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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Side ix
... to include my notes of these wanderings in the Mediterranean , as some parts of them at least will answer to the yearly experience of travellers who winter in Egypt . Although since this book was written and , indeed , PREFACE . ix.
... to include my notes of these wanderings in the Mediterranean , as some parts of them at least will answer to the yearly experience of travellers who winter in Egypt . Although since this book was written and , indeed , PREFACE . ix.
Side 4
... travellers - is to see life , it might be thought , under very favourable conditions . But the reality is not so sweet . As we float down the Solent on a calm sea , a lovely view of the Isle of Wight in front , the sun setting behind ...
... travellers - is to see life , it might be thought , under very favourable conditions . But the reality is not so sweet . As we float down the Solent on a calm sea , a lovely view of the Isle of Wight in front , the sun setting behind ...
Side 8
... traveller holds forth , he who has surveyed the world from China to Peru , and who has apparently brought back only a knowledge of the iniquity of the British Government , the discomfort of foreign hotels , the loss of money by exchange ...
... traveller holds forth , he who has surveyed the world from China to Peru , and who has apparently brought back only a knowledge of the iniquity of the British Government , the discomfort of foreign hotels , the loss of money by exchange ...
Side 9
... point of his argument , and seldom fails to forget before he has done which was the side he originally undertook to support . Then there is the serious traveller , who makes it a business to CH . I. ] 9 THE COMPANY .
... point of his argument , and seldom fails to forget before he has done which was the side he originally undertook to support . Then there is the serious traveller , who makes it a business to CH . I. ] 9 THE COMPANY .
Side 10
... traveller , who makes it a business to go abroad , who would not visit any country without an object , who sighs deeply as he tells you he has to get to Japan before the middle of January as it is his duty , evidently a painful one , to ...
... traveller , who makes it a business to go abroad , who would not visit any country without an object , who sighs deeply as he tells you he has to get to Japan before the middle of January as it is his duty , evidently a painful one , to ...
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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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