 | Leigh Hunt - 1849 - 264 pages
...the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the tip of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...mind will sometimes derive consolation ; ! for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of j one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | Charles Alexander Johns - 1849 - 124 pages
...of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye, and though the whole plant was not larger than the tip of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of the roots, leaves, &c. without admiration. Can that Being, (I thought,) Who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1850 - 604 pages
...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...contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots and leaves without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection... | |
 | Catherine Mary M'Nab - Children - 1850 - 136 pages
...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 formation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted,... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pages
...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...contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | 1852 - 1162 pages
...trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, —...contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward - Glass gardens - 1852 - 196 pages
...circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation, for though the whole plant was no larger than the tip of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves and capsules, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the tip of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...the mind will sometimes derive consolation; for though the whole plant was not larger than the tip of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought... | |
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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... 
