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Page 31
... astonishing to discover that Alexandria is not situated at one of the mouths of
the Nile , but lies well to the western side of the Delta on a shore so low that one
approaching by sea is unable to perceive it until close at hand . Secondly , the ...
... astonishing to discover that Alexandria is not situated at one of the mouths of
the Nile , but lies well to the western side of the Delta on a shore so low that one
approaching by sea is unable to perceive it until close at hand . Secondly , the ...
Page 34
A ghostly clump of masts towered into the sky close by the palm - clad bank . The
city behind was crowned with a luminous haze from its multitude of lamps . The
island of the Ghezireh before bulked large with its masses of black lebbakh trees
...
A ghostly clump of masts towered into the sky close by the palm - clad bank . The
city behind was crowned with a luminous haze from its multitude of lamps . The
island of the Ghezireh before bulked large with its masses of black lebbakh trees
...
Page 39
... here the entire town lies unfolded to your view , its close - packed houses
broken here and there by the tawny forms of mosques with yellow domes and
graceful minarets . Its eastern quarters at MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO
39.
... here the entire town lies unfolded to your view , its close - packed houses
broken here and there by the tawny forms of mosques with yellow domes and
graceful minarets . Its eastern quarters at MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF CAIRO
39.
Page 41
For the present be content with an inspection of the mosque of Mohammed Ali —
and then go down to meet Cairo at close grips . It is a showy mosque , built in a
manner unlike that which most such edifices affect . Its surface is of a coarse ...
For the present be content with an inspection of the mosque of Mohammed Ali —
and then go down to meet Cairo at close grips . It is a showy mosque , built in a
manner unlike that which most such edifices affect . Its surface is of a coarse ...
Page 43
The part of the city that lies close to the Nile , excepting only the hamlet of Boulac
, is thoroughly Europeanized . Its streets are broad and are lined with great hotels
, smart shops , churches , clubs , residences of the rich . Lebbakh trees — the ...
The part of the city that lies close to the Nile , excepting only the hamlet of Boulac
, is thoroughly Europeanized . Its streets are broad and are lined with great hotels
, smart shops , churches , clubs , residences of the rich . Lebbakh trees — the ...
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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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