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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 Life of Robert Burns

John Gibson Lockhart - 1905 - 412 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 freep holy, after having washed myself and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hill...
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Selections from the Works of Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison - 1906 - 414 pages
...of Mirzah," which I have read over with great pleasure. I intend to give it to the public when I 5 have no other entertainment for them ; and shall begin...to the custom of my forefathers I always keep holy, 10 after having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat,...
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The Home Reader and Reciter

1906 - 334 pages
...It cloBe, An ... dat 111 brack sheep . . . wuz ... me! — Anon THE VISION OF MIRZA. JOSEPH ADDISON. ON the fifth day of the moon, which, according to...my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here refreshing myself...
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Rhetoric and Composition

Edward Fulton - 1906 - 286 pages
...indeed, the knowledge of life which he possessed in an eminent degree is very imperfectly exhibited. On the fifth day of the moon, which according to the custom of my forefathers I always keep holy, afte having washed myself, and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat,...
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Essays from Addison

Joseph Addison - 1907 - 142 pages
...Visions 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...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...
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Composition and Style

Robert D. Blackman - 1908 - 328 pages
...Visions 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...my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself...
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Little Masterpieces of Autobiography, Volume 4

George Iles - 1908 - 202 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...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, or...
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English Prose (1137-1890)

John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 570 pages
...Visions 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...my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself...
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English Prose (1137-1890)

John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 574 pages
...over with great pleasure. I intend to give it to the public when I have no other enter- , tainment for them; and shall begin with the first vision, which...my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself...
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Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose

Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1910 - 776 pages
...Visions of Mirza, which I have read over with great pleasure. I intend to give it to the public when I d. If to the city sped — what waits him there? To...thousand baneful arts combined To pamper luxury and Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself...
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