| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...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 of politicians put together. Gulliver's... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...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 of politicians puttogether. Gulliver's... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make twoears 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 of politicians put together. The... | |
| William Green (of Brighton.) - 1876 - 354 pages
...And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever would 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 of politicians put together" —... | |
| William Green (of Brighton.) - Fraud - 1876 - 350 pages
...And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever would 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 of politicians put together" —... | |
| Donald Grant Mitchell - Authors - 1878 - 258 pages
...afterward 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 do more service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together." A good many orators... | |
| Greek language - 1878 - 312 pages
...'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 of politicians put together.' Plato,... | |
| University of the State of New York - Education - 1878 - 146 pages
..."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 of politicians put together." one... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1879 - 466 pages
...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, and do more essential service to his country, thau the whole race of politicians... | |
| First Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) - Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) - 1880 - 224 pages
...illustrate a remark made by Swift, " 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 of politicians put together." It is... | |
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