 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 Horticultural Register - Pagina 4631836Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1807 - 672 pagine
...of my fingers, I could not contemplate tlie delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsul.i without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who...this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of^so small importance, look with iiBcoucern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed... | |
 | John Todd - 1799 - 200 pagine
...of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who...thing which appears of so small importance, look with apparent unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1813 - 374 pagine
...leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought Q to perfection,' in this obscure part of the world,...appears of so small importance, look with unconcern, \zpon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after Ms own image ? — Surely not I — Reflections... | |
 | Edward Bishop Elliott - 1821 - 60 pagine
...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 pagine
...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 pagine
...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... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1828 - 478 pagine
...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 pagine
...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... | |
 | 1832 - 440 pagine
...of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula. without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who...this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears o' so small importance, look with unconcern on the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after... | |
 | 1833 - 370 pagine
...of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who...appears of so small importance, look with unconcern on the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? — Surely not ! Reflections... | |
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