 | Jonathan Swift - 1726 - Liczba stron: 342
...a Spot of Ground wherb only one grew before, would deferve better of Mankind, and do more eflential Service to his Country than the whole Race of Politicians put together. • .... r..•". : *. .» THE Learning of this People is very defective, confifting only in Morality,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1742 - Liczba stron: 386
...Spot of Ground where only one grew before,, would deferve better of Mankind, and do more effential Service to his Country, than the -whole Race of Politicians put together. The Learning of this People is very defective, confiding only in Morality, Hiftory, Poetry, and Mathematics,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1743 - Liczba stron: 430
...a Spot of Ground where only one grew before ; would deferve better of Mankind, and do more efiemial Service to his Country, than the whole Race of Politicians put together. THE Learning of this People is very defective -, confiding only in Morality, Hiftory, Poetry and Mathematicks;... | |
 | Giraldus (Cambrensis.) - 1755 - Liczba stron: 46
...Spot of Ground where only one grew before, will " dcferve better of Mankind, and do more eflential Service to his " Country than the whole Race of Politicians put together." Hoc opus, hoe fadiutn Farm prapercmUs Si Patria: vylumat, Ji nob'u invert tori, LONDON: > 3 Ov THE... | |
 | John Arbuthnot - 1770 - Liczba stron: 276
...Spot of Ground, where only One grew before, would deferve better of Mankind, and do more effectual Service to his Country, than the whole Race of Politicians put together." Thefe, and feveral other PafTages in this Rook difcover Abundance of the Spirit and good Senfe of the... | |
 | John Tuke, Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) - 1800 - Liczba stron: 416
...TUKE, LAND - SURVEYOR. " and he gave it for his opinion, that whoever " could make two ears of com, or two blades of grass, to grow upon " a spot of ground...than " the whole race of politicians put together." LONDON: ; PRINTED BY B.MCM1LLAN, BO W-STREET, COVENT-OARDEN, PRINTER TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - Liczba stron: 392
...criminal causes; with some other obvious topicks, which are not worth considering. And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn,...country, than the whole race of politicians put together. The learning of this people is very defective : consisting only in morality, history, poetry, and mathematicks,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - Liczba stron: 406
...of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground, where only one grew before, vvould deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service...country, than the whole race of politicians put together. The learning of this people is very defective : consisting only in morality, history, poetry, and mathematicks,... | |
 | 1828 - Liczba stron: 722
...accuracy than of his point. The sentence is as follows : ' Andhe (King of Brobdingnag) gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn,...than the whole race of politicians put together.' < species of trial.' One who understood Christianity far better, as he practised its precepts more... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1804 - Liczba stron: 250
...corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one L a grew 148 SWIFTIANA. grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and...than the whole race of politicians put together." CLII. NEW SYSTEMS OF NATURE. New systems of nature are but new fashions, which will vary in every age;... | |
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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 race... 
