| 1832 - 418 páginas
...extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this, to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes...Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look... | |
| 1832 - 440 páginas
...beauty of a small moss, in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this, he adds, to show 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 conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula.... | |
| Charles Williams - 1833 - 284 páginas
...and perish. At this moment the extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye; and, though the whole plant was not larger than the top...the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsules, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,... | |
| 1833 - 310 páginas
...irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to shew from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometime; derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was...could not contemplate the delicate conformation of the roots, leaves, &c., without admiration. Can thai Beinj (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought... | |
| 1833 - 814 páginas
...mention this to shew from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation j for though the whole plant was not larger than the...could not contemplate the delicate conformation of the roots, leaves, &c., without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought... | |
| Charles Williams - 1833 - 300 páginas
...beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye ; and, though the whole VAILLANT— USES Of MOSS. 33 plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers,...the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsules, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,... | |
| 1833 - 370 páginas
...beauty of a small moss, in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this (he adds) to show 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 conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula,... | |
| 1837 - 684 páginas
...Calabar and Rio del Bey the mouths of the Niger. His theory was found to be correct in its details. for though the whole plant was not larger than the...I could not contemplate the delicate conformation t,f its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that being, thought I, who planted, watered,... | |
| H. B. - 1835 - 334 páginas
...no alternative, but to lie down and perish. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight...Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look... | |
| John Todd - 1835 - 406 páginas
...small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what triflina; circumstances the mind \ '.- " will sometimes derive...Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look... | |
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