 | Wisconsin State Agricultural Society - 1873 - 512 páginas
...country, the sagacious monarch remarked, " Whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass>to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before,...country, than the whole race of politicians put together ;" and I hesitate not to give it as my opinion that the gentlemen who have devoted themselves in this... | |
 | 1873 - 1086 páginas
...spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more es- | sential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together."* The learning of this people is very defective ; consisting only in morality, history, poetry, and mathematics,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 páginas
...The two noblest things, which are sweetness and light. Battle of the Boohs. And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn,...country, than the whole race of politicians put together. Gulliver's Travels. Part n.Ch. vii. Voyage to Brobdingnag. He had been eight years upon a project for... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 páginas
...and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit. Cadenus and Vanessa. And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn,...to his country, than the whole race of politicians puttogether. Gulliver's Travels. Pt, ii. CA. vii. Voyage to Brobdingnag. He had been eight years upon... | |
 | William Green (of Brighton.) - 1876 - 350 páginas
...pal, I have read somewhere that somebody said, " And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever would make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to...country, than the whole race of politicians put together" — and them's my sentiments. Sammy Shnoodle was a good old Israelite, who used to travel with what... | |
 | William Green (of Brighton.) - 1876 - 354 páginas
...pal, I have read somewhere that somebody said, " And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever would make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to...country, than the whole race of politicians put together" — and them's my sentiments. Sammy Shnoodle was a good old Israelite, who used to travel with what... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 páginas
...topics, which are not worth considering. And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make twoears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot...country, than the whole race of politicians put together. The cage in which Gulliver was kept in Brobdingnag was caught up by a bird and dropi>ed into the sea.... | |
 | 1873 - 164 páginas
...Palmerston. — It is very usual to attribute the following sentiment to the late Lord Palmerston : " Whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades...than the whole race of politicians put together." It occurs in "Gulliver's Travels," p. 129, Vol. I, first edition, 1726. FITZ RICHARD. Harmonious Accident.... | |
 | Northern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical Association - 1877 - 244 páginas
...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...than the whole race of politicians put together." — Swift. Many years ago, an American ship was sent out upon the Atlantic, by direction of Lieutenant... | |
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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... 
