Grod, might well afford a monitory lesson; for everything in nature has its homily, to us, the eager hunters after fictitious enjoyment. How calm do they stand in their loveliness, how placid in their limited fruition of the elements that nourish them... Novels and Romances, Viz - Seite 24von George Payne Rainsford James - 1845Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| George Payne Rainsford James - 1846 - 386 Seiten
...see those mute and still, though not motionless creatures — I mean the blossoms—opening their t painted bosoms to the beneficent rays which give them...monitory lesson— for everything in nature has its homily—to us, the eager hunters after fictitious enjoyment. How calm do they stand in their loveliness—how... | |
| George Payne Rainsford James - 1846 - 582 Seiten
...mean the blossoms — opening their painted bosoms to tbebeneficent rays which give them their color and their loveliness, welcoming the calm blessing...if with gratitude, and seeking, in their tranquil slate of being, for nothing hut the good gifts of God, might well afford a monitory lesson — for... | |
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...morning. To see those mute and-still, though not motionless, creatures — we mean the blossoms— opening their painted bosoms to the beneficent rays which...state of being, for nothing but the good gifts of Grod, might well afford a monitory lesson; for everything in nature has its homily, to us, the eager... | |
| Eliza Cook - 1849 - 432 Seiten
...heneficent rays which give them their •olour and their loveliness welcoming the calm blessing lf the light, as if with gratitude, and seeking, in their...state of being, for nothing but the good gifts of jiod, might well afford a monitory lesson ; for everyhing in nature has its homily, to us, the eager... | |
| 1853 - 394 Seiten
...mean the blossoms, opening their painted bosoms to the beneficent rays which give them their color and their loveliness, welcoming the calm blessing...gifts of God — might well afford a monitory lesson. Everything in nature has its homily, to the eager hunters after fictitious enjoyment. How calm do the... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 Seiten
...mean the blossoms — openingtheir painted bosoma to the beneficent rays which give them their color and their loveliness, welcoming the calm blessing...gifts of God — might well afford a monitory lesson. Everything in nature has its homily to the eager hunters after fictitious enjoyment. How calm do the... | |
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