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Page 1
The only way in which I could include it in the present work without devoting to it
at least fifty or sixty thousand words , and thereby curtailing the space
indispensable for a description of the life and cities on the Nile , from the Sea to
Assuan ...
The only way in which I could include it in the present work without devoting to it
at least fifty or sixty thousand words , and thereby curtailing the space
indispensable for a description of the life and cities on the Nile , from the Sea to
Assuan ...
Page 3
... which lasted till the present dynasty replaced it with their mosque , and a
palace even worse in taste than the interior of the mosque . Its massive vaults
and foundations may yet be seen . The most beautiful buildings in the Citadel are
the ...
... which lasted till the present dynasty replaced it with their mosque , and a
palace even worse in taste than the interior of the mosque . Its massive vaults
and foundations may yet be seen . The most beautiful buildings in the Citadel are
the ...
Page 10
This majestic cluster of mosques has a Gothic richness and a Gothic gateway , a
captive from Acre ; the exquisite minarets present a diapering of hoary stone , like
the handiwork of the lacemaker or the chaser of precious metals . And , within ...
This majestic cluster of mosques has a Gothic richness and a Gothic gateway , a
captive from Acre ; the exquisite minarets present a diapering of hoary stone , like
the handiwork of the lacemaker or the chaser of precious metals . And , within ...
Page 32
On the next morning , when Ramidge went round to the garage , there was
Mustapha busily cleaning the car , and he had bought a new motor - horn as a
present for his master . Ramidge absolutely refused to take him into his service
again ...
On the next morning , when Ramidge went round to the garage , there was
Mustapha busily cleaning the car , and he had bought a new motor - horn as a
present for his master . Ramidge absolutely refused to take him into his service
again ...
Page 37
But if you have a visitor he is fair game ; if the suffragi does not want your visitor's
things himself , he will take them from him to be able to make presents to you
after the visitor is gone . The Berberine does not worry you much with his prayers
as ...
But if you have a visitor he is fair game ; if the suffragi does not want your visitor's
things himself , he will take them from him to be able to make presents to you
after the visitor is gone . The Berberine does not worry you much with his prayers
as ...
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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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