 ... 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,...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 681927Full view - About this book
 | Christian life - 1846 - 598 pages
...the delicate conformation of the roots, leaves, &c., without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection in...world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection in...world a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1849 - 264 pages
...delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in...world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ?—surely... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - Country life - 1849 - 256 pages
...in flower. It was not larger than the top of one of his fingers — "Can that Being," he thought, " who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in...world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image." The... | |
 | Charles Alexander Johns - 1849 - 124 pages
...the delicate conformation of the roots, leaves, &c. without admiration. Can that Being, (I thought,) Who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after... | |
 | Theology - 1859 - 606 pages
...delicate conformation of ita roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in...world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern on the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? Surely... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Cosmology - 1850 - 684 pages
...were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught my eye. Can that Being, thought £, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in...world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with ua1 concern on the situation and sufferings of creafures formed after his own image ? Surely... | |
 | Catherine Mary M'Nab - Children - 1850 - 136 pages
...learned from the little moss? Helen. Yes; we shall never forget that ; — "Can that being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in...world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after His own image ? surely... | |
 | English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in...world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ? —... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in...world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image ?—surely... | |
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