 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...  Selections from the Edinburgh Review ... - Page 414edited by - 1835Full view - About this book
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...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 politicians put together." The learning of this people is very defective; consisting only of morality, history, poetry, and mathematics,... | |
 | George Markham Tweddell - Cleveland (England) - 1872 - 168 pages
...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 politicians put together.' " (Which was especially true of the corrupt placemen and place-hunters of SWIFT'S^ day, when great numbers of... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1872 - 602 pages
...grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only OM grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and *> more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together." It occurs in Gulliver's Travels, p. 129, voL i., 1st edit., 1726. FITZ KICHAKD. LOCAL DISTINCTIONS.... | |
 | 1872 - 692 pages
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 | Jonathan Swift - 1872 - 444 pages
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 | Library - 1873 - 1084 pages
...grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do t charms me. "We should be devout and humble, cheerful and serene." — " Yes," cried she The learning of this people is very defective ; consisting only in morality, history, poetry, and mathematics,... | |
 | English fiction - 1873 - 1084 pages
...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 politicians put together."* The learning of this people is very defective ; consisting only in/ morality, history, poetry, and... | |
 | Wisconsin State Agricultural Society - Agriculture - 1873 - 512 pages
...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 politicians put together ;" and I hesitate not to give it as my opinion that the gentlemen who have devoted themselves in this... | |
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