Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Philip Sanford Marden. OZYMANDIAS OF EGYPT I met a traveller from an antique land Who said : " Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . Near them , on the sand , Half sunk , a shatter'd visage lies , whose frown And ...
Philip Sanford Marden. OZYMANDIAS OF EGYPT I met a traveller from an antique land Who said : " Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . Near them , on the sand , Half sunk , a shatter'd visage lies , whose frown And ...
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... rigorously excluding all that has seemed likely to confuse rather than clarify . With the same end in view I have in- cluded a very brief survey of the ancient history of the land and of its religious beliefs - doubtless an.
... rigorously excluding all that has seemed likely to confuse rather than clarify . With the same end in view I have in- cluded a very brief survey of the ancient history of the land and of its religious beliefs - doubtless an.
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Philip Sanford Marden. the land and of its religious beliefs - doubtless an indiscretion in a layman , but one which seemed to me essential to my general purpose . I say all this at the outset , not to disarm criticism , but simply to ...
Philip Sanford Marden. the land and of its religious beliefs - doubtless an indiscretion in a layman , but one which seemed to me essential to my general purpose . I say all this at the outset , not to disarm criticism , but simply to ...
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... land of Egypt . I suspect I have taken liberties in the matter of its spelling , but that is the constitutional right , apparently , of all such as write of things Egyptian . Therefore it seems to require no apology . But the fact may ...
... land of Egypt . I suspect I have taken liberties in the matter of its spelling , but that is the constitutional right , apparently , of all such as write of things Egyptian . Therefore it seems to require no apology . But the fact may ...
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... most convenient to the needs of other " sowaheen " visit- ing Egypt for the first time in the same case with myself ; to wit , unlearned in the archæology of the land , untutored in the minutiae of its history , 4 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... most convenient to the needs of other " sowaheen " visit- ing Egypt for the first time in the same case with myself ; to wit , unlearned in the archæology of the land , untutored in the minutiae of its history , 4 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
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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