag, " that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades...essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together." RENSSELAER. BP JOHNSON, ESQ. : Secretary State Agricultural Society. SIK... | |
 | Robert Scott Burn - 1863 - 380 páginas
...there is truth in the doctrine of him who was not wont to write genially or kindly, that " he who can make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow...upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, will deserve better of mankind than the whole race of politicians put together/' let us not arrogate... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1864 - 416 páginas
...with some other obvious topics, which are not worth considering. And he gave it for his opinion, " that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades...essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together." The learning of this people is very defective ; consisting only of morality,... | |
 | 1864 - 622 páginas
...improvement, and give a retrospective application to the sentiment of Dean Swift, that " Whoever has made two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and has done more essential service to his country, than the whole race... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Francis Waller - 1865 - 414 páginas
...perused many of their books, especially those on history and morality.'' — Page 161. his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades...essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.* * This aphorism has become celebrated, and is often quoted by statesmen... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 páginas
...still to bite 'em. And so proceed ad inftnitum. Poetry, a Rhapsody. And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades...essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. Gullicer's Tracels. * As geographers crowd into the edges of their maps,... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 páginas
...; with some other obvious topics which are not worth considering ; 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 one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than... | |
 | 1865 - 972 páginas
...for her harshness. Ham lived many years, and Broadfoot was not the only Indian who felt his revenge. Whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of grdund, where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service... | |
 | Fennings Taylor, William Notman - 1867 - 614 páginas
...that whoever could make two ears of corn and two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground ivhere only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind...essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians together." THE words extracted from Gulliver's travels, with which we have prefaced this... | |
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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... 
