 Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, ' surely,' said...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2571809Full view - About this book
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...with the first vision, which I have translated word for word as follows. ' On the fifth day of the moon, which according to the custom of my forefathers...offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order^o pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 520 pages
...idea to a word of three syllables : " On the " 5th day of the moon, which, according to the cus" tom of my fore-fathers, I always keep holy, after " having washed myself, and offered up my morn" ing devotions, I ascended the high hill of " Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in... | |
 | English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...GOLDSMITH. THEVISION OF MIRZA; ' . '-i'.'. . i ' i Qf , a picture of human life. On the fifth day of the moon, -which , according to the custom of my forefathers...offered up my morning devotions , I ascended the high hills ofBagdat, THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. 243 in order to pass the rest of the day 'in me-; ditation... | |
 | English essays - 1803 - 466 pages
...fifth day of the moon, which according to the custom of my forefathers I always keep holy, after.having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, iu order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...with the first vition, which I have translated word for word, as follows : ' On the fifth day of the moon, which according to the custom of my forefathers...keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered np my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of B«gdnt, hi order" to pass the rest of the day... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1805 - 908 pages
...fixing an idea * Vol. II. p. 417, 18, 13. to to a word of three syllables : " On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefathers,...prayer." " We know nothing, or next to nothing, of the structure of our souls, so cannot account for those seeming caprices in them, that one should be particularly... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...thy victory ?" THE VISION OF MIRZAH. FROM iN ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPT. Addison. f ON the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefathers...offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing-... | |
 | John Evans - English prose literature - 1807 - 318 pages
...once the divinity of oar origin, and the grandenr of our destiny ; listen to the bard of Nature. " We know nothing, or next to nothing, of the substance or structure of our souls, so cannot account tor those seeming caprices in them, that one should be particularly pleased with this thing, or struck... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...with the first vision, which I have translated word for word as follows : ' On the fifth day of the moon, which according to the custom of my forefathers...keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered up ray morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...with the first vision, which I have translated word for word as follows : ' On the fifth day of the moon, which according to the custom of my forefathers I always keep holy, after havmg washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order... | |
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