 | 1843
...of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsules, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who...relief was at hand ; and I was not disappointed." But the use as well as the beauty of plants must arrest the attention. They purify the air, — remove... | |
 | Children's literature - 1848 - 800 pages
...importance, look with unconcern on the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Reflections like these would not allow me to despair....that relief was at hand, and I was not disappointed." ROSES IN SEPTEMBER. IN September, I saw a tree bearing roses, while other trees of the same sort near... | |
 | Periodicals - 1843 - 280 pages
...a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and suffermgs of creatures formed after his own image? Surely not....relief was at hand ; and I was not disappointed.'' And with the disposition to wonder and adore, in like manner, can no branch of natural history be studied,... | |
 | William Russell, John Goldsbury - Elocution - 1845 - 292 pages
...not allow me to despair. 1 started up, and disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forward, assured that relief was at hand; and I was not disappointed. ' In a short time, I came to a village, at the entrance ot which I overtook two shepherds, who had started with me from Kooma. They... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 838 pages
...Reflections like these would not allow ЛП:!< me to despair. I started up, and disregarding both 4-^' hunger and fatigue, travelled forwards, assured that relief was at hand; and I was not disappointed/ Although Park did not reach the ultimate object of his journey, it was on the whole the most important... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1846 - 610 pages
...and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely not ! Reflections like these, could not allow me to despair : I started up, and disregarding...disappointed — in a short time I came to a small village.' And do we not also find the character of our God, as revealed in the Bible, and as seen in nature the... | |
 | George Luxford, Edward Newman - Botany - 1846 - 376 pages
...situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely not! Reflections such as these would not allow me to despair: I started up,...that relief was at hand, and I was not disappointed.' "Fissidens is closely allied to Dicranum, and both are named from the sixteen teeth of the fringe being... | |
 | William Gardiner - Botany - 1847 - 62 pages
...situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely not ! Reflections such as these would not allow me to despair : I started up,...that relief was at hand, and I was not disappointed." Fissidens is closely allied to Dicranum, and both are named from the 16 teeth of the fringe being bifid,... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - Plant anatomy - 1848 - 600 pages
...one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and fruit, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who...relief was at hand, — and I was not disappointed." 29. Mosses are found in all parts of the world, in which the atmosphere is moist; but they are far... | |
 | Christian life - 1846 - 598 pages
...and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely not ! Reflections like these, could not allow me to despair : I started up, and disregarding...disappointed — in a short time I came to a small village.' And do we not also find the character of our God, as revealed in the Bihle, and as seen in nature the... | |
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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 to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance,... 
