| George Frederick Graham - 1869 - 418 Seiten
...rule is neglected : — ' If the most active of mankind was able, at the close of his life,' &e. ' If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of the pickaxe with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed,' &c. ' If any member absents himself,... | |
| E S. P - 1874 - 588 Seiten
...perseverance. It is by this that the 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 impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be... | |
| James Robert Boyd - 1874 - 420 Seiten
...What man, if he loses one sheep, does not, <fec. If thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke, he would be overwhelmed. " If the leg docs not come off, take the turkey to yourself." "Madame," replied... | |
| Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 Seiten
...it is by this 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...overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains... | |
| Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore - 1878 - 590 Seiten
...countries are united by canals. If a man was to compare the single stroke of the pickaxe, or of an impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he \vould be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion. Yet those petty operations, incessantly... | |
| 1879 - 542 Seiten
...canals. If a man \vere to compare the effect of a single stroke of a pickaxe, or one impression of a spade, with the general design and last result, he...overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion. Yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains... | |
| John Tillotson - 1880 - 392 Seiten
...it is by this 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 a pickaxe, or of one impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be... | |
| Osgood Eaton Fuller - 1881 - 658 Seiten
...it is by this 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, or of one impression of a spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion... | |
| James Crowther - 1882 - 204 Seiten
...perseverance. It is by this that the 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 impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be... | |
| Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 Seiten
...; it is by this that the 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 impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be... | |
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