 | 1794
...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 having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order^o pass the rest of the day in meditation... | |
 | English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 258 pages
...i ' i Qf , a picture of human life. On the 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 ofBagdat, THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. 243 in order to pass... | |
 | 1809
...an idea to a word of three syllables. " On the 5th day of die 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 hill of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation... | |
 | English essays - 1804
...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 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 Samuel Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1805
...13. to to a word of three syllables : " On the 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 hill of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 360 pages
...FROM iN ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPT. Addison. f ON the 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, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806
...an idea to a word of three syllables : " On the 5th day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my fore-fathers, I always keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808
...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 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1809
...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 having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions. I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in. order to pass the rest of the day in meditation... | |
 | English literature - 1809
...an idea to a word of three syllables. " On the 5tk 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 hill of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day In meditation... | |
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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... 
