 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...  Prose - Seite 8701826Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 Seiten
...lies nothing but sandy deserts full of wild beasts and unapproachable bogs. — PLUTARCH. Theseits. 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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 Seiten
...good sense, and good nature, were not rated, because they -would not bear the charge of collecting. He gave it for his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, would deserve better of his mankind, and do more essential service... | |
 | United States. Special Commissioner of the Revenue, 1866-1870 - 1870 - 170 Seiten
...equality of burdens and benefits is violated. In Gulliver's Voyage to Brobdingnag occurs this passage: "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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1871 - 406 Seiten
...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 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... | |
 | 1872 - 692 Seiten
...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 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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1872 - 444 Seiten
...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 make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground, where only one grew before, would deserve bettei of mankind,... | |
 | George Markham Tweddell - 1872 - 168 Seiten
...children. There have been kings farther wrong than that of Brobdingnag, who, according to DEAN SWIFT,* "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... | |
 | Library - 1873 - 1084 Seiten
...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 any of them were saved. Nothing cou grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and... | |
 | 1873 - 1084 Seiten
...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 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... | |
 | Edward Law Hussey - 1873 - 172 Seiten
...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 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... | |
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