 | Charles Jean Delille - 1844 - 476 páginas
...mouth of the late Mrs. Crawford, then sixty-seven years of age. — CHARLES LAMB*. The Vision of Mirza. On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of * Charles Lamb was educated in Christ's Hospital, London. He died in 1834, aged 59. roy forefathers,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 páginas
...and are read 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...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... | |
 | 1845 - 440 páginas
...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... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 692 páginas
...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 my forefathers, l always keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my moruing devotions, I ascended the... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - 1847 - 396 páginas
...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...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,... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 páginas
...circumstances by which he is surrounded. — Cicero. THE VISION OF MIBZA, EXHIBITING A PICTUBE OF HUMAN LIFE. ON the fifth day of the moon, which, according to...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... | |
 | Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 páginas
...and snow. All these are vanished, dropt away as the snow upon their heads." Spectator, No. 146. vIII. On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to...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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1849 - 348 páginas
...Perch, t). to light upon like a bird. 14. Ad'-R-inant. n. a very liard stone. THE VISION OF M1RZA. 1. ON the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefathers, I always kept holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 páginas
...the public, when I have no other entertainment for them ; and shall begin with the first division, , which I have translated word for word as follows :...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. As I was here airing... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 páginas
...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 the custom of my forefather», I always keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions,... | |
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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... 
