 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...  Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot - Stran 104avtor: John Arbuthnot - 1770Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 1012 strani
...with some other obvious topics, which are not worth considering. 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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Mitford - 1856 - 448 strani
...with some other obvious topics, which are not worth considering. 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,... | |
 | 1858 - 594 strani
...advance in arable farming took its rise in Norfolk. The king of Brobdingnag 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... | |
 | Maine. Board of Agriculture - 1859 - 552 strani
...advance in arable farming took its rise in Norfolk. The king of Brobdignag 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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1859 - 612 strani
...Cincinnati : Moore, Wilstach, Keys, & Co. 1855. IT was the King of Brobdignag who avowed the 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... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1887 - 628 strani
...at least, and Swift's thoughts are generally worth some regard ; " 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1916 - 838 strani
...soil. Swift, with his fine satire, made the King of Brobdingnag express to Gulliver the 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... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - 1862 - 916 strani
...did not intend, give new and lasting significance to the opinion of the fabled king of Brobdignag, " 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,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1864 - 416 strani
...with some other obvious topics, which are not worth considering. 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,,... | |
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