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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 Spectator, with Illustrative Notes: To which are Prefixed, the ..., Volume 3

1794 - 450 pages
...read over with great pleasure. I intend to give it to the public when I have no other ehtertainment for them ; and shall begin with the first vision,...devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order^o pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops...
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The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a ..., Volume 2

Robert Burns - 1800 - 520 pages
...idea to a word of three syllables : " On the " 5th day of the moon, which, according to the cus" tom of my fore-fathers, I always keep holy, after " having washed myself, and offered up my morn" ing devotions, I ascended the high hill of " Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in...
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...despise "' .„.. GOLDSMITH. THEVISION OF MIRZA; ' . '-i'.'. . i ' i Qf , a picture of human life. On the fifth day of the moon, -which , according to...up my morning devotions , I ascended the high hills ofBagdat, THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. 243 in order to pass the rest of the day 'in me-; ditation and pfayer....
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 13

1809 - 530 pages
...fancy before I was capable of fixing an idea to a word of three syllables. " On the 5th day of die moon, which, according to the custom of- my forefathers,...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. " ' We know nothing,...
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The Spectator ...

English essays - 1803 - 466 pages
...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 Bagdat, iu order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops...
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1804 - 412 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 with the first vition, which I have translated word for word, as follows : ' On the fifth day of the moon, which according...
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Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions ..., Volumes 1-2

Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1805 - 908 pages
...before I was capable of fixing an idea * Vol. II. p. 417, 18, 13. to 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 Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer." " We know nothing,...
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The Works of Robert Burns: General correspondence, including pieces of ...

Robert Burns - 1806 - 506 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 Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer." We know nothing, or...
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The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a ..., Volume 2

Robert Burns - 1806 - 622 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 Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer." We know nothing, •...
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The British Essayists, Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...M 2 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...keep holy, after having washed myself, and offered up ray morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in...
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