 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...  The Outline of Literature - Pagina 474geredigeerd door - 1923 - 1136 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Merrill D. Peterson - 1998 - 572 pagina’s
...his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn, or even two blades of grass grow upon a plot of ground where only one grew before would deserve...than the whole race of politicians put together." The praise of Jefferson by the votaries of science was not mistaken, though it was often given for... | |
 | Daniel Hillel - 1998 - 771 pagina’s
...for the early spring day 351/58 = 6.1 mm for the late spring day 459/58 = 7.9 mm for the summer day 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... | |
 | William Least Heat Moon - 1999 - 644 pagina’s
...concentrates his mind wonderfully." — Samuel Johnson, in Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson (1777) Whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades...country than the whole race of politicians put together. — Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (1726) The earth belongs in usufruct to the living. — Thomas... | |
 | Beat Affentranger - 2000 - 194 pagina’s
...gives Gulliver to understand that his principles were not those of science but of utility: The King "gave it for his Opinion; that whoever could make...than the whole race of Politicians put together." 409 It is to such practical and simple demands of utility that the Royal Society could not live up... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 2001 - 436 pagina’s
...Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, "Voyage to Brobdingnag," chap. 7: "And [the King of Brobdingnag] gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two...than the whole race of politicians put together." . 346 • 169 The botanist refers . . . than an eastern one!: The source for this paragraph is Thoreau's... | |
 | Edward Geoffrey Parrinder, Geoffrey Parrinder - 2000 - 389 pagina’s
...which is £6,200, for which the Holy Name of God be praised! Samuel Pepys, Diary, 31 October 1666 16 He gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make...to his country than the whole race of politicians together. Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, 'Voyage to Brobdingnag' (1726) 17 Where the heart was... | |
 | C. L. Hedley - 2001 - 360 pagina’s
...Kuchuk Contributors: Miroslav Griga, Georgina Kosturkova, Nickolay Kuchuk and Mladenka Ilieva-Stoilova And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could...country than the whole race of politicians put together. Gulliver's Travels, 'A Voyage to Brobdingnag', ch. 7 (1726) Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Anglo-Irish... | |
 | John C. Culver, John Hyde - 2000 - 702 pagina’s
...Before they wrote anything about the corn plant, Wallace and Brown quoted from Gulliver's Travels: "And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could...his country, than the whole race of politicians put together."29 Or as Wallace himself put it near the end of his oral history, "Jesus took on himself... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - 776 pagina’s
...agriculture published in four volumes between 1770 and 1772. The King of Brobdingnag memorably stated that 'whoever could make two Ears of Corn, or two...than the whole Race of Politicians put together'. 56 As well as thus serving political economy, agricultural improvement embodied the new relation between... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - 772 pagina’s
...agriculture published in four volumes between 1770 and 1772. The King of Brobdingnag memorably stated that 'whoever could make two Ears of Corn, or two...his Country, than the whole Race of Politicians put together'.56 As well as thus serving political economy, agricultural improvement embodied the new relation... | |
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