 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 I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.  The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life - Page 5by Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 394 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1803 - 466 pages
...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 on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...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 in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing mysdf on the tops of the mountains, 1 full into a profound contemplation on the... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 pages
...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...prayer." " We know nothing, or next to nothing, of the structure of our souls, so cannot account for those seeming caprices in them, that one should be particularly... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - 1805 - 368 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... | |
 | 1809 - 530 pages
...struck my young fancy before I was capable of fixing an idea to a word of three syllables. " On the 5tk day of the moon, which, according to the custom of...pass the rest of the day In meditation and prayer. " • This day ; the first Sunday of May ; a breezy, blue-skyed noon, some time about the beginning,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - 312 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 pages
...kept holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my rooming 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...kept 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... | |
 | 1809 - 448 pages
...kfter having washed myself, and oileied up my morning devotions, I ascended the high liill of Hagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer.' " vVe know nothing, or next to nothing, of the suhstance or structure of our souls : so cannot account... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 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... | |
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