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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 British Millennial Harbinger

Churches of Christ - 1865 - 452 pages
...art, at which we look with praise and 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 were to compare the effect of a single stroke of the...
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The biographia Leodiensis; or, Biographical sketches of the worthies of ...

Richard Vickerman Taylor - 1865 - 552 pages
...heart, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of human energy. 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 new handbook of illustration; or, Treasury of themes, meditations [&c ...

E S. P - 1874 - 588 pages
...human art at which we look with praise or wonder are instances of the iesistless 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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Wisdom and Genius of Dr. Samuel Johnson: Selected from His Prose Writings

Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 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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Sensible Etiquette of the Best Society, Customs, Manners, Morals, and Home ...

Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore - Conduct of life - 1878 - 590 pages
...or wonder, says the celebrated Dr. Johnson, 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 single stroke of the pickaxe, or...
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Gems of great authors; or, The philosophy of reading and thinking, selected ...

John Tillotson - Quotations - 1880 - 392 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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Ideals of Life, Or, Wisdom of the Ages: A Series of Wholesome, Practical ...

Osgood Eaton Fuller - Conduct of life - 1881 - 658 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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Solomon's Little People: A Story about the Ants

James Crowther - Ants - 1882 - 204 pages
...art, ut which we look with praise and 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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Christian ethics and wise sayings, by a presbyter of the Church of England

Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 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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Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 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 ar united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of the...
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