 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
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...first division, , which I have translated word for word as follows : — " On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefathers,...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1851 - 332 pages
...fancy before I was capable of fixing an idea to a word of three syllables : ' On the 5th day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefathers,...my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill of Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer.' We know nothing, or next to... | |
 | Charles Jean Delille - French language - 1851 - 506 pages
...CHARLES LAME*. The Vision of Mirza. On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of jny forefathers, I always keep holy, after having washed...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... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 pages
...follows:— " On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to th« custom of my forefathers. I alwaj r s keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1852 - 336 pages
...fancy before I was capable of fixing an idea to a word of three syllables: ' On the 5th day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefathers,...my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill of Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer.' We know nothing, or next to... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...methods, is more likely to grow rich than the fair trader. THE VISION OP MIRZA. 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... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...of three syllables. ' On the 5tn dav of the moon, which, according to the custom of myeorefathers, I always keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended tlie high hill of Bagdat, in order to раза the rest of the day in meditation and prayer.' *4 We... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...begin 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 Bagdad in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 558 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,...offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the dajr in meditation and prayer. As 1 was here airing... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 pages
...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 to pass the rest of the day in meditation and frayer. As I was here airing... | |
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