 | Jonathan Swift - 1872 - 444 pages
...determination of civil and criminal causes ; with some other obvious topics, which are not worth considering. And he gave it for his opinion, " that whoever could...ground, where only one grew before, would deserve bettei of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians... | |
 | 1873 - 1084 pages
...determination of civil and criminal causes, with some other obvious topics, which are not worth considering. And he gave it for his opinion, " that whoever could...than the whole race of politicians put together."* The learning of this people is very defective ; consisting only in/ morality, history, poetry, and... | |
 | Library - 1873 - 1084 pages
...determination of civil and criminal causes, with some other obvious topics, which are not worth considering. men, of whom I could not so much as see room to suppose...could make it rational, so much as to wish or expect The learning of this people is very defective ; consisting only in morality, history, poetry, and mathematics,... | |
 | Edward Law Hussey - 1873 - 172 pages
...poor work and poor pay, is fame,' said Mr. W» «.»»», in the last conversation I had with him. — He gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make...whole race of Politicians put together. — SWIFT, Gulliver s Voyage to Brobdingnag. Short is the time which every man lives, and small the nook of the... | |
 | Wisconsin State Agricultural Society - 1873 - 512 pages
...country, the sagacious monarch remarked, " Whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass>to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before,...country, than the whole race of politicians put together ;" and I hesitate not to give it as my opinion that the gentlemen who have devoted themselves in this... | |
 | 1873 - 1086 pages
...are not worth considering. And he gave it for his opinion, " that whoever could make two ears of com, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground...before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more es- | sential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together."* The learning... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...bit. Cademts and Vanessa. The two noblest things, which are sweetness and light. Battle of the Boohs. And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could...country, than the whole race of politicians put together. Gulliver's Travels. Part n.Ch. vii. Voyage to Brobdingnag. He had been eight years upon a project for... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...food of fools ; Yet now 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...to his country, than the whole race of politicians puttogether. Gulliver's Travels. Pt, ii. CA. vii. Voyage to Brobdingnag. He had been eight years upon... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...(1852-1940) US poet. "The Man with the Hoe," st. 1 , The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems ( 1 899). And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could...country, than the whole race of politicians put together. JONATHAN SWIFT, (1667-1745) Anglo-Irish satirist. Gulliver's Travels, "A Voyage to Brobdingnag," ch.... | |
 | Craig Canine - 1997 - 320 pages
...after a few moments. "We may use it someday. It could save us beaucoup bucks." HEREDITY AND HORSEPOWER Whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades...country than the whole race of politicians put together — Jonathan Swift, Gullivers Travels (1726) Oh, what a beauty she was There was nothing more beautiful... | |
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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... 
