 ... 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 capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I), who planted, watered, and brought to perfection,...  Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to ... - Pàgina 97per Robert Jameson, James Wilson, Hugh Murray - 1832 - 359 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1839 - 428 pàgines
...admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance,...sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely not. I started up, and disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forward, assured that... | |
 | John Kearsley Mitchell - 1839 - 228 pàgines
...admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance,...sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? Surely not! Reflections like these would not allow me to despair. I started up and disregarding both... | |
 | John Angell James - 1859 - 196 pàgines
...admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance,...sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? — surely not ! Reflections like these would not allow me to despair. I started up, and, disregarding... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1839 - 256 pàgines
...eye. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance,...sufferings of creatures formed after his own image] — Surely not!" Mr. Good, in his excellent work " The Book of Nature" gives an apposite illustration... | |
 | John Kearsley Mitchell - 1839 - 234 pàgines
...admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look witli unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? Surely not!... | |
 | Oliver Alden Taylor - 1840 - 280 pàgines
...himself :— " Can that being who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 79 this obscure corner of the world a thing which appears...sufferings of creatures formed after his own image?" Aroused by these just and pious reflections, he started up and went on, in spite of his fatigue ; and... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1840 - 262 pàgines
...admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance,...sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely not! Reflections like these would not allow me to despair. I started up, and, disregarding... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pàgines
...admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance,...sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely not ! Reflections like these could not allow me to despair : I started up, and disregarding... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1840 - 270 pàgines
...brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small im. portance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely not ' Reflections like these would not allow me to despair. I started up, and, disregarding... | |
 | 1841 - 722 pàgines
...that Being," thought Park, " who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance,...sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ?" The thought kindled his dying energies, and revived his fainting spirit. He started up, pursued... | |
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