 | 1803 - 322 strani
...which the connexion is regularly traced from the first motion to the last, must be formed and executed by calm intrepidity, and requires not only courage...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 of the spade,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 strani
..."Drops added to drops, constitute the ocean,-" < •.-•-• Planof an Englifh'Di&ionary, p. 49. .< . | All 'the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the rrsisjtless force of perseverance. It is by this - that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant... | |
 | 1806 - 348 strani
...which the connection is regularly traced from the first motion to the last, must be formed and executed by calm intrepidity, and requires not only courage...that distant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of a pickaxi or of one impression of the spade,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 strani
...which the connection is regularly traced from the first motion to the last, must be formed and executed by calm intrepidity, and requires not only courage...that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant coun'.ries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of a pick*... | |
 | 1817 - 798 strani
...displeased to see inserted in this place : " All the performances uf human art, at which we look wi'li praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless...pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canal«. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of a pick-- axe, or of one impression... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 376 strani
...the connection is regularly traced, from the first motion to the last, must be formed and executed by calm intrepidity, and requires not only courage...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 of the spade,... | |
 | 1808 - 356 strani
...conquer all the rest. Indeed, all gond principles must stagnate without mental activity. Perseverance. AH the performances of human art, at which we look with...becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united by canals. If a man w.as to compare the effect of a single stroke with the pick-axe, or of one impression... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1808 - 430 strani
...has very forcibly observed, that " all the performances of human art, at which we look with piaise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of...becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united by canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke with the pickaxe, or of one impression... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 352 strani
...last, must be formed and executed by calm intrepidity, and requires not only courage which clanger cannot turn aside, but constancy which fatigues cannot...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 of the spade,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 strani
...which the connexion is regularly traced from the first motion to the last, must be formed and executed by calm intrepidity, and requires not only courage...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 of the spade,... | |
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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. 
