 | 430 lehte
...of one impression of the spade, with the general design, and last result, he would he overwhelmed hy the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty...difficulties, and mountains are levelled, and oceans hounded hy the slender force of human heings." He removed from Edinhurgh to London in 1826, and passed... | |
 | 1853 - 386 lehte
...one impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed with a sense of their disproportion : yet those petty operations,...oceans bounded by the slender force of human beings. A KHOHK.V HBABT.— Tod'e of a broken heartls un expression much ridiculed by those who, not fu*-«es3U)g... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 lehte
...of one impression of ti,e spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty...oceans bounded by the slender force of human beings." But what is of more importance to us, as individuals, than the building of cities or the traversing... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 lehte
...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...oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings. — Johnson. PHILOSOPHY. — A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism ; but depth in philosophy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 332 lehte
...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...importance that those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring a reputation superior to names hourly swept away by time... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 374 lehte
...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...oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings. — Johnson. DLXIX. Wealth in the gross is death, but life, diffus'd ; As poison heals in just proportion... | |
 | 1856 - 372 lehte
...of one impression- of the spade, with the general design and last result, be would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion; yet those petty...oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings. — Johnson. DLXIX. Wealth in the gross is death, but life, diffus'd ; As poison heals in just proportion... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1856 - 378 lehte
...one impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed with a sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations,...surmount the greatest difficulties — and mountains are leveled, and oceans bounded by the slender force of human beings. It is therefore of the utmost importance... | |
 | 1858 - 866 lehte
...of one impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, ho would bo overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion. Yet those petty...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... | |
 | 1859 - 400 lehte
...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...oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings. — JohnWANT OF EXPERIENCE. How continually from want of experience do the young confound under one... | |
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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,... 
