 | 1817 - 436 pages
...,ve know, by the microscope, it teems with, is extinguished ; and, an occurrence so insignificant in the eye of man, and on the scale of his observation,...it, to the myriads which people this little leaf, га event as terrible and as decisive as the destruction of a world. Now, on the grand scale of the... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1817 - 294 pages
...we know, by the microscope, it teems with, is extinguished; and,, an occurrence so insignificant in the eye of man, and on the scale of his observation,...it, to the myriads which people this little leaf, aa event as terrible and as decisive as the destruction of a world. Now, on the grand scale of the... | |
 | 1817 - 670 pages
...and on the scale of bis observatiun, carries in it, to the myriads which people this little leaf, au event as terrible and as decisive as the destruction of a world. Now, on the grand scale ot the universe, we, the occupiers of this ball, which performs it» little round among the suns and... | |
 | 1817 - 514 pages
...is eitinguished, »nd, an occurrence so insignificant in the eye of roan, and on the scale of Ui« observation, carries in it, to the myriads which people this little leaf, an event as terrible and us decisive as the destruction of a world. Kow, on the grand scale of the universe, .we, the occupiers... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1822 - 398 pages
...we know, by the microscope, it teems with, is extinguished ; and, an occurrence so insignificant in the eye of man, and on the scale of his observation,...as decisive as the destruction of a world. Now, on th« grand scale of the universe, we, the occupiers of this ball, which performs its httle round among... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pages
...which we know by the microscope it teems with, is extinguished ; am!, an occurrence so insignificant in the eye of man, and on the scale of his observation,...people this little leaf, an event as terrible and decisive as the destruction of a world. Now on the grand scale of the universe, we, the occupants of... | |
 | 1833 - 744 pages
...the stream that runs beneath the branch from which a breath of wind has torn it. And he continues, " Now, on the grand scale of the universe, we the occupiers...which performs its little round among the suns and systems which astronomy has unfolded — we may feel the same littleness and the same insecurity" as... | |
 | 1835 - 542 pages
...microscope it teems with, is extinguished; and an occurrence so insignificant in the eye of man, and in the scale of his observation, carries in it, to the...performs its little round among the suns and the systems which astronomy has unfolded — we may feel the same littleness, and the same insecurity. We differ... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1836 - 180 pages
...which we know by the microscope,it teems with, is extinguished ; and an occurrence, so insignificant in the eye of man, and on the scale of his observation, carries in it, to the myriads which people this leaf, an event as terrible and decisive, as the destruction of a world. 4. Now, on the grand scale... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...an occurrence so insignificant ha the eye of man, and in the scale of his observation, carries with it to the myriads which people this little leaf, an event as terrible and decisive as the destruction of a world. Now, on the grand scale of the universe, we, the occupiers... | |
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A breath of wind tears it from its stem, and it lights on the stream of water which passes underneath. In a moment of time the life, which we know by the microscope it teems with, is extinguished ; and an occurrence so insignificant in the eye of man,... 
