 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
 | Richard Welford - Newcastle upon Tyne (England) - 1895 - 466 pages
...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 - Irrigation - 1895 - 154 pages
...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 - Arbor Day - 1896 - 90 pages
...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... | |
 | Agriculture - 1896 - 360 pages
...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 - Clothing and dress - 1896 - 520 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | American periodicals - 1858 - 1062 pages
...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 - Character - 1898 - 424 pages
...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 - English language - 1900 - 330 pages
...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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