 | Missions - 1807 - 672 pages
...no alternative but to lie down and perish. The influence of Religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present suiterings. I indeed was a stranger in u strange land; yet 1 was still under the protecting eye of... | |
 | Mungo Park - Africa - 1807 - 594 pages
...no alternative, but to lie down and perish. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight, could possibly have averted my present stifferings. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under the protecting eye of... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Anecdotes - 1809 - 234 pages
...little room for hope ; but the traveller adds, " The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected, that no human prudence or foresight...possibly have averted my present sufferings. I was a stranger in a strange land ; yet I was still under the protecting eye of that Providence, who has... | |
 | George Miller - 1826 - 864 pages
...no alternative but to lie down and perish. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight,...condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. j • " At this moment, painful as my reflections were, Hie extraordinary beauty of a small MOSS in... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - Explorers - 1832 - 430 pages
...dejection, his mind gradually regained its fervent tone : — "I was, indeed, a stranger," he thought, "in a strange land ; yet I was still under the protecting eye of tiiat Providence, who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pages
...no alternative, but to lie down and perish. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight...the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as my reflexions were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss, in flower, irresistibly caught my eye. I... | |
 | 1837 - 684 pages
...alternative, but to lie down and perish. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was...the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as were my reflections, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught... | |
 | African Americans - 1837 - 408 pages
...alternative, but to lie down and perish. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under the protecting eye ofthat Providence who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful... | |
 | John Todd - Conduct of life - 1839 - 416 pages
...recollected that no human prudence or foresight could have arrested my present sufferings. I indeed was a stranger in a strange land ; yet I was still under...the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as rny reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught... | |
 | Henry Butter - 1839 - 190 pages
...had no alternative but to lie down and die. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight...my present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger in a stranga land; yet I was still under the protecting eye of that Providence who has condescended to call... | |
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The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger, in a strange land, yet I was still under the protecting eye of that... 
