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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.: An essay on the life and genius of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...art, at which we look with praise or wonder, arc 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 Saturday Magazine, Volume 12

Periodicals - 1838 - 272 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 effect of a single stroke of a...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 12

Periodicals - 1838 - 274 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 effect of a single stroke of a...
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Portfolio of an Artist

Rembrandt Peale - American literature - 1839 - 276 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 effect of a single stroke of the...
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The Pocket Lacon: Comprising Nearly One Thousand Extracts from the ..., Volume 2

John Taylor - Quotations - 1839 - 258 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 Life and Writings of Samuel Johnson...

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 334 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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Memoir of the late James Hope, M.D. ... To which are added, Remarks on ...

Mrs. Anne HOPE - 1842 - 382 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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Visitor: Or Monthly Instructor

1844 - 490 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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Memoir of the Late James Hope ...

Mrs. Hope (Anne Fulton) - Classical education - 1844 - 416 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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Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume 1; Volumes 3-4

Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1845 - 862 pages
...art, at which wo look with praise or wonder, are instances of tho resistless force of perseverance : it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united by canals. tf a man was to compare tho effect of a single stroke of a...
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