 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...  The Vegetable World - Seite 33von Charles Williams - 1833 - 260 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1843 - 280 Seiten
...beauty caught his eye. " Though the whole plant," said he, "was not larger than one of my fingers, 1 could not contemplate the delicate conformation of...leaves, and capsules, without admiration! Can that Being who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 838 Seiten
...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,...the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,... | |
 | William Russell, John Goldsbury - 1845 - 292 Seiten
...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,...the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. ' Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Andrew Alexander Bonar - 1846 - 640 Seiten
...trom 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,...the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,... | |
 | 1846 - 444 Seiten
...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,...contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots and leaves without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1846 - 610 Seiten
...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,...could not contemplate the delicate conformation of the roots, leaves, &c., without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | George Luxford, Edward Newman - 1846 - 388 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1847 - 480 Seiten
...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,...the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,... | |
 | Garland - 1847 - 104 Seiten
...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,...the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1847 - 282 Seiten
...from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; 1or though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate tin: delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule, without admiration. Can that Being) thought... | |
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