 | George Cornewall Lewis - 1849 - 424 pages
...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...than the whole race of politicians put together." — Ib., Brobdignag, p. 228. According to this last doctrine, an improving farmer would confer a greater... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1849 - 424 pages
...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...his country, than the whole race of politicians put together."—Ib., Brobdignag, p. 228. According to this last doctrine, an improving farmer would confer... | |
 | 1889
...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...better of mankind, and do more essential service to bis country, than the whole race of politicians put together." E, W. HACKWOOD. Dr. Johnson, in his... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850
...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,...than the whole race of politicians put together.' " There is a commentary on the Art of Government, and a test for excellence of discovery, which —... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 476 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,...than the whole race of politicians put together.' " There is a commentary on the Art of Government, and a test for excellence of discovery, which —... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850
...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...better of mankind, and do more essential service to hiscountry, than the whole race of politicians put together.1' The learning of this people is very... | |
 | 1889
...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... | |
 | Wisconsin State Agricultural Society - 1854
...mouth of the royal Brobdignagian — a gigantic and barbaric king sixty feet high, the following words: "Whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades...than the whole race of politicians put together." This is a noble maxim. It estimates the worth of men by the substantial good which they do — by the... | |
 | Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture - 1882
...times. He gave it as his opinion, that " whoever would make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before...than the whole race of politicians put together." QUESTION. When you have got your ground ready to seed to grass, and have not got thirty-five loads... | |
 | 1855
...not fail. Swift wrote that be who made two ears of wheat grow where only one grew before, did more service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together ; and at a time when the population wag increasing at such an astonishing rate, while there was but... | |
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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, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country than the whole race... 
