 | 1922 - 956 páginas
...staff of life." And Swift extolled the services of the agriculturist in these words, "Whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to...upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, 347 would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race... | |
 | 112 páginas
...thoughtless inhabitants of the country who rejoice at the influx of wealth. 274. In other words it does not " make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to...upon a spot of ground where only one grew before": Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Part II. ch. 7. 275 sqq. See lines 35 and 65. It is generally held that... | |
 | 970 páginas
...quotation from English literature, the words of Dean Swift: And he gave 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 l>efore would deserve better of mankind and do more essential service to his country than the whole... | |
 | 1965 - 720 páginas
...AVENUE. CALCUTTA-IS THE CIVIC AFFAIRS, DECEMBER, 1965 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 wbere one grew before, would deserve better of mankind and di more essential service to bis fotmlry... | |
 | Henry Bardon - 1971 - 452 páginas
...care and unrelenting toil, a lover of flowers, and finding a deep satisfaction and happiness in making two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before. Virgil, like Horace, preaches that national regeneration depends on a return to the simple virtues... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1823 - 432 páginas
...use, for destroying worms, slugs, and other vermin in the soil. lure of an axiom, " Thnt 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,... | |
 | Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1894 - 608 páginas
...same time fully satisfy all the demands of philanthropy ; for, as Dean Swift has said : " Whoever can make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon one spot of ground where only one grew before, will deserve better of mankind, and do more essential... | |
 | Society of Medical History of Chicago - 1916 - 364 páginas
...becomes infected with small-pox, bubonic plague or yellow fever. Dean Swift said that "Whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow on a spot of ground where only one had grown before, deserved well of mankind, and did essential service... | |
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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, vvould deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole... 
