E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Line upon Line.
Admonition orinstruction repeated little by little (a line at a time). Apells said “Nulla dies
sine line.” A drawing is line upon line, an edifice is brick upon brick or stone upon stone.
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“Line upon line, line upon line, here a little and there a little.”—Isaiah xxviii. 10.
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