 If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of the pick-axe, 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,...  Cheveley, Or, The Man of Honour - Page 102by Baroness Rosina Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1839Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 394 pages
...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, with the general...overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 394 pages
...countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of a pick-axes or of one impression of the spade, with the general...overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 524 pages
...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 the pickaxe,...overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mouiu... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 462 pages
...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 the pickaxe,...last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of tlieir disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest... | |
 | 1817 - 780 pages
...countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of a pick, axe, or of one impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed 1>y the sense of their disproportion ; yet these petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount... | |
 | 1817 - 646 pages
...canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of a pick-axe, or of one impression of a spade, with the general design and last result, he would Be overwhelmed with the sense of their disproportion i yet those operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 368 pages
...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 the pick-axe,...overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...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 the pick-axe,...overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...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 the pickaxe,...overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 472 pages
...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 the pickaxe,...the spade, with the general design and last result, be would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly... | |
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