 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: The Lounger - Page 73by Alexander Chalmers - 1802Full view - About this book
 | First Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) - 1880 - 188 pages
...applause. tntrotadng Jljon. iHavsljaH ijp. The next speaker will illustrate a remark made by Swift, " 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... | |
 | First Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) - 1880 - 224 pages
...EntroDuctng &>on. ftlarsljall $3. tLffililBer. The next speaker will illustrate a remark made by Swift, " 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... | |
 | Edward Step - 1881 - 270 pages
...possessions. Dean Swift, in his "Travels of Gulliver," makes one of his characters hold the 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... | |
 | Edward Step - 1881 - 284 pages
...possessions. Dean Swift, in his " Travels of Gulliver," makes one of his characters hold the 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... | |
 | Elbridge Streeter Brooks - 1881 - 272 pages
...never cease to operate." It was the sage King of Brobdingnag who remarked to the 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 mankind and do more essential... | |
 | 1881
...The king, you will remember, in his conversation with Gulliver, gave it as his deliberate 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, Walter Scott - 1883 - 466 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... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...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, 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, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 468 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... | |
 | Albert Plympton Southwick - 1884 - 244 pages
...in his poem entitled The Beggar-Maid. 51. What is a frequent quotation from the Travels of Gulliver? "Whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow upon a spot of ground whore only one grew before, would deserve better of nvinkind, and do more essential service to his... | |
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