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" 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,... "
The Works of Robert Burns: General correspondence, including pieces of ... - Page 196
by Robert Burns - 1806
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The Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Life

Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 pages
...believe I ove this to tint glorious paper in the Spectator, " The Vision of Minn ;" a pitee that «truck my young fancy before I was capable of fixing an idea...after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotiom, I ascended the high hill of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and...
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The Spectator, no. 1-314

Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 pages
...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...and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the nigh hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here...
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The National Preceptor: Or, Selections in Prose and Poetry; Consisting of ...

Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...LESSON LXV. The Vision ofMirza, exhibiting a Picture of Human Life. — SPECTATOR. 1. ON the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of...offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. 2. As I was here airing...
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The Works of Joseph Addison, Volumes 1-2

Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...shall begin with the first vision, which I have translated word for word as follows: 'On the fifth ght,) told us the bishop of St Asaph* ie the morning,...preachers for the whole year, where I saw with a great 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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Exercises on the German grammar

Franz C F. Demmler - 1842 - 92 pages
...stranger departed in peace. III. The Vision of Mirza. Exhibiting a Picture of Human Life. On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of...always keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered1 up my 11 >Diefi. See Gram. p. 85. l To offer up oerrid)ten (to 12 For my sake mir ju Etebe....
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The churchman's monthly companion, ed. by T.K. Arnold

Churchman - 1844 - 396 pages
...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...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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A new theoretical and practical French grammar

Charles Jean Delille - 1844 - 476 pages
...the custom of * Charles Lamb was educated in Christ's Hospital, London. He died in 1834, aged 59. roy forefathers, I always keep holy, after having washed...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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Class Book of Prose: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English and ...

John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...with as much interest and profit now as they were a century ago.] The Vision of Mirza. On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of...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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The Complete Works Of Robert Burns

1845 - 440 pages
...that struck my young fancy hefore I was capahle of fixing an idea to a word of three syllahles : " On the 5th day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefathers, I always heep Italy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill...
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The Genius of Scotland: Or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion

Robert Turnbull - 1847 - 396 pages
...my young fancy before I was capable of fixing an idea to a word of three syllables. ' On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of...my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill of Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer.' " We know nothing, or next...
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