 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 406 pages
...obvious topicks, 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...upon a spot of ground, where only one grew before, vvould deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race... | |
 | James Malcolm (land surveyor.) - Agriculture - 1805 - 562 pages
...hint, and if by the propagation of his lordship's sentiments I can be an humble instrument in making two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, according to Dean Swift, I shall deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to my country,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 424 pages
...attraction on observing an apple fall to the ground. It is Doctor Swift's opinion, that " whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only onegrew before, would deservebetter of mankind than the whole race of politicians." This Mr. Baker... | |
 | ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. - 1814 - 548 pages
...single, very industrious cultivator of die soil, than to all the pro." 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 be" fore r would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential ser" vice to his country, than the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 490 pages
...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 beore, would deserve better of mankind, and do "T>.Ğ"*fu3.MħiLT"' '" '^'^'J'"8 country, than the... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...proof that thispatriotic prince agrees in the opinion of the King of Brobdignag, that " whoever can make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one (Dr Kennie might say where none)grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does more essential service... | |
 | English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...proof that this patriotic prince agrees in the opinion of the King of Brobdignag, that " whoever can make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one (Dr Kennie might say where none) grew before, deserves betterof mankind, and does more essential service... | |
 | Edmund Ruffin - 1838 - 782 pages
...although a practical liirmer tor fifteen or sixteen years; although I have made "two euro of corn, and two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before," still, from being of another profession, nothing that I could write or say would be deemed orthodox,... | |
 | Edmund Ruffin - Agriculture - 1839 - 830 pages
...comfort, connect our interest, and even our existence with theirs." The opinion, "that whosoever 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 would do more essential service to... | |
 | Anthony Nesbit - Plane trigonometry - 1847 - 488 pages
...for all : the King himself is served by the field." ECCLES. CHAP. V., and 9th VERSE. 2. " Whoever can make two Ears of Corn, or two Blades of Grass, to grow upon the Spot where only one grew before, will deserve better of Mankind, and do more essential Service... | |
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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, vvould deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole... 
