Queer Things about EgyptHurst & blackett, Limited, 1911 - 428 pages This book is filled with varied information about Egypt. Everything is touched upon—the people, their customs, and manner of writing English, descriptions of scenery, history and social conditions—in the manner of a well informed traveler willing to tell all he knows. 1t is an entertaining book, and one which a visitor to Egypt could hardly afford to be without, especially the seekers of recreation in perusing passages of sprightly talk about things new and old, maintained by a man who is likely to have cheered many a table and fireside by his traveler's tales. |
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... side of the shield . If the Egyptian had as much sense as the Greek - out of Greece - there would be no other . The Greek knows when he is well off . He is as willing to live under other people's governments as the Jew , if those ...
... side of the shield . If the Egyptian had as much sense as the Greek - out of Greece - there would be no other . The Greek knows when he is well off . He is as willing to live under other people's governments as the Jew , if those ...
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... side , and on the other by its rocks scarped until they are almost steeper than the wall . This was the scene of the famous massacre of the Mamelukes - the turbulent barons in armour , each with his commando of armed re- tainers , who ...
... side , and on the other by its rocks scarped until they are almost steeper than the wall . This was the scene of the famous massacre of the Mamelukes - the turbulent barons in armour , each with his commando of armed re- tainers , who ...
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... side of Cairo . In the ' mounds ' which cover the ruins of Fustat just outside its gates , little dumps of ancient Egyptian antiquities are found . I myself picked up a tiny image of Knum , the Ram - headed god , there , when I was ...
... side of Cairo . In the ' mounds ' which cover the ruins of Fustat just outside its gates , little dumps of ancient Egyptian antiquities are found . I myself picked up a tiny image of Knum , the Ram - headed god , there , when I was ...
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... sides with ancient Arab mansions , and containing the lovely mediæval baths of Sultan Beshtak , still in use , to ... side of it is rich with all the architectural graces of the Arabs - its Mak'ad or open hall , has three great arches ...
... sides with ancient Arab mansions , and containing the lovely mediæval baths of Sultan Beshtak , still in use , to ... side of it is rich with all the architectural graces of the Arabs - its Mak'ad or open hall , has three great arches ...
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... side of the sticky point , or you may have a quarter of an hour's free use of the tram as a waiting - room . Residents , however little they may be able to afford it , certainly do use cabs for everything ; and this soon mounts up ...
... side of the sticky point , or you may have a quarter of an hour's free use of the tram as a waiting - room . Residents , however little they may be able to afford it , certainly do use cabs for everything ; and this soon mounts up ...
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