 The universe at large would suffer as little in its splendour and variety by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf.  The life of Alexander Duff - Page 22by George Smith - 1879Full view - About this book
 | 1835 - 542 pages
...universe at large would suffer as little in its splendour and variety by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf. The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident.... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1835 - 386 pages
...universe at large would suffer as little in its splendor and variety, by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf.' Over all the mighty population of these countless worlds the power of God extends. How utterly... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...universe at large would suffer as little in its splendour and variety by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf. The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it, and lies at the mercy of the slightest accident.... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...universe at large', would suffer as little in its splendour and variety by the destruction of our planet', as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest', would suffer by the fall of a single leaf". The leaf . . quivers on the branch which supports it*. It lies at the mercy of the slightest... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - Readers - 1848 - 468 pages
...universe at large would suffer as little in its splendor and variety by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude Of a forest, would suffer by the fall of a single leaf. The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident.... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Astronomy - 1848 - 378 pages
...universe at large would suffer as little, hi its splendour and variety, by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leafi The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident.... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...universe at large would suffer as little in its splendor and variety by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf. The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident.... | |
 | Margaret Diane LeCompte - Alienation (Social psychology) - 1850 - 492 pages
...at large would suffer as little, in its splendour and variety, by the destruction of our planet, a* the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall pf a single leaf. The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the slightest... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...universe at large would suffer as little in its splendor and variety by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the full of a single leaf. The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1854 - 440 pages
...universe at large would suffer as little in its splendor and variety by the destruction of our planet, as the verdure and sublime magnitude of a forest would suffer by the fall of a single leaf. The leaf quivers on the branch which supports it. It lies at the mercy of the slightest accident.... | |
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