| 1881
...will remember, in his conversation with Gulliver, gave it as his deliberate opinion, " That whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass,...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... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 468
...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,...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... | |
| Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - عدد الصفحات: 516
...them, the society, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race. CHANHING. Whoever can 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 of... | |
| Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - عدد الصفحات: 524
...them, the society, the spiritual presence of the best and •greatest of our race. CHANMNO. Whoever can 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 of... | |
| John Heywood (ltd.) - 1884 - عدد الصفحات: 232
...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 one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than... | |
| Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - عدد الصفحات: 514
...society, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race. CHANN1XO. Whoever can make two cars 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 of... | |
| Ernest Ingersoll - 1885 - عدد الصفحات: 352
...examination of the Arkansas Valley. THE ARKANSAS VALLEY. And he gave It for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass,...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... | |
| George Saintsbury - 1885 - عدد الصفحات: 432
...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,...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... | |
| Kan Wang, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella, Marc van Montagu - 2004 - عدد الصفحات: 204
...ISBN 0 521 45089 6 hardback ISBN 0521 54820 9 paperback And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass...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... | |
| Sir Kenneth Lyon Blaxter, Noel F. Robertson - 1995 - عدد الصفحات: 318
...recorded in Gulliver's Travels that the King of Brobdingnag '. . . gave it for his opinion. that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass....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... | |
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