 If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of the pick-axe, or of one impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued,...  Select British Classics - Page 2471803Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 462 pages
...overwhelmed by the sense of tlieir disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains...the beaten roads of life, and acquiring a reputation superiour to names hourly swept away by time among the refuse of fame, should add to their reason,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 524 pages
...petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mouiu tains are levelled, and oceans bounded, by the slender force...the beaten roads of life, and acquiring a reputation superiour to names hourly swept away by time among the refuse of fame, should add to their reason,... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1816 - 630 pages
...united by canals ; small operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties ; mountains are levelled, and oceans' bounded, by the slender force of human beings." Those, therefore, who wish to gain any particular object, should add to their reason and spirit the... | |
 | 1817 - 646 pages
...surmount the greatest diflicullies; and mountains are levelled, and oceans hounded, by the (lender force of human beings It is, therefore, of the utmost importance, that those who have iiny intention of deviating from the beaten roa<J« of life, ar.d acquiring a reputation superior lo... | |
 | 1817 - 780 pages
...overwhelmed 1>y the sense of their disproportion ; yet these petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains are levelled and oceans hounded, by the slender force of human beings."— (No. 43.) The {oniugAe desired 'objects.— Motion... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 368 pages
...overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains...the beaten roads of life, and acquiring a reputation superiour to names hourly swept away by time among the refuse of fame, should add to their reason,... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1819 - 410 pages
...levelled, and oeeans bounded by the slender foree of human beings. It is therefore of the utmost importanae that those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and aequiring a reputation superior to names hourly swept away by time among the refuse of fame, should... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains...the beaten roads of life, and acquiring a reputation superiour to names hourly swept away by time among the refuse of fame, should add to their reason,... | |
 | Alexander Beatson - 1820 - 198 pages
...HELENA, AND HONORARY MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. " Petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties,, and mountains...oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings." Doctor Johnson. LONDON : PRINTED BY W. BULMER AND W. NICOL, CLEVELAND-HOW AND SOLD BY G. AND W. NICOL,... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 748 pages
...overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains...roads of life, and acquiring a reputation superior t» names hourly swept away by time among the refuse of fame, should add to their reason, and their... | |
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