 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...  The British Essayists - Page 261edited by - 1807Full view - About this book
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1884 - 232 pages
...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... | |
 | George Saintsbury - English language - 1885 - 430 pages
...; 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 only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more... | |
 | Ernest Ingersoll - Latter Day Saints - 1885 - 362 pages
...return an examination of the Arkansas Vallev. XX THE ARKANSAS VALLEY. 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... | |
 | George Saintsbury - English language - 1885 - 432 pages
...; 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 only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - Literature - 1886 - 328 pages
...must be looked for among the cultivators of the soil. Was it not Swift who declared that the man who could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass...upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, deserved better of mankind than the whole race of politicians ? Bacon, Cowley, Sir William Temple,... | |
 | John Walker Holcombe, Hubert Marshall Skinner - 1886 - 658 pages
...world, you are entitled from us to the benediction which Dean Swift bestowed upon the good citizen who " could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass...upon a spot of ground where only one grew before." You have come here from many localities and from many different sections, and were strangers to us... | |
 | Hiram A. Cutting - 1886 - 416 pages
...farmers are the founders of civilization." Swift sententiously remarks, 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... | |
 | William James Beal - Forage plants - 1887 - 484 pages
...shining hour, By carrying pollen day by day To fertilize each flower." " 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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - Fiction - 1992 - 290 pages
...causes; with some other obvious topicks 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 only one grew before; would deserve better of mankind, and do more... | |
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