 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1847 - 282 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 extraordinary beauty of a small moss in f'ruc* tification irresistibly cauaht iny eve. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances... | |
 | William Gardiner - Botany - 1847 - 62 pages
...down to rest his wearied O limbs, and ponder on his destitute condition. " At this moment," he says, " painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye ; and though the whole plant was not larger than the tip of one of my fingers,... | |
 | Henry Butter - Readers - 1848 - 188 pages
...die. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human piudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present...reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small piece of moss irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this, to shew from what trifling circumstances... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1849 - 346 pages
...recollected that no human prudence or foresight could have arrested my present sufferings. I indeed was a stranger in a strange land : yet I was still under...fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this, to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation; for though the whole... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - Plant anatomy - 1848 - 600 pages
...prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present suf32 GENERAL CHARACTERS OF MOSSES. ferings. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was...reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small Moss irresistibly caught my eye; and though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers,... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1848 - 602 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... | |
 | Christian life - 1846 - 598 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...were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in flower, caught my eye. I mention this, to shew from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes... | |
 | J. J. Grandville, Nehemiah Cleaveland - Botany - 1849 - 778 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...reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small Moss irresistibly caught my eye ; and though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers,... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...recollected that no human prudence or oresight could have arrested my present sufferings. I ndeed was a stranger in a strange land: yet I was still under...moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. 1 mention this, to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1849 - 264 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...At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinar}' beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this,... | |
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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... 
