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" It was a sight, indeed,' says Pitts, ' able to pierce one's heart, to behold so many thousands in their garments of humility and mortification/ with their naked heads, and cheeks watered with tears, and to hear their grievous sighs and sobs, begging earnestly... "
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah - Page 338
by Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1857
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Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture. Placing Many of Them in a ...

Thomas Harmer - 1787 - 568 pages
...Again, (p. 138,) " It was a light, indeed, able " to pierce one's heart, to behold fo many " thoufands in their garments of humility and " mortification , with their naked heads, and " cheeks watered isoith tears ; and to hear their " grievous jigbs and fobs, begging earneftly *' for the remijflon...
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Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries ...

William Fordyce Mavor - 1797 - 400 pages
...cannot think it amounts to fo many. It was, however, a melancholy fight to behold fo many thoufnnds in their garments of humility and mortification, with their naked heads, and their cheeks wet with tears; with fighs and fobs, earneflly begging, in a form of peneteutial expreflions,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 15

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1816 - 686 pages
...countryman Pitts describes the scene, when he beheld it, as a spectacle of passionate devotion. He says, ' it was a sight indeed able to pierce one's heart to...begging earnestly for the remission of their sins, and promising newness of life, using a form of penitential expressions, and thus continuing for the...
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The Quarterly review, Volume 42

1830 - 562 pages
...' It was a sight, indeed,' says Pitts, ' able to pierce one's heart, to behold so many thousands m their garments of humility and mortification, with...begging earnestly for the remission of their sins.' Burckhardt mentions the first arrival of a black Darfoor pilgrim at the temple, at the time when it...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 42

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1830 - 564 pages
...observes it, whether Mahommedan, Christian, Jew, or pagan. ' It was a sight, indeed,' says Pitts, ' able to pierce one's heart, to behold so many thousands...humility and mortification, with their naked heads, and checks watered with tears, and to hear their grievous sighs and sobs, begging earnestly for the remission...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 10

1832 - 280 pages
...Jew, or Pagan. 'It was a sight, indeed,' says Pitts, .' able to pierce one's heart, to behold so many in their garments of humility and mortification, with...begging earnestly for the remission of their sins.' Burekhardt mentions the first arrival of a black Darfoor pilgrim at the temple, at the time when it...
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The Life of Mohammed: Founder of the Religion of Islam, and of the ..., Volume 2

George Bush - 1833 - 288 pages
...Jew, or Pagan. 'It was a sight, indeed,' says Pitts, ' able to pierce one's heart, to behold so many in their garments of humility and mortification, with...begging earnestly for the remission of their sins.' Burckhardt mentions the first arrival of a black Darfoor pilgrim at the temple, at the time when it...
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History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern:: Containing a Description ..., Volume 2

Andrew Crichton - 1833 - 476 pages
...impressive spectacle. " It was a sight," says Pitts, " enough to pierce one's heart, to behold so many in their garments of humility and mortification, with...begging earnestly for the remission of their sins." Many of the poor pilgrims are in an ecstasy, and believe themselves in actual possession of paradise....
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A History of the Church: From the Birth of Christ to the Present Time ...

Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1834 - 562 pages
...Jew, or Pagan. ' It was a sight, indeed,' says Pitts, ' able to pierce one's heart, to behold so many in their garments of humility and mortification, with...begging earnestly for the remission of their sins.' Burckhardt mentions the first arrival of a black Darfoor pilgrim at the temple, at the time when it...
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Holy Bible ...: With a Commentary and Critical Notes, Volume 1

Adam Clarke - 1834 - 1038 pages
...the time of their wearing this mortifying habit, is about the space of seven days. Again, (p. 139) ' It was a sight indeed, able to pierce one's heart,...garments of humility and mortification, with their nakea heads, and checks watered with tears ; and to hear their grievous sighs and sobs, begging earnestly...
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