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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Page vii
... gave the priceless gifts of security of person and property , and unfailing and equitably distributed water , till the whole land smiled as it had never smiled since it lost the Pax Romana . Therefore Egypt has an interest for the ...
... gave the priceless gifts of security of person and property , and unfailing and equitably distributed water , till the whole land smiled as it had never smiled since it lost the Pax Romana . Therefore Egypt has an interest for the ...
Page xii
... gave him a very complete diagnosis in Egypt and the English . Now I take up my pen to describe the humours of Egyptian society , Egyptian servants , and , above all , the humours and delights of travel in Upper Egypt . I give glimpses ...
... gave him a very complete diagnosis in Egypt and the English . Now I take up my pen to describe the humours of Egyptian society , Egyptian servants , and , above all , the humours and delights of travel in Upper Egypt . I give glimpses ...
Page 2
... gave Cairo her Citadel ; it was Saladin who founded the first Medressa , or mosque - college , which he attached to the venerable Mosque of Imam Shafyi , now surrounded by the tombs of the Mamelukes , one of the three mosques in Cairo ...
... gave Cairo her Citadel ; it was Saladin who founded the first Medressa , or mosque - college , which he attached to the venerable Mosque of Imam Shafyi , now surrounded by the tombs of the Mamelukes , one of the three mosques in Cairo ...
Page 3
... gave them a splendid escort of his choicest troops to take them home . When the whole cortège was between the middle gate of the Citadel and the Bab - el - Azab , he caused both gates to be closed , and this was the signal for the ...
... gave them a splendid escort of his choicest troops to take them home . When the whole cortège was between the middle gate of the Citadel and the Bab - el - Azab , he caused both gates to be closed , and this was the signal for the ...
Page 27
... gave you a long life . « Hamfy your humble servant . " This letter began " My dear . " And another letter written by a porter concluded with Hoping you are sweetly sailing down life's road . " Mr. Maghrabi signed another letter " your ...
... gave you a long life . « Hamfy your humble servant . " This letter began " My dear . " And another letter written by a porter concluded with Hoping you are sweetly sailing down life's road . " Mr. Maghrabi signed another letter " your ...
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