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... And on the pedestal these words 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
...
... And on the pedestal these words 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
...
Page 19
The Copts are the Christian Egyptians , and they appear to have imagined 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
...
The Copts are the Christian Egyptians , and they appear to have imagined 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
...
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The one shortcoming 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 .
The one shortcoming 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 .
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As for the Mohammedan Egyptians , forming the greater body of the fellaheen , or
peasantry in the agricultural districts , they also appear to be a temperate , affable
, enduring , and reasonably industrious race . They still tolerate plural wedlock ...
As for the Mohammedan Egyptians , forming the greater body of the fellaheen , or
peasantry in the agricultural districts , they also appear to be a temperate , affable
, enduring , and reasonably industrious race . They still tolerate plural wedlock ...
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It follows that the Nile actually grows smaller as it proceeds , and in the Delta is
likely to 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 .
It follows that the Nile actually grows smaller as it proceeds , and in the Delta is
likely to 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 .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Egyptian Days |
| Author | Philip Sanford Marden |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 1912 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 329 pages |
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