...land, but a small portion " on the poorest. It had been observed " by ancient philosophers that he who " made two blades of grass grow where " only one grew before was entitled to " the best thanks of the country. As a " society, then, he expressed a hope " that...

...land, but a small portion " on the poorest. It had been observed " by ancient philosophers that he who " made two blades of grass grow where " only one grew before was entitled .to " the best thanks of the country. As a " society, then, he expressed a hope " that...

...progressive tendencies of our very nature to which we have before alluded. It has been said that he, who made two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, is a great benefactor of his race ; the same may be said of him, through whose direct or indirect agency...

...invention ? I had never seen it before ; and it is a public benefactor (in contrary resemblance to the man who made two blades of grass grow where only one grew before), in that it takes the place of the two words previously necessary. CSH "HER MAJESTY'S OPPOSITION." —...

...faddist, and very few realised the enormous financial benefit that would result if it were realised. If the man who made two blades of grass grow where only one grew before deserved well of his country, what shall we say of a man who makes his countrymen — nay, more than...

...a tendency to improve the land in spite of close feeding. Mr. FEARING, of Hingham, observed that if the man who made two blades of grass grow where only one grew before was a benefactor, so was he who advanced sheep husbandry. He would look at the subject in a moral point...

...enter into a discussion on the breeding of cattle in the presence of so many eminent breeders, but as the man who made two blades of grass grow where only one grew before did good to his country, so did he who made two bullocks grow instead of one, or one of better quality....

...considered that 80 much of the land of tbis country was in pasture, and remembered the fact that " the man who made two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, wu a benefactor to his country," it behoved all oi them to see whether they were making the best use...

...Minister, for he thought that he could '• lick him in five minutes.'' Dean Swift truly said th»t he who made two blades of grass grow where only one grew before was a benefactor to his race ; but what remains of benefit of all this mnsonlar prowess and these popular...

...Gulliver, she never had been able, since she became a widow, to accept the Brobdingnagian doctrine that he who made two blades of grass grow where only one grew before deserved better of mankind than the whole race of politicians. She would not find fault with the philosopher...