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. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal - Página 2721845Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 páginas
...existence ; and if he is content with his own character, must owe his satisfaction to insensibility. All the performances of human art at which we look...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 the pickaxe, or of... | |
| John Tillotson - 1880 - 392 páginas
...really independent, is to support ourselves by our own exertions. — Porter. ccccxxx1v. (JFFECTs OF PERSEVERANCE. — All the performances of human art,...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 a pickaxe, or of one... | |
| Smith C. Ferguson, Emory Adams Allen - 1880 - 686 páginas
...admire those stupendous works of nature and art, which proclaim in no uncertain tones the triumph of perseverance. All the performances of human art, at...perseverance. It is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid; it is by this the Coliseum of Rome was built; and this it was that inclosed in adamant the Chinese... | |
| Osgood Eaton Fuller - 1881 - 658 páginas
...are ; Admiring angels soon will bless Thee with the sweetness of success, And hide thine evil star. All the performances of human art, at which we look...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 the pick-axe, or of... | |
| James Crowther - 1882 - 204 páginas
...love." CHAPTEK XI. PERSEVERANCE. " All the performances of human art, ut which we look with praise and wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance....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 pickaxe, or of one... | |
| Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 páginas
...honour bright. To have none is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail, In monumental mockery. All the performances of human art, at which we look...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 pickaxe, or of one... | |
| Smith C. Ferguson, Emory Adams Allen - 1884 - 648 páginas
...admire those stupendous works of nature and art, which proclaim in no uncertain tones the triumph of perseverance. All the performances of human art, at...perseverance. It is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid ; it is by this the Coliseum of Rome was built ; and this it was that inclosed in adamant the Chinese... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 356 páginas
...undertaker's mind. He that runs against Time has an antagonist not subject to casualties. Works, via. 255. Perseverance : ALL the performances of human art at...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 pickaxe, or of... | |
| Alfred Williams Momerie - 1889 - 334 páginas
...performances of human art at which we look with praise or wonder," says Dr Johnson, " are the results of the resistless force of perseverance ; it is by...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 pickaxe or of one... | |
| Alfred Williams Momerie - 1889 - 332 páginas
...is disappointed because it has not grown. It would have grown fast enough if he had but let it be. " All the performances of human art at which we look with praise or wonder," says Dr Johnson, " are the results of the resistless force of perseverance ; it is by this that the... | |
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