 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1796 - 426 Seiten
...The river fprings from the earth ; but its origin man is in heaven. Its beginnings are iniigiiiucant, and its infancy is frivolous ; it plays among the...flowers of a meadow ; it waters a garden, or turns a little mill. Gathering ilrength in its youth, it becomes wild and impetuous. Impatient of the rcilraints... | |
 | 1803 - 400 Seiten
...heaven. Its beginnings are insignificant, and its infancy frivolous ; it plays along the flowers of the meadow; it waters a garden, or turns a mill. Gathering...and impetuous ; impatient of the restraints which it meets with among its native mountains, it is restless, and fretful ; quick in its turnings, and unsteady... | |
 | John Wesley, George Story - 1806
...man. The river fprings from the earth, but its Origin is in heaven. Its beginnings are infignificant, and its infancy is frivolous ; it plays among the...flowers of a meadow ; it waters a garden, or turns a little mill. Gathering ftrength, in its youth, it becomes wild and impetuous. Impatient of the reftraints... | |
 | John Robison - 1822 - 736 Seiten
...observed by Pliny) to the life of man. The river springs from the earth; but its origin is in heaven. Its beginnings are insignificant, and its infancy...flowers of a meadow; it waters a garden, or turns a little mill. Gathering strength in its youth, it becomes wild and impetuous. Impatient of the restraints... | |
 | John Robison - 1822 - 766 Seiten
...springs from the earth ; but its origin is in heaven. Its beginnings are insignificant, and its infancy J is frivolous ; it plays among the flowers of a meadow ; it waters a garden, or turns a little mill. Gathering strength in its youth, it becomes wild and impetuous. Impatient { of the restraints... | |
 | 1823 - 862 Seiten
...th'/Ufe of is in heaven. Its beginnings ire insignificant, and its man. infancy, is frivolous ; it play» among the flowers of a meadow; it waters a garden, or turns a little mill. Gathering strength in its youth, it become« wild and impetuous. Impatient of the restraints... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1837 - 612 Seiten
...with earthquakes in distant countries. SECT. IV. — Rivers. The origin and progress of rivers have been compared by Pliny to the life of man. " Its beginnings...flowers of a meadow, it waters a garden, or turns a little mill. Gathering strength, in its youth it becomes wild and impetuous. Impatient of the restraints... | |
 | 1843 - 408 Seiten
...is like ? It is like the life of man—small at first; the little stream is like a little child, and plays among the flowers of a meadow; it waters a garden, or turns a puny mill. As it flows on it gathers strength; and, like a child in youth, it becomes turbulent and... | |
 | 1846 - 392 Seiten
...nearly two thousand years ago, compares a river to ''he progress of man. " Its beginnings," iys he, " are insignificant, and its infancy is frivolous; it...garden, or turns a mill. Gathering strength in its growth, it becomes wild and impetuous. Impatient of the restraint it meets with in the hollows of the... | |
 | John Dwyer (Lithographer.) - 1847 - 172 Seiten
...springs from the earth, but its origin is in Heaven ; its beginnings are insignificant, and its infancy frivolous ; it plays among the flowers of a meadow, it waters a garden or turns a little mill: gathering strength in its youth, it becomes wild and impetuous of restraints which it... | |
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Its beginnings are insignificant, and its infancy is frivolous; it plays among the flowers of a meadow; it waters a garden, or turns a little mill. Gathering strength in its youth, it becomes wild and impetuous. Impatient of the restraints which it still... 
