A Ride in Egypt, from Sioot to Luxor in 1879: With Notes on the Present State and Ancient History of Nile Valley, and Some Account of the Various Ways of Making the Voyage Out and HomeMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 399 sider |
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... probably caused by seeing the visitors leave by the little Southampton steamer . Husbands parting from wives , parents from children , lovers from lovers , are an interesting sight , but one which we do not care to see twice . The comic ...
... probably caused by seeing the visitors leave by the little Southampton steamer . Husbands parting from wives , parents from children , lovers from lovers , are an interesting sight , but one which we do not care to see twice . The comic ...
Side 26
... probably have ceased to think of the matter , only for the look of our more experienced friends . They were not afraid of infection , but they were afraid of quarantine . After much debate , a deputation waited on the captain to ...
... probably have ceased to think of the matter , only for the look of our more experienced friends . They were not afraid of infection , but they were afraid of quarantine . After much debate , a deputation waited on the captain to ...
Side 32
... probably make Jezirah seem a little paradise by contrast . For no fault of your own , unless it is a fault to travel , you may be imprisoned and very heavily fined , at the option of an official who probably does not know the difference ...
... probably make Jezirah seem a little paradise by contrast . For no fault of your own , unless it is a fault to travel , you may be imprisoned and very heavily fined , at the option of an official who probably does not know the difference ...
Side 71
... probably the baby , entirely naked and its eyes full of black flies , is much like what its ancestors were in the days of Moses . In the older quarters of the town the scenes are much the same , only that there is not so much room for ...
... probably the baby , entirely naked and its eyes full of black flies , is much like what its ancestors were in the days of Moses . In the older quarters of the town the scenes are much the same , only that there is not so much room for ...
Side 76
... is still the rule all through Egypt , as it probably was thirty centuries ago . All the great works have been performed by it . At the sugar factories in Upper Egypt , at the 76 THE PROPHET ON THE PLATFORM . [ CH . II .
... is still the rule all through Egypt , as it probably was thirty centuries ago . All the great works have been performed by it . At the sugar factories in Upper Egypt , at the 76 THE PROPHET ON THE PLATFORM . [ CH . II .
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A Ride in Egypt, from Sioot to Luxor in 1879: With Notes on the Present ... William John Loftie Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1879 |
A Ride in Egypt, from Sioot to Luxor in 1879: With Notes on the Present ... William John Loftie Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1879 |
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Abood Amen ancient anteekas Antiquary appeared Arab backsheesh bank beautiful Beni Hassan blue boat Boolak boys building built Cairo called canal Chafra Collector colour Coptic Copts crowd Crown 8vo crude brick dark Dendera dervish donkey dynasty early Edition Egyptian English European evidently eyes face famine fcap feet Fellah Fostat Girgeh Government Greek green Gypt Hassan heaps Horus hour inscription interest inundation Karnac Keneh Khedive kings labour land least look Luxor Malta Maltese Manetho Mariette Maydoom monuments morning mosque Mosta mound mountains native Nefert never night Nile obelisk Osiris passed perhaps piastres Portrait pylon Pyramid ride river Roman round Sakkara scarabs Scot seemed seen Seneferoo shadoof sheykh Shoofoo side sight Sioot Soohag Sphinx stands steamer stone strange temple tent Thebes tion tomb town traveller twelfth dynasty Upper Egypt village voyage walls
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