| 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 870
...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,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 800
...could possihly 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...painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary heauty of a small moss in fructification, irresistihly caught my eye. I mention this, to show from... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 226
...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...condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. 5. "At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss, in fructification,"... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 226
...alter'native but to lie down and perish. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. the protecting eye of that Providence who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. 5. "At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss, in fructification,"... | |
| James Augustus St. John - 1859 - عدد الصفحات: 396
...regained its fervent tone : — " I was, indeed, a stranger," he thought, " in a etrange 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... | |
| Elizabeth Stone - 1858 - عدد الصفحات: 450
...his thoughts upon seeing a moss in flower : — ' 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... | |
| Daniel Harvey Hill - 1858 - عدد الصفحات: 292
...himself to death, God suggested to him the very train of thought employed by our Saviour. He says: "At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss caught my eye; and, though the whole plant was not larger than the top of my finger, I could not contemplate... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - عدد الصفحات: 466
...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... | |
| Philip Bennett Power - 1859 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...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... | |
| Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 806
...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,...my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a growing tuft of moss, irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances... | |
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