 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...  The Horticultural Register - Página 4631836Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 466 páginas
...the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the tip of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,... | |
 | John Hutton Balfour - 1859 - 492 páginas
...the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for, though the whole plant was not larger than the tip of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,... | |
 | 1859 - 682 páginas
...flower of extraordinary beauty caught his eye. " Though the whole plant," says he, " was not larger than one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsules, without admiration ! Can that being who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1860 - 434 páginas
...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,...the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,... | |
 | Civil service - 366 páginas
...flower of extraordinary beauty caught his eye. " Though the whole plant," says he, " was not larger than one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsules, without admiration ! Can that Being who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this... | |
 | Selections - 1862 - 348 páginas
...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,...the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves and capsule, without admiration : Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 páginas
...from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole . Sweet is the breath of vernal shower, The bee's collected treasures it« roots and leaves without PROVIDENCE, admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered,... | |
 | 1864 - 552 páginas
...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, etc., without admiration. Can that Being, I thought, who planted, watered, and brought... | |
 | Pulchérie Money - 1863 - 476 páginas
...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,...contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots and leaves without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection... | |
 | John Angell James - 1863 - 358 páginas
...will sometimes derive consolation ; for, though the whole plant was not larger than the top of ono of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,... | |
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