 | 1814 - 804 páginas
...alone for many hours. Wishing to divert his mind from so wretched a condition, he fixed his eyes on an ant that was carrying a grain of corn larger than itself up a nigh wall. Sixty-nine times did the grain fall to the ground, but the insect pcrservered, and the seventieth... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1816 - 686 páginas
...hours. Desiring to divert my mind from my hopeless condition, I fixed my observation on an ant thai was carrying a grain of corn larger than itself up...persevered, and the seventieth time it reached the top of tbe wall. This sight," said Timur, " gave me courage at the moment; and I have never forgotten the... | |
 | 1821 - 780 páginas
...condition, I fixed my observation on an ant that was carrying a grain of corn larger than itsrlt'up a high wall. I numbered the efforts it made to accomplish...fell sixty-nine times to the ground; but the insect still persevered, and the seventieth time it reached thr top of the wall. This sight gave me courage... | |
 | 1822 - 588 páginas
...many hours. Desiring to divert my mind from my hopeless condition, I fixed my observation on a little ant that was carrying a grain of corn, larger, than...it made to accomplish this object. The grain fell sixty .nine times to the ground, but the insect parsevered, and the seventieth time it reached the... | |
 | 1834 - 532 páginas
...where I sat alono many hours. Desiring to divert my mind from my hopeless condition, I fixed my eyes on an ant, that was carrying a grain of corn larger than...persevered, and the seventieth time it reached the top. This sight gave me courage at the moment, and I never forgot the lesson." — Malcolm's Persia. * The... | |
 | 1839 - 296 páginas
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 | Thomas H. Palmer - 1840 - 328 páginas
...for many hours. To divert his mind from his hopeless condition, he fixed his observation on a little ant, that was carrying a grain of corn, larger than itself, up a high walL He numbered the efforts it made to accomplish this object. The grain fell sixty-nine times to the ground,... | |
 | 1843 - 402 páginas
...where I sat alone many hours. Desiring to divert my mind from my hopeless condition, I fixed my eyes on an ant, that was carrying a grain of corn larger than itself upon a high wall. I numbered the efforts that it made to accomplish this object. The grain fell sixty-nine... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1845 - 176 páginas
...hours. He tried to turn his mind from his troubles, and to forget danger, by watching very closely an ant, that was carrying a grain of corn, larger than itself, up a high wall. 2. In its efforts to get up, he found that the grain fell sixty-nine times to the ground ; but the... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1849 - 180 páginas
...hours. He tried to turn his mind from his troubles, and to forget danger, by watching very closely an ant, that was carrying a grain of corn, larger than itself, up a high wall. 2. In its efforts to get up, he found that the grain fell sixty-nine times to the ground ; but the... | |
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I numbered the efforts it made to accomplish this object. The grain fell sixty-nine times to the ground; but the insect persevered, and the seventieth time it reached the top. This sight gave me courage at the moment, and I never forgot the lesson. 
