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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 wrinkl ' d lip and sneer of ...
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 wrinkl ' d lip and sneer of ...
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... very brief survey of the ancient history of the land and of its religious beliefs —
doubtless an.
... very brief survey of the ancient history of the land and of its religious beliefs —
doubtless an.
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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 indicate the intended scope of the
book ...
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 indicate the intended scope of the
book ...
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CHAPTER I . SOWAHEEN IN EGYPT COWAHEEN — the word , by the way , is
Arabic N and plural — is the opprobrious term by which tourists are designated in
the land of Egypt . I suspect I have taken liberties in the matter of its spelling , but
...
CHAPTER I . SOWAHEEN IN EGYPT COWAHEEN — the word , by the way , is
Arabic N and plural — is the opprobrious term by which tourists are designated in
the land of Egypt . I suspect I have taken liberties in the matter of its spelling , but
...
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... the needs of other “ sowaheen " visiting Egypt for the first time in the same case
with myself ; to wit , unlearned in the archæology of the land , untutored in the
minutiæ of its history , EGYPTIAN DAYS.
... the needs of other “ sowaheen " visiting Egypt for the first time in the same case
with myself ; to wit , unlearned in the archæology of the land , untutored in the
minutiæ of its history , EGYPTIAN DAYS.
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| 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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