 | George Luxford, Edward Newman - Botany - 1846 - 388 pages
...of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye ; and though the whole plant was not larger than the tip of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of the roots, leaves, &c., without admiration. Can that Being (I thought) who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1847 - 480 pages
...trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could...contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | Garland - 1847 - 104 pages
...trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could...contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1847 - 282 pages
...trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; 1or though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate tin: delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule, without admiration. Can that Being) thought... | |
 | William Gardiner - Botany - 1847 - 62 pages
...of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye ; and though the whole plant was not larger than the tip of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of the roots, leaves, &c., without admiration. Can that Being (I thought) who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1849 - 346 pages
...what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could...contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - Plant anatomy - 1848 - 600 pages
...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, I could...contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and fruit, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1848 - 602 pages
...trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation . for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could uot contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule, without admiration. Can... | |
 | J. J. Grandville, Nehemiah Cleaveland - Botany - 1849 - 778 pages
...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, I could...contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and fruit, without admiration. Can that Being (thought 1) who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | Christian life - 1846 - 598 pages
...trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of the roots, leaves, &c., without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought... | |
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I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and... 
