 | Robert Huish - Adams, Robert - 1836 - 824 pages
...perish. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present...fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this, to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation, for though the whole... | |
 | Horticulture - 1836 - 498 pages
...down and perish. The influence of religion, however, supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present...reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye, (I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will... | |
 | Church history - 1836 - 378 pages
...animals, and men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation, for though the whole... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1836 - 682 pages
...other alternative, but to lie down and die. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. At this moment, 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 brought to perfection,... | |
 | Peace - 1836 - 330 pages
...As he contemplated the gloomy prospect, despair of final success almost mastered him. He says — " At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small mdss in fructification, caught my eye. The whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers,... | |
 | African Americans - 1837 - 408 pages
...alternative, but to lie down and perish. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under the protecting eye ofthat Providence who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful... | |
 | Joseph Beaumont, Mary Tatham - Methodist women - 1838 - 438 pages
...animals, and men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation; for though the whole... | |
 | John Angell James - Christian life - 1859 - 196 pages
...perish. THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present...fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation; for though the whole... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1839 - 256 pages
...savage : I considered my fate as certain, and I had no other alternative, but to lie down and perish. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was...moss, in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of... | |
 | 536 pages
...reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. 1 was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was...were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss, in a flower, irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to shew from what trifling circumstances the mind... | |
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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 from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the... 
