 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pages
...fail me. I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative but to lie down and perish. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...extraordinary beauty of a small Moss, in fructification, caught my eye. I mention this, to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...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...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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...reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small Moss irresistibly caught my eye ; and though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers,... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1856 - 570 pages
...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... | |
 | 1856 - 418 pages
...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...reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss caught my eye ; and though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could... | |
 | Horatio Balch Hackett - 1856 - 268 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
