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I give glimpses of all the everyday life of the Englishman in Egypt , from doing
business ( with Egyptians ) to donkey - riding I also devote several chapters to the
eccentricities of the Egyptian Court The incidents in them were the actual ...
I give glimpses of all the everyday life of the Englishman in Egypt , from doing
business ( with Egyptians ) to donkey - riding I also devote several chapters to the
eccentricities of the Egyptian Court The incidents in them were the actual ...
Page xiii
... naked and unashamed , you must go down into the Delta , or up into Upper
Egypt . I give a general sketch of the rural life , which you will see , in my chapters
on the Egyptian State railways and the Nile as seen from Cook's steamers .
... naked and unashamed , you must go down into the Delta , or up into Upper
Egypt . I give a general sketch of the rural life , which you will see , in my chapters
on the Egyptian State railways and the Nile as seen from Cook's steamers .
Page 4
These were quite strong enough to give the powerful Sultans of Egypt time to
recover from any blow an enemy could deal them till suddenly they were
confronted by the better armed and more warlike chivalry of the Crusades . It was
then that ...
These were quite strong enough to give the powerful Sultans of Egypt time to
recover from any blow an enemy could deal them till suddenly they were
confronted by the better armed and more warlike chivalry of the Crusades . It was
then that ...
Page 7
The almost deserted mosque of Amr has a humble exterior ; but , inside , the
forest of antique columns , restored in the fifteenth century , give its liwån a noble
effect . There is no better way to enter the city of Ibn Tulun , the second part of the
...
The almost deserted mosque of Amr has a humble exterior ; but , inside , the
forest of antique columns , restored in the fifteenth century , give its liwån a noble
effect . There is no better way to enter the city of Ibn Tulun , the second part of the
...
Page 15
I am fortunately in a position to give my readers a picture of Awnys in the making ,
for Berkeley , a friend of mine , who was a schoolmaster in Egypt , and wished to
know the Egyptian boy's mind , set his class the following subjects for essays : 1 ...
I am fortunately in a position to give my readers a picture of Awnys in the making ,
for Berkeley , a friend of mine , who was a schoolmaster in Egypt , and wished to
know the Egyptian boy's mind , set his class the following subjects for essays : 1 ...
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| 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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