 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
 | Wren & Martin - 434 pages
...distant countries are united by canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of a pickaxe, or of one impression of the spade, with the...overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficutlties, and mountains... | |
 | 1812 - 570 pages
...becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united by canals. If a man was to compare the eflect of a single stroke of the pick-axe, or of one impression...'design and last result, he •would be overwhelmed by this sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount... | |
 | 1849 - 780 pages
...becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effort of a single stroke of the pickaxe, or of one impression of the spado, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion... | |
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