 | 1837 - 408 oldal
...alternative, but to lie down and perish. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under the protecting eye ofthat Providence who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful... | |
 | Joseph Beaumont, Mary Tatham - 1838 - 438 oldal
...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...moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation;... | |
 | John Angell James - 1859 - 196 oldal
...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...moss, in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation;... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1839 - 256 oldal
...savage : I considered my fate as certain, and I had no other alternative, but to lie down and perish. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was...moss, in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of... | |
 | 536 oldal
...reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. 1 was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was...were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss, in a flower, irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to shew from what trifling circumstances the mind... | |
 | Henry Butter - 1839 - 190 oldal
...or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger in a stranga land; yet I was still under the protecting eye of...reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small piece of moss irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this, to shew from what trifling circumstances... | |
 | John Todd - 1839 - 416 oldal
...recollected that no human prudence or foresight could have arrested my present sufferings. I indeed was a stranger in a strange land ; yet I was still under...the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as rny reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught... | |
 | John Kearsley Mitchell - 1839 - 228 oldal
...* 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...moss, in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. * * * Though the whole plant was not longer than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate... | |
 | 1839 - 428 oldal
...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...moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1840 - 262 oldal
...present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger in a 1 IN AFFLICTION. 115 strange land, yet I still was under the protecting eye of that Providence who has...moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation... | |
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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... 
