| 1854 - 652 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have 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 himself the stranger's friend. At this moment,... | |
| Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1856 - 570 Seiten
...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... | |
| Horatio Balch Hackett - 1856 - 268 Seiten
...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... | |
| 1856 - 418 Seiten
...I reflected that no human prudence or foresight 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 God who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as my reflections... | |
| 1856 - 870 Seiten
...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 - 800 Seiten
...I reflected, that no human prudence or foresight could possihly have averted my present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was...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 - 226 Seiten
..."I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. I was, indeed, a stranger in a strange land ; yet,...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,"... | |
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