| American literature - 1846 - 602 pages
...Brobdignag, when unravelling his everlasting court intrigues, — " He gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass,...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... | |
| English literature - 1846 - 576 pages
...Brobdignag, when unravelling his everlasting court intrigues, — " He gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass,...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... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1846 - 610 pages
...Brobdignag, when unravelling his everlasting court intrigues, — " He gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass,...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... | |
| Anthony Nesbit - Plane trigonometry - 1847 - 492 pages
...for all : the King himself is served by the field." ECCLES. CHAP. V., and 9th VERSE. 2. " Whoever can make two Ears of Corn, or two Blades of Grass, to grow upon the Spot where only one grew before, will deserve better of Mankind, and do more essential Service... | |
| Samuel Sands - 1848 - 452 pages
...interest of $100 per acre. The remark of Swift, is peculiarly applicable to Col. CaBron: " Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, deserves better of mankiod, and does more essential service to his country, than the whole race of... | |
| Questions and answers - 1889 - 670 pages
...Brobdingnag/ part ii. chap. vi. , point in any way to it?— " And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass,...upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to bis country, than the whole race... | |
| Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Authority - 1849 - 526 pages
...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,...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... | |
| Electronic journals - 1900 - 614 pages
...the old impression in the immortal utterance of the king, who " gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass,...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... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 1012 pages
...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,...upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to hiscountry, than the whole race of... | |
| Thomas Cooper - Chartism - 1850 - 492 pages
...other obvious topics, which are not worth considering. And he gave it for lib opinion, ' that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass,...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... | |
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