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 to another, Surely, said I,... Early Critical Reviews on Robert Burns - Page 71by Henry Mackenzie - 1900 - 313 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1794 - 450 pages
...' 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^o pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing... | |
| English instructor - 1801 - 272 pages
...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 ofBagdat, THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. 243 in order to pass the rest of the day 'in me-; ditation... | |
| 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... | |
| 1804 - 412 pages
...' 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 of Bagdat, in ordet to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 pages
...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...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
...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-... | |
| John Evans - 1807 - 318 pages
...once the divinity of oar origin, and the grandenr of our destiny ; listen to the bard of Nature. " We know nothing, or next to nothing, of the substance or structure of our souls, so cannot account tor those seeming caprices in them, that one should be particularly pleased with this thing, or struck... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 322 pages
...fifth day of the moon, which according to the 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 to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing... | |
| 1809 - 530 pages
..." On the 5tk 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...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
...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... | |
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