 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1859 - 612 頁
...edition. Cincinnati : Moore, Wilstach, Keys, & Co. 1855. IT was the King of Brobdignag who avowed the opinion, " that whoever could make two ears of corn...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... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1887 - 628 頁
...into his grave. Swift thought so, at least, and Swift's thoughts are generally worth some regard ; " and he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could...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,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1916 - 838 頁
...cultivator of the soil. Swift, with his fine satire, made the King of Brobdingnag express to Gulliver the opinion, ' that whoever could make two ears of corn,...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,... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 頁
...nation were not in the case. 8 He confined the knowledge of governing within very narrow bounds, to common sense and reason, to justice and lenity, to...civil and criminal causes, with some other obvious topies which are not worth considering. And he gave it for his opinion, 9 that from, je considere comme... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1860 - 360 頁
...SEPARATELY, FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF AGRICULTURAL READERS. " AND HE GAVE IT FOR HIS OPINION, THAT WHOEVER WOULD 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,... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - 1862 - 916 頁
...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, and do more essential service to his country,... | |
 | Robert Scott Burn - 1863 - 380 頁
...there is truth in the doctrine of him who was not wont to write genially or kindly, that " he who can make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, will deserve better of mankind than the whole race of politicians put together/'... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1864 - 416 頁
...nation, were not in the case. He confined the knowledge of governing within very narrow bounds, to common sense and reason, to justice and lenity, to...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,... | |
 | 1864 - 622 頁
...improvement, and give a retrospective application to the sentiment of Dean Swift, that " Whoever has made two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and has done more essential service to his country,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Francis Waller - 1865 - 414 頁
...nation, were not in the case. He confined the knowledge of governing within very narrow bounds — to common sense and reason, to justice and lenity, to...which are not worth considering. And he gave it for * The rejection of this proposition of Gulliver, to make the sovereign of the Brobdingnags absolute... | |
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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, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than, the whole... 
