 I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and...  The Cottager's monthly visitor - Pagina 1801846Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Mungo Park - 1816 - 576 pagina’s
...its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I), who planted,watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of...creatures formed after his own image ? — surely not ! Reflections like these, would not allow me to despair. I started up, and disregarding both hunger... | |
 | Edward Bishop Elliott - 1821 - 60 pagina’s
...were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye:—Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered and brought...appears of so small importance, look with unconcern on the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image. This reflection would not... | |
 | John Cole - 1821 - 78 pagina’s
...perish, a beautiful moss accidentally caught his eye. The reflection occurred :— "Surely that Being who planted, watered and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, so minute and apparently insignificant a flower, cannot look with unconcern upon the situation and... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1825 - 188 pagina’s
...eye contemplated, he, for a time, forgot his own painful situation". Does not that Being, thought he, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in...obscure part of the world — a thing which appears of such small importance, look with compassion upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after... | |
 | George Miller - 1826 - 864 pagina’s
...one of my fingers, i could not contemplate the delicate formation, of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I,) who...creatures formed after his own image ? Surely not !— Reflections like these would not allow me to despair — I started up, and disregarding both hunger... | |
 | 1826 - 590 pagina’s
...conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being," thought he, " who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in...sufferings of creatures formed after his own image!'* Park's Travels, 4to. edit. p. 244. This we catl a legitimate flow of reasoning : a pure and undefined... | |
 | George Johnston - 1829 - 636 pagina’s
...of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who...creatures formed after his own image ? Surely not ! Reflections like these would not allow me to despair. I started up, and, disregarding both hunger... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1828 - 478 pagina’s
...painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and...appears of so small importance, look with unconcern on the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely not. Reflections like... | |
 | 1830 - 612 pagina’s
...contemplate the delicate formation of its leaves and capsules without admiration. Can that Being, thought he, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appeals of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1832 - 430 pagina’s
...of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who...of creatures formed after his own image? Surely not ! Reflections like these would not allow me to despair ; I started up, and, disregarding both danger... | |
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