| John Todd - 1835 - 414 páginas
...foresight could have arrested my present sufferings. I indeed was a stranger in a strange land; yet I was still under the protecting eye of that Providence...fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention ttiis to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation; for, though... | |
| Gilbert Thomas Burnett - 1835 - 538 páginas
...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 Providence...reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye, (I mention this, to shew from what trifling circumstances the mind will... | |
| Robert Huish - 1836 - 824 páginas
...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 Providence,...fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this, to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation, for though the whole... | |
| 1836 - 498 páginas
...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 Providence...reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye, (I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will... | |
| 1836 - 378 páginas
...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... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1836 - 682 páginas
...other alternative, but to lie down and die. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,... | |
| 1836 - 330 páginas
...As he contemplated the gloomy prospect, despair of final success almost mastered him. He says — " At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small mdss in fructification, caught my eye. The whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers,... | |
| 1837 - 408 páginas
...supported me. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under the protecting eye ofthat Providence who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as were my reflections, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught... | |
| Joseph Beaumont, Mary Tatham - 1838 - 438 páginas
...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... | |
| John Angell James - 1859 - 196 páginas
...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 Providence...fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation; for though the whole... | |
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