Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... appear : ' My name is Ozymandias , King of Kings ; Look on my works , ye Mighty , and despair ! ' Nothing beside remains . Round the decay Of that colossal wreck , boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away . SHELLEY ...
... appear : ' My name is Ozymandias , King of Kings ; Look on my works , ye Mighty , and despair ! ' Nothing beside remains . Round the decay Of that colossal wreck , boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away . SHELLEY ...
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... appear to have imag- ined that when the Christian English came into virtual control the Coptic element would receive a decided preference in the matter of administration . No such result has followed , however , and the natural ...
... appear to have imag- ined that when the Christian English came into virtual control the Coptic element would receive a decided preference in the matter of administration . No such result has followed , however , and the natural ...
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... appears to be that produced by the awkwardness of England's position . She has what odium always attaches to the name of a foreign despot without a foreign despot's power to convey the fullest measure of benefit . It seems probable that ...
... appears to be that produced by the awkwardness of England's position . She has what odium always attaches to the name of a foreign despot without a foreign despot's power to convey the fullest measure of benefit . It seems probable that ...
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... appear to be a tem- perate , affable , enduring , and reasonably industrious race . They still tolerate plural wedlock , after the teaching of the Prophet , and until quite recently have divorced their wives with scandalous ease , yet ...
... appear to be a tem- perate , affable , enduring , and reasonably industrious race . They still tolerate plural wedlock , after the teaching of the Prophet , and until quite recently have divorced their wives with scandalous ease , yet ...
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... appear to the expectant eye a very ordinary river indeed . To us , riding by night , all these wonders of the Delta slipped by in the darkness unguessed . A be- lated moon lent an uncertain light , its pale bulk re- flected in the ...
... appear to the expectant eye a very ordinary river indeed . To us , riding by night , all these wonders of the Delta slipped by in the darkness unguessed . A be- lated moon lent an uncertain light , its pale bulk re- flected in the ...
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Abydos Amenhotep Amenhotep III Ammon Ammon-Ra ancient appears Arabs Assiut Assuan backsheesh bank bazaars Beni Hassan body building Cairo camel carved cemetery chapel Cheops Citadel cliffs colossi columns Copts court dead decoration delightful Dendera desert donkey doubtless dragoman Dynasty Edfû Egypt Egyptian erected Esneh eternal face feet feluccas Ghizeh gods Greek Hassan Hatasu Hathor Horus huge hypostyle hall impressive Isis Karnak Khephrên king KOM OMBO land later lofty Luxor magnificent massive mastaba mastaba tomb Memphis midst miles modern Mohammed monarchs monument mortuary mosque Mouski mummy native Nile once Osiris passed Pharaoh Philæ Professor Ptolemaic pylon pyramids Rameses Rameses II Ramesseum Raschid ride river rock ruin sacred Sakkâra sands seems seen Seti shrine side sort sowaheen Sphinx spot steamer stone street Taiyah tarbush temple Thebes thing Thutmosis Thutmosis III tion to-day towers valley visitor walls worship