 has very forcibly observed, that " all the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance : it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united  Solitude - Страница 29по Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1819 - 392 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 540 страници
...according to the Arabian proverb, "It is drop added to drop, which constitutes the ocean." All die performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of this irresistible force of perseverance. To their reason and spirit, therefore, men should add the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 392 страници
...iisicli-, but constancy which fatigues cannot weary, and contrivance which impediments cannot exhaust. All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, a>x' nutamvs of the resistless force of perseverance: it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid,... | |
 | 1803 - 322 страници
...RAMBLER. 247 •stancy which fatigues cannot weary, and contrivance •which impediments cannot exhaust. All the performances of human art, at which we look...becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of the pick-axe, or of one impression... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 страници
...aside, but constancy which fatigues cannot weary, and contrivance which impediments cannot exhaust. All the performances of human art, at which we look...becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of a pickax, or of one impression... | |
 | 1806 - 348 страници
...aside, but constancy which fatigues cannot weary, and contrivance which impediments cannot exhaust. All the performances of human art, at which we look...becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of a ijickax, or of one impression... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 372 страници
...aside, but constancy which fatigues cannot weary, and contrivance which impediments cannot exhaust. All the performances of human art, at which we look...becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of the pick-axe, or of one impression... | |
 | 1808 - 356 страници
...conquer д!1 the rest. Im'.eed, all gond principles must stagnate without mental activity. Perseverance. All the performances of human art, at which we look...quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries ^re united by canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke with the pick-axe, or of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 352 страници
...aside, but constancy which fatigues cannot weary, and contrivance which impediments cannot exhaust. All the performances of human art, at which we look...becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of the pick-ax, or of one impression... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 394 страници
...aside, but constancy which fatigues cannot weary, and contrivance which impediments cannot exhaust. All the performances of human art, at which we look...becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of a pick-axe, or of one impression... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 страници
...aside, but constancy which fatigues cannot weary, and contrivance which impediments cannot exhaust. Ail the performances of human art, at which we look with...perseverance : it is by this that the quarry becomes « pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of... | |
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