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Page 13
... question that gives one no concern . As for seasons , no doubt can exist that
the proper time to see Egypt at its best is “ between SOWAHEEN IN EGYPT 13.
... question that gives one no concern . As for seasons , no doubt can exist that
the proper time to see Egypt at its best is “ between SOWAHEEN IN EGYPT 13.
Page 14
... there is so much that must be read , there are so many theories as to what it is
absolutely essential to wear ! And yet , apart from the reading , the safe rule is
doubtless the one which any old traveler would give for visiting any other country
...
... there is so much that must be read , there are so many theories as to what it is
absolutely essential to wear ! And yet , apart from the reading , the safe rule is
doubtless the one which any old traveler would give for visiting any other country
...
Page 31
All these might give to the painstaking sightseer a good day ' s work ; but it is the
common lot to be whisked away to Cairo by the steamboat special , leaving of
Alexandria no more than the confused impression of a busy , modern port , a ...
All these might give to the painstaking sightseer a good day ' s work ; but it is the
common lot to be whisked away to Cairo by the steamboat special , leaving of
Alexandria no more than the confused impression of a busy , modern port , a ...
Page 41
Its surface is of a coarse - grained yellow alabaster so distinctive in tone as to
give to the mosque its colloquial name — the Alabaster Mosque . A little knot of
men squat at its narrow door , selling tickets of admission and tying on the
necessary ...
Its surface is of a coarse - grained yellow alabaster so distinctive in tone as to
give to the mosque its colloquial name — the Alabaster Mosque . A little knot of
men squat at its narrow door , selling tickets of admission and tying on the
necessary ...
Page 42
Within , the building gives more the impression of a palace than a mosque . It is
carpeted with thick rugs , and heavy curtains are hung all about . Great
chandeliers depend from the roof , and daylight filters down from the huge
Byzantine ...
Within , the building gives more the impression of a palace than a mosque . It is
carpeted with thick rugs , and heavy curtains are hung all about . Great
chandeliers depend from the roof , and daylight filters down from the huge
Byzantine ...
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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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