... where is the person, I ask of you, kind reader, who, on observing this glittering fragment of the rainbow, would not pause, admire, and instantly turn his mind with reverence toward the Almighty Creator, the wonders of whose hand we at every step... Mexico: The Country, History, and People - Page 3301863 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
| John James Audubon - 1832 - 564 pages
...our extensive continent, and yielding new delights wherever it is seen;—where is the person, I ask, who, on observing this glittering fragment of the...step discover, and of whose sublime conceptions we every where observe the manifestations in his admirable system of creation?—There breathes not such... | |
| Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - Birds - 1835 - 604 pages
...furnace glow." WILSON. s " Where," says Audubon, " is the person who, on seeing this lovely little creature moving on humming wing-lets through the air,...step discover, and of whose sublime conceptions we every where observe the manifestations in his admirable system of creation? There breathes not such... | |
| George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...extensive continent, and yielding new delights wherever it is seen ; — where is the person, I ask, who, on observing this glittering fragment of the...wonders of whose hand we at every step discover, and of 2 whose sublime conceptions we every where observe the manifestations in his admirable system of creation... | |
| 1862 - 908 pages
...the vast American continent, and yielding new delights wherever it is seen, — where is the person who, on observing this glittering fragment of the...the Almighty Creator, the wonders of whose hand we every step discover ! No sooner has the returning sun brought back the spring, and caused millions... | |
| George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...this glittering fragment of the rainbow, would not pauso, admire, and instantly turn his mind wilh reverence toward the Almighty Creator, the wonders of whose hand we at every step discover, antl of 2 whose sublime conceptions we every where observe the manifestations in his admirable system... | |
| William Jardine - 1845 - 424 pages
...Oiseauxmouchei, pis. Ixviii. 4 is, p. 151. " WHERB is the person, who, on seeing this lovely little creature moving on humming winglets through the air,...admire, and instantly turn his mind with reverence towards the Almighty Creator, the wonders of whose hand we at every step discover, and of whose sublime... | |
| Wonders - Birds - 1848 - 496 pages
...plumage, been called the " gems of the feathered world .' " " Where is the person," says Audubon, " who, on observing this glittering fragment of the rainbow, would not pause to admire such wonders of the Creator's hand, and to reverence Him who formed it." This beautiful genus... | |
| Christianity - 1851 - 534 pages
...pursuing its course over our extensive continent, and yielding new delights wherever it is seen;—where is the person, I ask of you, kind reader, who on observing...admire, and instantly turn his mind with reverence towards the Almighty Creator, the wonders of whose hand we at every step discover?. . . . No sooner... | |
| Art - 1853 - 454 pages
...yielding new delights wherever it is seen ¡ where is the person, who, on observing this brilliant fragment of the rainbow, would not pause, admire, and instantly turn his mind with reverence towards the Almighty Creator, the wonders of whose hand we at every step discover, and of whose sublime... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...the picture, as it ought to be, immortal. THE HUMMING BIRD. FROM THE SAME. • WHERE is the person, who, on observing this glittering fragment of the...mind with reverence toward the Almighty Creator, the wondcra of whose hand we at everv step discover, and of whose sublime conceptions we everywhere observe... | |
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