 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...  Lights and Shadows of African History - 223 ページSamuel Griswold Goodrich 著 - 1844 - 336 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | 1799 - 486 ページ
...my fingers, I could not con« template the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capfula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who...planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obi'cure part of the world, a thing which appears of fo fmall importance, look with unconcern upon... | |
 | 1799 - 484 ページ
...not con. template the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capfula, without a'dniiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obfcure part of the world, a thing which, appears of fo fmall importance, look with unconcern upon... | |
 | 1807 - 672 ページ
...of my fingers, I could not contemplate tlie delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsul.i without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who...this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of^so small importance, look with iiBcoucern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed... | |
 | John Todd - 1799 - 200 ページ
...of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who...thing which appears of so small importance, look with apparent unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely... | |
 | 1799 - 516 ページ
...of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves and capfula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who...planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obfcure part of the world, a thing which appear- of fo frr.all importance, look with unconcern upon... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1813 - 374 ページ
...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 Q to perfection,' in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance,... | |
 | Edward Bishop Elliott - 1821 - 60 ページ
...were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye:—Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered and brought...appears of so small importance, look with unconcern on the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image. This reflection would not... | |
 | John Cole - 1821 - 78 ページ
...perish, a beautiful moss accidentally caught his eye. The reflection occurred :— "Surely that Being who planted, watered and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, so minute and apparently insignificant a flower, cannot look with unconcern upon the situation and... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1825 - 188 ページ
...eye contemplated, he, for a time, forgot his own painful situation". Does not that Being, thought he, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in...obscure part of the world — a thing which appears of such small importance, look with compassion upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1828 - 478 ページ
...painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and...appears of so small importance, look with unconcern on the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely not. Reflections like... | |
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