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" 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. "
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The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1782 - 482 pages
...performances of we look \vith-praife, or wonder, are inftanfces of the refiftlefs force of perfeverance'.' It is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that diftant countries are united with canals r-rfcistkefrefotiejof the -utnidftfirnpQEtance^thafcthbfeiSBlitf;...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 1

1785 - 596 pages
...art, at which we look with pra'rfe or wonder, areinftancesof the refirflefs force of per* feverance: it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that diftant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effeft of a fmgle ftroke of the...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Rambler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...art, at which we look with praife or wonder, are inftances of the refiftlefs force of perfeverance : it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that diftant countries are united with canals. If a man was. to. compare the effect of a fingle ftroke of...
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The Rambler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...art, at which we look with praife or wonder, are inftances of the refiftlefs force of perfeverance : it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that diftant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a fingle ftroke of...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The rambler

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...art, at which we look with praife or wonder, are inftances of the refiftlefs force of perfeverance: it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that diftant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a fingle ftroke of...
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A View of Nature, in Letters to a Traveller Among the Alps: With ..., Volume 6

Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 540 pages
...according to the Arabian proverb, "It is drop added to drop, which constitutes the ocean." All die performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of this irresistible force of perseverance. To their reason and spirit, therefore, men should add the...
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Gleanings Through Wales, Holland and Westphalia: With Views of ..., Volume 1

Mr. Pratt (Samuel Jackson) - 1795 - 502 pages
...art, at which we look ' with praife or wonder, are inftances of the refiftlefs force of perfeverance. It is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that diftant countries are united by canals. If a man were to compare the firft effect of a fingle ftroke...
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Solitude Considered with Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the Heart

Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1795 - 468 pages
...at which we look with praifc " or wonder, are inftances of the refiftlefs force " of perfeverance : it is by this that the quarry " becomes a pyramid, and that diftant countries "are united by canals. If a man was to com*c pare the effect of a fingle ftroke of...
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Rambler

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...art, at which we look with praife or wonder, are inftances of the refiftlefs force of perfeverance : it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that diftant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a fingle ftroke of...
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The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]., Volume 1

1801 - 342 pages
...at which we look with praife or wonder, are inftances of the the refiftlefs force of perfeverance : it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that diftant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a fingle ftroke of...
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