 If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of the pickaxe, or of one impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued,...  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Page 281by Samuel Johnson - 1816Full view - About this book
 | 1858 - 866 pages
...of the spade, with the general design and last result, ho would bo overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion. Yet those petty operations, incessantly...continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties ; and thus mountains are leveled, and oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings." How тик ABOLITION... | |
 | Church work with the poor - 1859 - 400 pages
...of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ) yet those petty operations incessantly...oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings. — JohnWANT OF EXPERIENCE. How continually from want of experience do the young confound under one... | |
 | Charles Anthony Coke - 1864 - 212 pages
...the spade, " with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet " those petty operations incessantly...continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and u.ountains '• are levelled, and oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings." — Johnson.... | |
 | Churches of Christ - 1865 - 452 pages
...the spade with the general design or the last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations incessantly...oceans bounded by the slender force of human beings." The great freetrader's motto was that of the needle, " I go through." Having given himself to the cause,... | |
 | Richard Vickerman Taylor - 1865 - 552 pages
...of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion; yet those petty operations, incessantly...oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings. Industry, if no more than habit, is at least an excellent one. If you ask us, kind reader, which is... | |
 | E S. P - 1874 - 588 pages
...of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly...oceans bounded by the slender force of human beings. — Johnson. Perseverance and Patience. — So have I seen n lark rising from his bed of grass, and... | |
 | Church work with the poor - 1874 - 398 pages
...general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion : yet these petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount...oceans bounded by the slender force of human beings. CUEIOUS JEWISH CUSTOM, THE Jews of the Crimea, upon their marriage, wear a shirt of the finest texture,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 pages
...of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion; yet those petty operations, incessantly...oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings. Such is the uncertainty of all human affairs, that security and despair are equal follies, and as it... | |
 | 1879 - 542 pages
...of a spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion. Yet those petty operations, incessantly...greatest difficulties, and mountains are levelled, oceans are bounded, by the slender hand of human beings. The mighty pyramids of stone, That wedge-like... | |
 | John Tillotson - Quotations - 1880 - 392 pages
...of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion; yet those petty operations, incessantly...oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings. — Johmon. ccccxxxv. IHASTITY. — How large a portion of chastity is sent I out of the world by distant... | |
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