 | John A. Lynch - 1873 - Страниц: 64
...the foundation for the success of all the others. And it has been said with truth, that whoever makes two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot where only one grew before, does essential service to his country. THE CHANNEL OF THE MISSISSIPPI.... | |
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 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - Страниц: 470
...nation, were not in the case. He confined the knowledge of governing within very narrow bounds, to common sense and reason, to justice and lenity, to...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,... | |
 | Northern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical Association - 1877 - Страниц: 244
...increase and flourish. HARD TIMES AND HOW TO MEET THEM. BY JOHN HICKS, OF THE OSHKOSH NORTHWESTERN. " He gave it for his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - Страниц: 740
...to fortune, whose shoulders are broader and stronger than '.!..a. of a ministry. Gullmer^a Travels. He gave it for his opinion that whoever could make two ears of com or two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, would deserve better of his mankind and... | |
 | Elbridge Streeter Brooks - 1881 - Страниц: 270
...never cease to operate." It was the sage King of Brobdingnag who remarked to the loquacious Gulliver that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot where only one grew before would deserve better of mankind and do more essential service to his country... | |
 | H. B. Proctor - 1882 - Страниц: 92
...essential " service to his country," as if he were to devote his labour to the tilling of the soil, and " make two ears of " corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot where " only one grew before." With this end in view, while I regret that the subject has not been... | |
 | Albert Plympton Southwick - 1884 - Страниц: 244
...in his poem entitled The Beggar-Maid. 51. What is a frequent quotation from the Travels of Gulliver? "Whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow upon a spot of ground whore only one grew before, would deserve better of nvinkind, and do more... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1887 - Страниц: 296
...rival nation were not in the case. He confined the knowledge of governing within very narrow bounds, to common sense and reason, to justice and lenity, to...criminal causes, with some other obvious topics, which were not worth considering. And he gave it for his opinion that, whoever could make two ears of corn,... | |
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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 grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of... 
