 | 1794 - 450 pages
...for them ; and 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 my forefathers I always keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills... | |
 | English instructor - 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 the custom of my forefathers , I always keep holy , after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions , I ascended the high hills... | |
 | 1803 - 472 pages
...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 and prayer. As I was here airing myself... | |
 | 1809 - 530 pages
...syllables. " On the 5th day of die 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 and prayer. " ' We know nothing,... | |
 | 1803 - 466 pages
...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, iu order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...them ; and 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 my forefathers I always keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the hi^h hills... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 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 the custom of my forefathers, I always keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - 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 the custom of my forefathers I always 'keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills... | |
 | 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 my fore-fathers, I always keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill... | |
 | 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 my fore-fathers, I always keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill... | |
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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... 
