Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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... hand that mock'd them , and the heart that fed ; 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 ...
... hand that mock'd them , and the heart that fed ; 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 ...
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... hand . Imprudently trifled with , she is as in- exorable as New England herself . And the greatest danger of the Egyptian climate is , I am convinced , to those robust souls whose bodily vigor and boasted indifference to variations of ...
... hand . Imprudently trifled with , she is as in- exorable as New England herself . And the greatest danger of the Egyptian climate is , I am convinced , to those robust souls whose bodily vigor and boasted indifference to variations of ...
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... hand of an obelisk - hunting generation or have sunk to obliv- ion in the accretions of Nile mud . To be sure , one may make an expedition with camels across the burning sands to the fertile inland district of the Fayum , and a railroad ...
... hand of an obelisk - hunting generation or have sunk to obliv- ion in the accretions of Nile mud . To be sure , one may make an expedition with camels across the burning sands to the fertile inland district of the Fayum , and a railroad ...
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... hand , that England would not seek further to alter the political condition of the Egyptians , and on the other , that France would not obstruct , either by demanding a time - limit or otherwise , the progress of the work which England ...
... hand , that England would not seek further to alter the political condition of the Egyptians , and on the other , that France would not obstruct , either by demanding a time - limit or otherwise , the progress of the work which England ...
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... hand . Ever since the decline of the Ramessids , ages and ages ago , Egypt has been ruled by governors from abroad . It so happens that the British domination of the country has been of incalculable benefit , more so than has ever been ...
... hand . Ever since the decline of the Ramessids , ages and ages ago , Egypt has been ruled by governors from abroad . It so happens that the British domination of the country has been of incalculable benefit , more so than has ever been ...
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Abydos Amenhotep Amenhotep III Ammon Ammon-Ra ancient appears Arabs Assiut Assuan backsheesh bank bazaars Beni Hassan body building Cairo camel carved cemetery chapel Cheops Citadel cliffs colossi columns Copts court dead decoration delightful Dendera desert donkey doubtless dragoman Dynasty Edfû Egypt Egyptian erected Esneh eternal face feet feluccas Ghizeh gods Greek Hassan Hatasu Hathor Horus huge hypostyle hall impressive Isis Karnak Khephrên king KOM OMBO land later lofty Luxor magnificent massive mastaba mastaba tomb Memphis midst miles modern Mohammed monarchs monument mortuary mosque Mouski mummy native Nile once Osiris passed Pharaoh Philæ Professor Ptolemaic pylon pyramids Rameses Rameses II Ramesseum Raschid ride river rock ruin sacred Sakkâra sands seems seen Seti shrine side sort sowaheen Sphinx spot steamer stone street Taiyah tarbush temple Thebes thing Thutmosis Thutmosis III tion to-day towers valley visitor walls worship