 | Horatio Balch Hackett - 1856 - 268 pages
...miles from any European settlement. Whatever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. Though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the... | |
 | 1856 - 870 pages
...down to rest his wearied limbs and ponder on his destitute condition. " At this moment " says he, " 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 lingers,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected, that no human prudence or foresight could possihly have averted my present sufferings. I was indeed a...painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary heauty of a small moss in fructification, irresistihly caught my eye. I mention this, to show from... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 226 pages
...The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. 4. "I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present...condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. 5. "At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss, in fructification,"... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 226 pages
...alter'native but to lie down and perish. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. the protecting eye of that Providence who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. 5. "At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss, in fructification,"... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - Burial - 1858 - 450 pages
...to remain but to lie down and die. He thus depicts his thoughts upon seeing a moss in flower : — ' I was indeed a stranger in a strange land ; yet I...fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - Travelers - 1859 - 396 pages
...gradually regained its fervent tone : — " I was, indeed, a stranger," he thought, " in a etrange land ; yet I was still under the protecting eye of...fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation; for though the whole... | |
 | Daniel Harvey Hill - Sermon on the mount - 1858 - 292 pages
...himself to death, God suggested to him the very train of thought employed by our Saviour. He says: "At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss caught my eye; and, though the whole plant was not larger than the top of my finger, I could not contemplate... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 466 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... | |
 | Philip Bennett Power - 1859 - 404 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... | |
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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... 
