 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1875 - 558 pages
...from all its insignificance, for it tells me that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet,...there are worlds teeming with life, and numberless as the glories of the firmament." How excellently, then, antithesis is fitted, in the peroration of a... | |
 | Peter Parley's annual - 1875 - 130 pages
...the tribes and families of busy populations ; that in the leaves of the forest, the flowers of the garden, and in the waters of every rivulet, there are worlds teeming with life, and numberless as the glories of the firmament. Every lake and pond, sea and river, is stocked with animated beings of... | |
 | American literature - 1875 - 558 pages
...insignificance ; for it tells us that in the leaves of every forest, in the flowers of every garden, in the waters of every rivulet, there are worlds teeming with life, and as numberless as the stars in the firmament. The one tells us, that above and beyond all that is visible... | |
 | Art - 1876 - 124 pages
...from its insignificance, for it tells me that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet,...of the firmament. The one has suggested to me, that above and beyond all that is visible to man, there may be worlds of creation, which sweep immeasurably... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 486 pages
...all its insignificance ; for it tells us that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet,...and numberless as are the glories of the firmament. 3. The one has suggested to us, that, beyond and above all that is visible to man, there may lie fields... | |
 | 1863 - 374 pages
...CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. "The microscope tells me that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet,...there are worlds teeming with life, and numberless as the glories of the firmament." — Chalmers. Within the last few years the microscope has become so... | |
 | Wonders - 1878 - 172 pages
...from all its insignificance, for it tells me that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet,...and numberless as are the glories of the firmament." It is the purpose of God, In his unfathomable counsels there, To work slow miracles of power Divine... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1879 - 418 pages
...all its insignificance ; for it tells me that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet,...and numberless as are the glories of the firmament. ... By the one there is the discovery that no magnitude, however vast, is beyond the grasp of the Divinity... | |
 | John Tillotson - Quotations - 1880 - 392 pages
...insignificance ; for it tells us, that in the leaves of every forest, in the flowers of every garden, in the waters of every rivulet, there are worlds teeming with life, and numberless as are the stars of the firmament. The one suggests to us that, above and beyond all that is visible to man, there... | |
 | David Thomas - 1881 - 446 pages
...all its insignificance ; for it tells me that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters of every rivulet there...and numberless as are the glories of the firmament. By the one there is the discovery that no magnitude, however vast, is beyond the grasp of the Divinity... | |
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... families of a busy population. The one told me of the insignificance of the world I tread upon. The other redeems it from all its insignificance ; for it tells me that in the leaves of every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters... 
