At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the... Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa - Seite 242von Mungo Park - 1799 - 372 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 Seiten
...aided and supported me. I reflected, that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger in a strange...as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of :i small moss in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this, to show from what trifling... | |
| 1853 - 616 Seiten
...perish. The influence of religious power supported me, for I was still under the protecting eye of God. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification caught my eye. The whoie plant was not larger than the tip of one of my fingers, but I could not contemplate... | |
| 1854 - 652 Seiten
...perish. The influence of religion, however, aided me. I indeed was a stranger in a strange land, yet 1 was still under the protecting eye of that Providence,...fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation. Can that Being, thought... | |
| 1854 - 778 Seiten
...miles from any European settlement. Whatever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. Though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the... | |
| Sarah Tucker - 1854 - 312 Seiten
...The influence of religion, however, supported me, for I was still under the protecting eye of God. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification caught minds of all the learned—" the long-sought majestic Niger, glittering in the morning sun,... | |
| David Lester Richardson - 1855 - 296 Seiten
...aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under the eye of that Providence who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. At this moment,... | |
| Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1856 - 570 Seiten
...animals, and men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes'derive consolation; for though the whole... | |
| Horatio Balch Hackett - 1856 - 268 Seiten
...miles from any European settlement. Whatever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. Though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the... | |
| 1856 - 418 Seiten
...aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings, I was indeed a stranger in a strange...land, yet I was still under the protecting eye of that God who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as my reflections... | |
| 1856 - 870 Seiten
...down to rest his wearied limbs and ponder on his destitute condition. " At this moment " says he, " painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye ; and though the whole plant was not larger than the tip of one of my lingers,... | |
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