 | Edward Step - 1881 - 284 pages
...municipal possessions. Dean Swift, in his " Travels of Gulliver," makes one of his characters hold the opinion " that whoever could make two ears of corn,...than the whole race of politicians put together." Though we are not disposed to adopt that opinion in its entirety, we are sure that such a person is... | |
 | Edward Step - 1881 - 270 pages
...municipal possessions. Dean Swift, in his "Travels of Gulliver," makes one of his characters hold the opinion "that whoever could make two ears of corn,...than the whole race of politicians put together." Though we are not disposed to adopt that opinion in its entirety, we are sure that such a person is... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1881 - 892 pages
...and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit. Cadenus and Vanessa. And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn,...to his country, than the whole race of politicians puttogether. Gulliver's Travels. Pt. ii. Ch. vii. Voyage to Brobdingnag. He had been eight years upon... | |
 | Elbridge Streeter Brooks - 1881 - 272 pages
...loquacious Gulliver that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot where only one grew before would deserve better of...country than the whole race of politicians put together. Keen but ever- true satire upon the baser principles of statecraft, this assertion embodies a practical... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1882 - 1374 pages
...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...than the whole race of politicians put together." QUESTION. When you have got your ground ready to seed to grass, and have not got thirty-five loads... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1883 - 466 pages
...criminal causes ; 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,...than the whole race of politicians put together." •" The learning of this people is very defective, consisting only in morality, history, poetry, and... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 468 pages
...criminal causes ; 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,...than the whole race of politicians put together." The learning of this people is very defective, consisting only in morality, history, poetry, and mathematics,... | |
 | 1881
...Brobdingnac. The king, you will remember, in his conversation with Gulliver, gave it as his deliberate opinion, " That whoever could make two ears of corn,...than the whole race of politicians put together." In this Colony, fortunately, the race of politicians is not a separate caste from the farming class,... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit. Cadeniu and Vanasa. And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn,...country, than the whole race of politicians put together. Gullittr't Travels. Part ii. Ch. 7. Voyant to Brobdtngnag. He had lieen eight years upon a project... | |
 | Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture - 1883 - 472 pages
...in use, and thereby " makes two ears to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, will deserve better of mankind and do more essential service...than the whole race of politicians put together." A noted agricultural writer has said : — " I believe it has been demonstrated that the character... | |
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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 race... 
