 | 1794 - 450 pages
...read over with great pleasure. I intend to give it to the public when I have no other ehtertainment for them ; and shall begin with the first vision,...and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order^o pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing... | |
 | English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...despise "' .„.. GOLDSMITH. THEVISION OF MIRZA; ' . '-i'.'. . i ' i Qf , a picture of human life. On the fifth day of the moon, -which , according to...and offered up my morning devotions , I ascended the high hills ofBagdat, THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. 243 in order to pass the rest of the day 'in me-; ditation... | |
 | 1809 - 530 pages
...fancy before I was capable of fixing an idea to a word of three syllables. " On the 5th day of die moon, which, according to the custom of- my forefathers,...and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. " ' We know nothing,... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...to the public when I have no other entertainment for them ; and shall begin with the first vition, which I have translated word for word, as follows...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 Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1805 - 908 pages
...before I was capable of fixing an idea * Vol. II. p. 417, 18, 13. to to a word of three syllables : " On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to...and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer." " We know nothing,... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...plague ? O Grave ! where is thy victory ?" THE VISION OF MIRZAH. FROM iN ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPT. Addison. f ON the fifth day of the moon, which, according to...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 506 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...and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer." We know nothing,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 622 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...and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer." We know nothing,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...From Waller's verses on a lady's girdle. M 2 of Mirza, which I have read over with great pleasure. I intend to give it to the public when I have no other...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...t From Waller'? verses on a lady's girdle. of Mirza, which I have read over with great pleasure. I intend to give it to the public when I have no other...custom of my forefathers I always keep holy, after havmg washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order... | |
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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... 
