 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
 | 1856
...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 one of my fingers,...the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and fruit without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1856 - 556 Seiten
...from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes'derive consolation; for though the whole phut 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,... | |
 | Horatio Balch Hackett - 1856
...extraordinary beauty of a small 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 delicat econformation of its roots, leaves, and capsules, without admiration. Can that Being, thought... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 216 Seiten
...circumstances the mind will sometimes derive coneolation ; for, though the whole plant was not longer than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contem'plate...the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves and cap'sula," without admiration. 6. " Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 785 Seiten
...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 hrought to perfection,... | |
 | Mary Kirby - 1857 - 347 Seiten
...lie down and die. Just at this moment, I caught sight of a little moss blooming by my side. The whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, but its leaves and fruit were so delicate and beautiful, that I could not look at it without wonder... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1858
...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,... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1859
...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,... | |
 | Major D. II. HILL - 1858
...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 the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and fruit without admiration. 'Can that Being,' thought I, 'who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,... | |
 | Broome Lake Witts - 1859
...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 capsule, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection... | |
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