 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, man is but a shadow and life a dream.  Life of Robert Burns - Page 197by John Gibson Lockhart - 1830 - 328 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1803 - 466 pages
...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 myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...having washed myself, and offered np my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of B«gdnt, hi order" to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing mysdf on the tops of the mountains, 1 full into a profound contemplation on the... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 pages
...always keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day...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
...'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- myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1809 - 530 pages
...always keep holy, after having washed myself, 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. " • 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
...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 myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 pages
...kept holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my rooming 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 of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...kept 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 myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the... | |
 | 1809 - 448 pages
...kfter having washed myself, and oileied up my morning devotions, I ascended the high liill of Hagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer.' " vVe know nothing, or next to nothing, of the suhstance or structure of our souls : so cannot account... | |
| |
