| Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1860 - 572 Seiten
...hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification...circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation i for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate... | |
| William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 374 Seiten
...friend. At this mo-ment, pain-ful as my feel-ings were, the ex-traor-di-na-ry beau-ty of a small moss ir-re-sist-i-bly caught my eye. I men-tion this, to...; for, though the whole plant was not lar-ger than myfing-ers, I could not con- tem-plate the del-i-cate struc-ture of its parts with-out ad-mi-ra-tion.... | |
| John Angell James - 1863 - 358 Seiten
...stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small mosg in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention...though the whole plant was not larger than the top of ono of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule,... | |
| 1863 - 316 Seiten
...stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as my feelings were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this, to show...consolation; for, though the whole plant was not larger than my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate structure of its parts without admiration. Can that... | |
| 1803 - 564 Seiten
...extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this," he says, "toslunc from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes...though the whole plant was not larger than the top of my finger, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its root, leaves, and capsule, without... | |
| James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 484 Seiten
...European settlement : — no wonder that his spirits began to fail him. ' At this moment,' says he, ' the extraordinary beauty of a small moss, in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration.... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 Seiten
...condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification,...for, though the whole plant was not larger than the tip of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and... | |
| 1869 - 600 Seiten
...call himself the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordmary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to shew from what trifling circumstances the mmd will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole... | |
| Kensington series - 1872 - 232 Seiten
...stranger's friend. " At this moment, painful as my feelings were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show...; for, though the whole plant was not larger than my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate structure of its parts without admiration. Can that... | |
| John Richardson Phillips - 1876 - 418 Seiten
...condescended to call Himself, " The stranger's friend ! " At this moment, painful as my recollections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification,...this to show from what trifling circumstances the THE STRANGER'S FRIEND. 237 mind will derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger... | |
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