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Near them , on the sand , Half sunk , a shatter ' d visage lies , whose frown And
wrinkl ' d lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions
read Which yet survive , stamp ' d on these lifeless things , The hand that mock ' d
...
Near them , on the sand , Half sunk , a shatter ' d visage lies , whose frown And
wrinkl ' d lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions
read Which yet survive , stamp ' d on these lifeless things , The hand that mock ' d
...
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Properly used , Egypt is capable of bearing length of days in her right hand .
Imprudently trifled with , she is as inexorable as New England herself . And the
greatest danger of the Egyptian climate is , I am convinced , to those robust souls
...
Properly used , Egypt is capable of bearing length of days in her right hand .
Imprudently trifled with , she is as inexorable as New England herself . And the
greatest danger of the Egyptian climate is , I am convinced , to those robust souls
...
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What monuments that portion of Egypt may once have boasted as referring to the
ancient civilization have either vanished under the hand of an obelisk - hunting
generation or have sunk to oblivion in the accretions of Nile mud . To be sure ...
What monuments that portion of Egypt may once have boasted as referring to the
ancient civilization have either vanished under the hand of an obelisk - hunting
generation or have sunk to oblivion in the accretions of Nile mud . To be sure ...
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The British supremacy in Egypt dates as a practical matter from 1882 ; and the
status quo received a decided confirmation in 1904 when , by the AngloFrench
agreement , it was stipulated , on the one hand , that England would not seek
further ...
The British supremacy in Egypt dates as a practical matter from 1882 ; and the
status quo received a decided confirmation in 1904 when , by the AngloFrench
agreement , it was stipulated , on the one hand , that England would not seek
further ...
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with what in other lands would pass for a high hand . The great obstacle in the
way of self - government is the prevailing illiteracy , despite the efforts to extend
and make comprehensive the school system . Sir Eldon Gorst , in 1911 , was ...
with what in other lands would pass for a high hand . The great obstacle in the
way of self - government is the prevailing illiteracy , despite the efforts to extend
and make comprehensive the school system . Sir Eldon Gorst , in 1911 , was ...
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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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