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" Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage. "
A universal geography - Page 45
by Thomas Milner - 1850
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Twenty Lessons on British Mosses; Or First Steps to a Knowledge of ..., Part 96

William Gardiner - Botany - 1847 - 62 pages
...down to rest his wearied O limbs, and ponder on his destitute condition. " At this moment," he says, " painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty 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...
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Select pieces from the works of ... R.M. M'Cheyne

Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1847 - 282 pages
...[** Whatever way I turned, nothingapp<.ared but danger and difficulty. I s:iw myself in the mid«t of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season. naked and alone, surrounded be sav»ge animals, and men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement....
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Life and Remains: Letters, Lectures and Poems of the Rev. Robert Murray ...

Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1848 - 602 pages
...MOSS IN THE AFRICAN DESERT. " Whatever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I sow myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth...reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances...
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The Bible class magazine [ed. by C.H. Bateman]., Volume 2

National Sunday school union - 1849 - 346 pages
...the very heart of Africa : — ' Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in...by savage animals, and men still more savage. I was 500 miles from the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once on my recollection,...
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Vegetable Physiology and Systematic Botany

William Benjamin Carpenter - Plant anatomy - 1848 - 600 pages
...with amazement and terror. Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I found myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth...naked and alone, — surrounded by savage animals, and by men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from any European settlement. All these circumstances...
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The Christian Lady's Magazine, Volume 25

Christian life - 1846 - 598 pages
...around me in amazement and terror. Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in...by savage animals, and men still more savage. I was 500 miles from. the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once upon my recollection...
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The Life and Remains, Letters, Lectures and Poems of the Rev. Robert Murray ...

Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Andrew Alexander Bonar - 1849 - 576 pages
...GREEN MOSS IN THE AFRICAN DESERT. " Whatever way I turned, nothiag appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in...season. naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, nnd men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. At this moment,...
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A book for a corner; or, Selections in prose and verse, with ..., Volume 1

Leigh Hunt - 1849 - 264 pages
...around me with amazement and^ferror; whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness in...season, naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, aud men still more savage. I was nve hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these...
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A ramble in spring

Charles Alexander Johns - 1849 - 124 pages
...under the protecting eye of that Providence who has condescended to call Himself the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...beauty 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...
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The Flowers Personified: Being a Translation of Grandville's "Les Fleurs ...

J. J. Grandville, Nehemiah Cleaveland - Botany - 1849 - 778 pages
...Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I found myself in the midst of a vasi wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, — surrounded by savage animals, and by men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from any European settlement. All these circumstances...
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