 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 - Page 8701826Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1846 - 576 pages
...gentleman, commemorated in the Voyage to Brobdignag, when unravelling his everlasting court intrigues, — " 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... | |
 | lord Patrick Fraser - 1848 - 260 pages
...gentleman, commemorated in the Voyage to Brobdignag, when unravelling his everlasting court intrigues,—" He gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or twobladesof grass, to grow upon a spotof ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of... | |
 | George Cornewall Lewis - 1849 - 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 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,... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1889 - 670 pages
...following, from Gulliver's ' Voyage to Brobdingnag/ part ii. chap. vi. , point in any way to it?— " 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 - 1850 - 1012 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 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... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1889 - 562 pages
...following, from Gullivers ' Voyage to Brobdingnag,' part ii. chap, vi., point in any way to it ? — "And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of gram, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 504 pages
...criminal causes ; with some other obvious topics, which are not worth considering, And he gave it for bis 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,... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - Chartism - 1850 - 492 pages
...criminal causes; with some other obvious topics, which are not worth considering. And he gave it for lib 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,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Mitford - 1856 - 448 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 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,... | |
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