 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...  Notes and Queries - Page 4541900Full view - About this book
 | D. V. ரங்கராஜன் - 2003 - 554 pages
...things straight. LlmtflifluL\ srwnj fljfln«frflj sr«ueiweLifDsronja/ui Gfyjir^& (Lfnf.ujui. 3329. Whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades...country than the whole race of politicians put together. - Jonathan Swift ff,emijuSlsu gff |§lL£>^)< g\eueuff!) L/«ii«i5)«ir ^lifsmQl {jjfsmeu&ansir sueirijs... | |
 | Patrick Flaherty - 2003 - 104 pages
...— Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862 Henry David Thoreau was an American writer and philosopher. And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two...better of mankind, and do more essential service to his count.y, than the whole race of politicians put together. —Jonathan Swift 1667-1745 Jonathan Swift... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1998 - 332 pages
...of Brobdignag: i . • • . • And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ear's of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot...his country than the whole race of politicians put together.2 For the issues are less simple: they include whether, with the same resources, many more... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 2003 - 722 pages
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 | Mark Twain - 2003 - 428 pages
...people to be straight-speakers. (WWD, 545, n. 21) 51. Cp. the opinion of Swift's King of Brobdingnag: "whoever could make two Ears of Corn, or two blades...only one grew before; would deserve better of Mankind . . . than the whole Race of Politicians put together" (Gulliver's Travels, bk. 2, ch. 7). See n. 27... | |
 | Deborah Cassidi - 2003 - 196 pages
...to sea is a healthy dose of apprehension.' Henry Lang, farmer and countryman tz^=l And he gave it of his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more... | |
 | Peter Brandt - 2003 - 189 pages
...permission; © 2001 American Society of Plant Physiologists, Plant Physiol, May 2001, Vol. 126, pp. 8-15 "Whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before would deserve better of Mankind, and do more... | |
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