 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 Seiten
...than the first DR. JOHNSON. t SECTION rr. ; The vision of Mirza ; exhibiting a picture of human life. ON the fifth day of- the moon, which, according to...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 1 was here... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 Seiten
...my young fancy hefore 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...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,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1830 - 340 Seiten
...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...and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the liigh hill of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. ' " We know nothing,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 Seiten
...others, I met with oue entitled ' The Visions of Mirza/ which I have read over with great pleasure. I Abelard.' The delicacy of the poet in veiling over...the same time preserving the ardour of Eloisa's pnss tor wont, as follows : Ou the 5th day ot the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefathers,... | |
 | 1831 - 196 Seiten
...heard the story from both their mouths, as well as from the rest of the company. THE VISION OF MIRZA. On the fifth day of the moon, which, according' to...and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hilla of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the .day in meditation and prayer. As I was here... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 Seiten
...piece that struck 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...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,... | |
 | David Booth - 1831 - 408 Seiten
...To satisfy ourselves of the accuracy of the Rule, we shall try the following by this criterion : " On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to...and 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." Here we may dismiss... | |
 | David Booth - 1831 - 366 Seiten
...ourselves of the accuracy of the Rule, we shall try the following by this criterion : " On the fifth ('.ay of the moon, which, according to the custom of my...and 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." Here we may dismiss... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 Seiten
...Wales attends the privy council, and accepts the oath, 1811. The Vision of Nina. It was on ihefifth day of the moon which, according to the custom of...and 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. — See Spectator,... | |
 | 1833 - 328 Seiten
...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...and offered up 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,... | |
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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... 
