 | Pawan K. Jaiwal, Rana P. Singh - 2003 - 442 ページ
...Jonathan Swift put it in a nutshell: in “Gulliver's Travels”, the king of Brobdingnag declares 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... | |
 | Patrick Flaherty - 2003 - 104 ページ
...1817-1862 Henry David Thoreau was an American writer and philosopher. 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... | |
 | Sherry Lynn Smith - 2003 - 324 ページ
...long-standing views. In 1 726, social critic Jonathan Swift wrote, "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... | |
 | D. V. ரங்கராஜன் - 2003 - 554 ページ
...things straight. LlmtflifluL\ srwnj fljfln«frflj sr«ueiweLifDsronja/ui Gfyjir^& (Lfnf.ujui. 3329. 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... | |
 | Mark Twain - 2003 - 428 ページ
...people to be straight-speakers. (WWD, 545, n. 21) 51. Cp. the opinion of Swift's King of Brobdingnag: "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 . . . than... | |
 | 2004 - 266 ページ
...roots. leaves. fruits and flowers could be identified and grown as food. 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... | |
 | David Rothkopf - 2009 - 304 ページ
...their old boy network. Certainly, almost any American today would find some truth in the observation 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 2012 - 288 ページ
...to quote Gulliver's report of the views of the King of Brobdignag: 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... | |
 | L. C. A. Knowles, Lilian Charlotte Anne Knowles, Charles Matthew Knowles - 2005 - 658 ページ
...achieved their greatest triumph. If His Majesty of Brobdingnag expressed a sound opinion when he declared 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... | |
 | Frank Palmeri - 2006 - 256 ページ
...evil Genius, Enemy to Mankind, must have been the first Contriver." This is the same king who says, "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 a... | |
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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... 
