 | British essayists - 1802 - 292 էջ
...Jovil. HoK. IF there be truth in the common maxim, ' That He deserves best of his country, who can make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before,' how truly commendable must it be (since it is so great a merit to provide for the beasts of the field)... | |
 | 1803 - 572 էջ
...paradise in the wild," to cover land now lying waste (which ought not to be so) with rich harvests, and " to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before," would deserve deserve a statue of gold. Then, from a full discussion of national improvement, by men... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 298 էջ
...Jovis.- HOB. JF there be truth in the common maxim, * That JHe deserves best of his country, who can make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before,' how truly commendable must it be (since it is so great a merit to provide for the beasts of the field)... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1821 - 372 էջ
...ago, it was scarcely thought a matter worthy of the attention of a man of science and taste to attempt to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, or by new methods of feeding, to make a bullock grow from an ordinary to an uncommon size. This was... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 290 էջ
...Jovis. Hon. IF there be truth in the common maxim, ' That he deserves best of his country, who can make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before/ how truly commendable must it be (since it is so great a merit to provide for the beasts of the field)... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 620 էջ
...Jovis. HOB. IP there be truth in the common maxim, ' That he deserves best of his country, who can make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before,' how truly commendable must it be (since it is so great a merit to provide for the beasts of the field)... | |
 | 1842 - 638 էջ
...(not that he resolves not to join the current spirit of improvement), but he does not feel stimulated to "make two blades of grass grow, where only one grew before." As such a system is, in effect, equivalent to a long lease and a low rent, exertion is almost never... | |
 | American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines - 1921 - 735 էջ
...right. Here the government is attempting to produce a breed of scientific fanners who are expected to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. The students are cosily housed in small cottages and maintain a number of model gardens and plots.... | |
 | James Finlay Weir Johnston - 1844 - 74 էջ
...so early as not to have already learned what may enable them on some spot or other in after life, " to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before? I have the honour to he, GEXTLEMEN, EDINBURGH, \ttFebruary 1844. Your obedient Servant, JAMES FW JOHNSTON.... | |
 | 1845 - 888 էջ
...thus to open ! It is profitable to the purse too ; for it belongs to that skill which has taught how to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. It instructs how to improve the races of animals, so as to give us better clothing and sweeter food;... | |
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It is good to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. 
