 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 myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought...  The Edinburgh Review - Page 2551809Full view - About this book
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Poets, Scottish - 1828 - 324 pages
...my young 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, I always keep hotyj after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill of... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...toil, begin anew thy journey and thy life." LESSON XXXIV. The Vision of Mirza.—ADDISON. ON the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefathers, I always kept holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Poets, Scottish - 1830 - 340 pages
...my young 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...and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the liigh hill of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. ' " We know nothing,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...begin with the first vision, which I have translated word tor wont, as follows : Ou the 5th day ot iptions; the exquisite melody of his versification, rising and falling like the tones of an Eolian myseii and offered up дпу morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass... | |
 | Readers - 1830 - 288 pages
...unfortunate !"— He burst into tears, and left them. MACKENZtE. THE VtSION OF MlRZA. ON' the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefathers, I always keep holy2, after having3 washed myself and ottered up 4 my morning devotions, I ascended tJie high hills... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...my young fancy before I was capable of fixing an idea to a word of three syllables, " On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of...pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer." We know nothing, or next to nothing', of the substance or structure of our souls, so cannot account... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1831 - 338 pages
...struck my young 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 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... | |
 | Tales - 1831 - 196 pages
...from both their mouths, as well as from the rest of the company. THE VISION OF MIRZA. On the fifth day of the moon, which, according' to the custom of...offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hilla of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the .day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing... | |
 | David Booth - English language - 1831 - 408 pages
...ourselves of the accuracy of the Rule, we shall try the following by this criterion : " On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of...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." Here we may dismiss... | |
 | David Booth - English language - 1831 - 366 pages
...ourselves of the accuracy of the Rule, we shall try the following by this criterion : " On the fifth ('.ay of the moon, which, according to the custom of my...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." Here we may dismiss... | |
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