 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
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...shall 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...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... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...shall 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...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... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 754 pages
...shall 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...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... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 752 pages
...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 and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the... | |
 | Readers - 1912 - 414 pages
...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 and prayer. As I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life, and passing from one thought to... | |
 | Stanley V. Makower, Basil H. Blackwell - English essays - 1913 - 614 pages
...shall 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...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... | |
 | Henry Seidel Canby - Short stories - 1913 - 294 pages
...shall begin with the first 10 vision, which I have translated word for word as follows. " On the fifth day of the moon, which according to the custom of...offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to 15 pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1914 - 248 pages
...Bob-o'-link. bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; THE VISION OF MIRZA.— JOSEPH ADDISON. On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of...I always keep holy, after having washed myself and ofl'ered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1914 - 724 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 to... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1915 - 464 pages
...shall 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...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... | |
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