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Page 13
The coinage of the country is readily mastered , especially by the American ,
thanks to the similarity in size and value that exists between the piastre with its
various multiples and our own five - cent pieces , halves , and quarters . In no
other ...
The coinage of the country is readily mastered , especially by the American ,
thanks to the similarity in size and value that exists between the piastre with its
various multiples and our own five - cent pieces , halves , and quarters . In no
other ...
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Something suited to wear on donkey - back through the dust is certainly required
, and if it be a riding - costume especially designed for the purpose , the effect is
naturally smarter than when one takes along simply an old suit that has seen ...
Something suited to wear on donkey - back through the dust is certainly required
, and if it be a riding - costume especially designed for the purpose , the effect is
naturally smarter than when one takes along simply an old suit that has seen ...
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... reclaiming deserts seems to appeal with uncommon insistence to our present
generation — far more so than the task of unraveling tangled threads of ancient
history , especially in any case where the 26 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... reclaiming deserts seems to appeal with uncommon insistence to our present
generation — far more so than the task of unraveling tangled threads of ancient
history , especially in any case where the 26 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
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of ancient history , especially in any case where the latter labor would exclude or
long delay the former . Meantime the work of excavating in the regions soon to
become untenable goes on with almost feverish vigor , as fast as funds can be ...
of ancient history , especially in any case where the latter labor would exclude or
long delay the former . Meantime the work of excavating in the regions soon to
become untenable goes on with almost feverish vigor , as fast as funds can be ...
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The police are everywhere , but they seem not especially efficient . Yonder is an
incipient street fight . It looks ugly . Two men are vociferating in fluent Arabic , and
each has laid a violent hand on the other ' s robe . Presently they will pull — if it ...
The police are everywhere , but they seem not especially efficient . Yonder is an
incipient street fight . It looks ugly . Two men are vociferating in fluent Arabic , and
each has laid a violent hand on the other ' s robe . Presently they will pull — if it ...
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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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