 | Wisconsin State Agricultural Society - 1854 - 514 páginas
...mouth of the royal Brobdignagian — a gigantic and barbaric king sixty feet high, the following words: "Whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades...essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together." This is a noble maxim. It estimates the worth of men by the substantial... | |
 | Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture - 1882 - 442 páginas
...times. He gave it as his opinion, that " whoever would make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before...essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together." QUESTION. When you have got your ground ready to seed to grass, and have... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Mitford - 1856 - 448 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."! * It was more than hinted \)j the tories, that the House of Brunswick lntended... | |
 | 1858 - 594 páginas
...advance in arable farming took its rise in Norfolk. The king of Brobdingnag gave it as 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 passage might have been written upon Lord Townshend, who retired in... | |
 | Maine. Board of Agriculture - 1859 - 552 páginas
...advance in arable farming took its rise in Norfolk. The king of Brobdignag gave it as his opinion, " that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades...essential service to his country than the whole race of politician!) put together." This passage might have been written upon Lord Townsend, who retired in... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1859 - 612 páginas
...Cincinnati : Moore, Wilstach, Keys, & Co. 1855. IT was the King of Brobdignag who avowed the 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." Whatever may be said of politicians, there can be no doubt that the scientific... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1916 - 838 páginas
...soil. Swift, with his fine satire, made the King of Brobdingnag express to Gulliver the 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 increase has been effected, but the men whose scientific work has led... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1887 - 628 páginas
...at least, and Swift's thoughts are generally worth some regard ; " 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." t That something then at least the world owes to Macaulay even he allows,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1860 - 360 páginas
...SEPARATELY, FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF AGRICULTURAL READERS. " AND HE GAVE IT FOR HIS OPINION, THAT WHOEVER WOULD MAKE TWO EARS OF CORN, OR TWO BLADES OF GRASS, TO...ESSENTIAL SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY, THAN THE WHOLE RACE OF POLITICIANS PUT TOGETHER." SWIFT. CONTENTS. Early History of British Agrculture — Plants and Fruits... | |
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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... 
