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" On the fifth day of the moon, which according to the custom of my forefathers I always keep holy, after having washed myself 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... "
The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the ... - Page 254
by Spectator The - 1853
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 322 pages
...girdle. of Mirza, which I have read over with great pleasure. I intend to give it to the public when I have no other entertainment for them ; and shall begin...custom of my forefathers I always keep holy, after havmg washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order...
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The Belfast Monthly Magazine, Volume 7

1811 - 538 pages
...the Spectator which relates the vision of Mirza, very happily begins it in the following manner; " On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefather*, I alwavs kept holy." — A beginning which has long been, and always will be, felt and...
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 13

1809 - 530 pages
...struck my young fancy before I was capable of fixing an idea to a word of three syllables. " On the 5tk day of the moon, which, according to the custom of...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...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 2

Enos Bronson - 1809 - 458 pages
...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, I always keep hnlJ, after having washed myself, and oftcrcd up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill of...
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Select Reviews, Volumes 1-2

1809 - 914 pages
...was capable of fixing- an idea to a word of three syllables. ' On the 5th clay of the moon, whicL, according to the custom of my forefathers, I always keep holy, after having1 washed myself, and ofôrccl up my morning devotions, I ascended the high lull of Hagdat, in...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 pages
...Visions of Mirzah, which I have read over with great pleasure. I intend to give it to the public when I have no other entertainment for them ; and shall begin...according to the custom of my forefathers I always kept holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my rooming devotions, I ascended the high hills...
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The Spanish language, la gramática inglesa, and the English reader

Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1811 - 606 pages
...THE ENGLISH READER. MORAL, RELIGIOUS, &c. The Vhim of Mina, exhibiting a Picture of human Life, OX the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my fore-fathers, I ahvays kept holy, after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high...
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...Visions of Mirzah, which I have read over with great pleasure. I intend to give it to the public when I have no other entertainment for them ; and shall begin with the first vision, which I hare translated word for word as follows : " ON the fifth day of the moon, which according to the custom...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index

Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...the pub when I have no other entertainment for them: a »hall begin wilh the first vision, which 1 bu translated word for word as follows : ' On the fifth day of the moon, which accordil lo the i ii. ţň of my forefather» I alwa>> k.-i hol\ , after having č ashed myself, and...
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Select Reviews, Volume 2

1809 - 448 pages
...struck my young fancy hefore I was capahle of fixing an idea to a word of three syllahles. ' On tlie 5th day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefathers, I alwais ke?f, holy, kfter having washed myself, and oileied up my morning devotions, I ascended the...
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