 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...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 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 1 was here refreshing... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 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...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... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1825 - 272 pages
...the ruin of hopeful children. Vision of Mirza. 1. ON the fifth day of the moon, which according to Custom of my forefathers I always keep holy, after...offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdad, in order to pass the res! of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 pages
...out of mind, have been with me a kind of holiday. " I believe I owe this to that glorious paper fat the Spectator, ' The Vision of Mirza ;' a piece that...according to the custom of my forefathers, I always keep hotyj after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill of... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...toil, begin anew thy journey and thy life." LESSON XXXIV. The Vision of Mirza.—ADDISON. 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... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1830 - 340 pages
...to mere machinery. " This day, — the first Sunday of May, — a breezy, blue-skyed noon sometime about the beginning, and a hoary morning and calm...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 pages
...begin with the first vision, which I have translated word tor wont, as follows : Ou the 5th day ot iptions; the exquisite melody of his versification, rising and falling like the tones of an Eolian myseii and offered up дпу morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass... | |
 | 1830 - 288 pages
...unfortunate !"— He burst into tears, and left them. MACKENZtE. THE VtSION OF MlRZA. ON' the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefathers, I always keep holy2, after having3 washed myself and ottered up 4 my morning devotions, I ascended tJie high hills... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1831 - 338 pages
...This day, — The first Sunday of May, — a breezy blue-skyed noon sometimes about the be. t ginning, and a hoary morning and calm sunny day about the end...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... | |
 | 1831 - 196 pages
...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 the custom of...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 airing... | |
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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,... 
