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
| Richard Welford - 1895 - 466 Seiten
...who died February 19, 1816, aged 25 years. * 3obn Baile\>, ARTIST AND AGRICULTURIST. " And he gave il 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... | |
| Utah Irrigation Commission - 1895 - 154 Seiten
...literature, which trite as it may be, enables me to start with it as an appropriate text. "And he gave as 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... | |
| Nathaniel Hillyer Egleston - 1896 - 90 Seiten
...Peaslee. The wisdom and pertinency of Jonathan Swift's saying may now well be recalled : "And he gave for his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow on a spot of ground where only one grew before would deserve better of mankind, and do... | |
| 1896 - 360 Seiten
...Peaelee. The wisdom and pertinency of Jonathan Swift's saying may now well be recalled: "And he gave for his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow on a spot of ground where only one grew before would deserve better of mankind, and do... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1896 - 522 Seiten
...Ditcher. Illustrating the value of trifles, and apparently based on Swift's phrase. " And he gave it as 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 Carlyle - 1896 - 522 Seiten
...Ditcher. Illustrating the value of trifles, and apparently based on Swift's phrase. " And he gave it as 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... | |
| 1858 - 1062 Seiten
...markets. This great advance in arable farming took its rise in Norfolk. The king of Brobdingnag gave it as 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... | |
| Orison Swett Marden - 1898 - 424 Seiten
...Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat. LONGFELLOW. 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. —... | |
| Elias J. MacEwan - 1900 - 330 Seiten
...is that so many young ladies spend their time in making nets when they should be making cages. 22. And he gave it for his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow upon a spot of ground where only one had grown before, would deserve well of mankind and... | |
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