 | 1833 - 814 Seiten
...the mind will sometimes derive consolation j for though the whole plant was not larger than the top e pieces of sticks appeared as if there was some vegetation in them, he added, " Perhaps they may produce (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing... | |
 | 1833 - 310 Seiten
...the mind will sometime; derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the...of the roots, leaves, &c., without admiration. Can thai Beinj (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the... | |
 | Charles Williams - 1833 - 284 Seiten
...of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye; and, 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 capsules, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered,... | |
 | 1833 - 370 Seiten
...circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation; for though the whole plant was not larger than 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,... | |
 | 1837 - 684 Seiten
...theory was found to be correct in its details. for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation t,f its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that being, thought I, who planted, watered,... | |
 | H. B. - 1835 - 334 Seiten
...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 capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered,... | |
 | Gilbert Thomas Burnett - 1835 - 538 Seiten
...the mind will sometimes derive consolation ;) and, 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 fruit, without admiration. Can k that Being (thought I) who planted, watered,... | |
 | John Todd - 1835 - 414 Seiten
...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 capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered,... | |
 | Edward Stanley - 1835 - 308 Seiten
...flower of extraordinary beauty caught his eye. " Though the whole plant," says he, " was not larger than one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsules, without admiration ! Can that Being, who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | 1836 - 498 Seiten
...circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation,) and, although the plant was not larger than the top of 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 planted, watered,... | |
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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... 
