 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...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... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1825 - 272 pages
...ruin of hopeful children. Vision of Mirza. 1. ON the fifth day of the moon, which according to Custom of my forefathers I always keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdad, in order to pass the res! of the day in meditation... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...; exhibiting 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 of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...an idea to a word of three syllables : « On the 5th 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... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Poets, Scottish - 1830 - 340 pages
...an idea to a word of three syllables : ' On the 5th 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 liigh hill of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...an idea 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... | |
 | David Booth - English language - 1831 - 366 pages
...the following by this criterion : " On the fifth ('.ay 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 Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation... | |
 | Tales - 1831 - 196 pages
...of the company. THE VISION OF MIRZA. 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 hilla of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the .day in meditation... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 548 pages
...the oath, 1811. The Vision of Nina. It was on ihefifth 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 Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation... | |
 | English literature - 1833 - 328 pages
...an idea to a word of three syllables : ' On the 5th 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 Bagdad, 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... 
