| 1836 - 436 Seiten
...reflections were, the extraoidinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. 1 mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes deiivc consolation, for, though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I... | |
| Henry Butter - 1839 - 190 Seiten
...the extraordinary beauty of a small piece of moss irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this, to shew from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes...consolation; for, though the whole plant was not larger than one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate structure of its parts without admiration.... | |
| John Kearsley Mitchell - 1839 - 228 Seiten
...had no alternative, but to lie down and perish. * * * At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss, in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. * * * Though the whole plant was not longer than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate... | |
| Thomas Roscoe - 1839 - 256 Seiten
...condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss, in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of... | |
| Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 Seiten
...At this moment, painful as m; reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss, in flower irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will some times derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my... | |
| 1843
...condescended to call Himself the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to shew from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 838 Seiten
...condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss, in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. 1 mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation... | |
| Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Andrew Alexander Bonar - 1846 - 640 Seiten
...hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification...irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show trom what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole... | |
| 1846 - 544 Seiten
...and five hundred miles from any European settlement. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection in this obscure part of... | |
| Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1847 - 282 Seiten
...reflections were. the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in f'ruc* tification irresistibly cauaht iny eve. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; 1or though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate... | |
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