 | 1799 - Počet stránok 486
...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 - Počet stránok 484
...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 - Počet stránok 672
...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 - Počet stránok 200
...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 - Počet stránok 516
...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 - Počet stránok 374
...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 - Počet stránok 60
...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 - Počet stránok 78
...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 - Počet stránok 188
...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 - Počet stránok 478
...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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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,... 
