 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,...  The British Essayists - Strana 122úprava: - 1808Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - Počet stránok 244
...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...rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - Počet stránok 442
...myself on the tops of the mountains, 1 fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another : Surely,...rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - Počet stránok 446
...myself on the tops of the mountains, 1 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. V/hilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1866 - Počet stránok 170
...on the woman who loved him the best. — Kingsley. 7. We can show you where he lies. — Scott. 8. Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. — Addison. 9. What did he achieve and suffer in the world? — Carlyle. 10. They are fallen ; for... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - Počet stránok 458
...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,'...rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him,... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1867 - Počet stránok 102
...the same, And what I should be, all but less than He Whom thunder hath made greater. — Milton. 12. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the...rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. — Addison. PART III.—... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - Počet stránok 530
...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,'...rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - Počet stránok 456
...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...rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1902 - Počet stránok 266
...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...rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit 1 This is a good example of the short allegories which were not uncommon in the eighteenth... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - Počet stránok 474
...profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, Purely,' said I, (man is but a shadow, and life a dream.' Whilst...rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him he applied... | |
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