 It was a sight, indeed,' says Pitts, ' able to pierce one's heart, to behold so many thousands in their garments of humility and mortification/ with their naked heads, and cheeks watered with tears, and to hear their grievous sighs and sobs, begging earnestly...  Mohammed, Buddha and Christ, 4 lectures - Page 45by Marcus Dods - 1877Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Harmer - 1787 - 568 pages
...Again, (p. 138,) " It was a light, indeed, able " to pierce one's heart, to behold fo many " thoufands in their garments of humility and " mortification , with their naked heads, and " cheeks watered isoith tears ; and to hear their " grievous jigbs and fobs, begging earneftly *' for the remijflon... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1797 - 400 pages
...cannot think it amounts to fo many. It was, however, a melancholy fight to behold fo many thoufnnds in their garments of humility and mortification, with their naked heads, and their cheeks wet with tears; with fighs and fobs, earneflly begging, in a form of peneteutial expreflions,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1816 - 686 pages
...the scene, when he beheld it, as a spectacle of passionate devotion. He says, ' it was a sight indeed able to pierce one's heart to behold so many thousands...remission of their sins, and promising newness of life, using a form of penitential expressions, and thus continuing for the space of four or five hours.'... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1831 - 362 pages
...on this occasion, God would make up the deficiency by angels! ' It was a sight, indeed,' he adds, ' able to pierce one's heart, to behold so many thousands...begging earnestly for the remission of their sins, promising newness of life, using a form of penitential expressions; and thus continuing for the space... | |
 | 1830 - 562 pages
...' It was a sight, indeed,' says Pitts, ' able to pierce one's heart, to behold so many thousands m their garments of humility and mortification, with...begging earnestly for the remission of their sins.' Burckhardt mentions the first arrival of a black Darfoor pilgrim at the temple, at the time when it... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1830 - 564 pages
...observes it, whether Mahommedan, Christian, Jew, or pagan. ' It was a sight, indeed,' says Pitts, ' able to pierce one's heart, to behold so many thousands...humility and mortification, with their naked heads, and checks watered with tears, and to hear their grievous sighs and sobs, begging earnestly for the remission... | |
 | 1832 - 280 pages
...Jew, or Pagan. 'It was a sight, indeed,' says Pitts, .' able to pierce one's heart, to behold so many in their garments of humility and mortification, with...begging earnestly for the remission of their sins.' Burekhardt mentions the first arrival of a black Darfoor pilgrim at the temple, at the time when it... | |
 | George Bush - 1833 - 288 pages
...Jew, or Pagan. 'It was a sight, indeed,' says Pitts, ' able to pierce one's heart, to behold so many in their garments of humility and mortification, with...begging earnestly for the remission of their sins.' Burckhardt mentions the first arrival of a black Darfoor pilgrim at the temple, at the time when it... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - 1833 - 476 pages
...impressive spectacle. " It was a sight," says Pitts, " enough to pierce one's heart, to behold so many in their garments of humility and mortification, with...begging earnestly for the remission of their sins." Many of the poor pilgrims are in an ecstasy, and believe themselves in actual possession of paradise.... | |
 | James Forbes - 1834 - 712 pages
...burnt dl their backs and arms, and their heads swollen to a great degree. It was a sight to pierce the heart, to behold so many thousands in their garments...begging earnestly for the remission of their sins ; promising newness of life, using a form of penitential expressions, and thus continuing for the space... | |
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