Queer Things about Egypt |
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HOW FOREIGNERS LIVE IN CAIRO 42 IV . QUEER THINGS ABOUT CAIRO
SOCIETY 46 V. THE WOES OF THE EGYPTIAN HOUSEKEEPER 50 VI . MORE
ABOUT AGENORIA'S SERVANTS . 61 VII . DOING BUSINESS WITH
EGYPTIANS 65 ...
HOW FOREIGNERS LIVE IN CAIRO 42 IV . QUEER THINGS ABOUT CAIRO
SOCIETY 46 V. THE WOES OF THE EGYPTIAN HOUSEKEEPER 50 VI . MORE
ABOUT AGENORIA'S SERVANTS . 61 VII . DOING BUSINESS WITH
EGYPTIANS 65 ...
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Agenoria had to banish her dogs to the roof , which was the only place the ticks
did not like . If she walked twenty yards from her house with any of her dogs they
got covered with ticks again . No dog can live at the Delta Barrage , ticks are so ...
Agenoria had to banish her dogs to the roof , which was the only place the ticks
did not like . If she walked twenty yards from her house with any of her dogs they
got covered with ticks again . No dog can live at the Delta Barrage , ticks are so ...
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Agenoria not only admired his grit , but she told her servants once for all that she
would not have any cruelty going on in her house . The father was so mad with
rage that the other servants had to hold him to prevent him from attacking the boy
...
Agenoria not only admired his grit , but she told her servants once for all that she
would not have any cruelty going on in her house . The father was so mad with
rage that the other servants had to hold him to prevent him from attacking the boy
...
Page 54
Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen. HELIOPOLIS , THE ATHENS OF THE
ANCIENTS . The avenue on the site of the city wall . P. 55 ] as the ending of it .
For , when Agenoria.
Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen. HELIOPOLIS , THE ATHENS OF THE
ANCIENTS . The avenue on the site of the city wall . P. 55 ] as the ending of it .
For , when Agenoria.
Page 55
For , when Agenoria and her husband had arranged to go to England and had
refused to take him with them , they found him lying on a heap of sand outside the
house , naked . “ What are you doing , Ibrahim ? " they asked , and he answered
...
For , when Agenoria and her husband had arranged to go to England and had
refused to take him with them , they found him lying on a heap of sand outside the
house , naked . “ What are you doing , Ibrahim ? " they asked , and he answered
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Queer Things about Egypt |
| Author | Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Hurst & Blackett, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Mar 2012 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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