...hay, where hitherto heath and rushes liad been the only produce. It may be far too much to say, that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before is a benefactor to his country ; but there can be no doubt that if the idle be employed, and the starving pauper converted...

...He found it a lime quarry, and made it a bower of Armida. If, as the great moralist said, " the man who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is a benefactor to mankind," what honours should be paid to the genins, which substituted human beings for limeburners,...

...aspect of the sky, that is not comprehended in it. It was truly said by a wise man of other years, that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before is a great public benefactor. What must it be to reclaim the Pontine marshes by skilful and successful draining?...

...stimulate ingenuity, labor, and skill, in every quarter. If he is to be pronounced a public benefactor who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, what shall be said of him who, by the boldness of his enterprise, stays the proud waves of the ocean...

...philosopher's stone." I remarked, " that such a man deserved well of his country, on the old principle, that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is a patriot." . " Sir," was the reply, " he made human beings happy, where human beings were baked, for...

...truth is equally applicable to nations as to individuals. He has been said to be a public benefactor who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before; and especially is tnis the case if he not only effects such a result, but if, at the same time, superadds...

...and decayed, and grown again, as if in mockery of the boasted progress of man. It has been said that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is a public benefactor. What shall we say of those who will open to the commerce of the world a tract of...

...mutton was of more service to the human race than the great chemist. If he be a benefactor to our kind who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, how great a benefactor must the man be who induces you to eat two slices of mutton when you would have...

...slimy trail behind him, in the person of a child. If he is said to be a real benefactor to his race who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, what ought he to be thought of, who absolutely destroys food each day by forcing it down, which it...

...slimy trail behind him, in the person of a child. If he is said to be a real benefactor to his race who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, what ought he to be thought of, who absolutely destroys food each day by forcing it down, which it...