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" 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 with canals. "
Solitude Considered with Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the Heart - Page 159
by Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1799
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 462 pages
...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 with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 472 pages
...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 with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of...
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The British Essayists: Rambler

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 638 pages
...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 with canals. If a man was to compare die effect of a single stroke of...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 15-16

British essayists - 1823 - 748 pages
...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 with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Rambler

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 538 pages
...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 with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 2

Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...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 with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 2

John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...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 Avith canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of...
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The London Medical and Surgical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the ..., Volume 1

1832 - 872 pages
...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 by canals. If a man was to compare the effects ofa single stroke of the...
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Supplement to the Connecticut Courant: Containing Tales, Travels ..., Volume 3

1832 - 548 pages
...performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are the resulls of perseverance. It is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries arc united by canals ; it is therefore of the utmost importance that those who have...
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Murphy's essay. The rambler. The adventurer. The idler. Rasselas. Tales of ...

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 pages
...art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance ; though they may give way in time to the@Q distant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of...
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