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Page 12
Still , it is possible to fix different degrees of expensiveness , and the less costly
will hardly be set down , even by those of moderate means , as prohibitive . One
may not ask more of a country where living of almost any kind is dear — such ...
Still , it is possible to fix different degrees of expensiveness , and the less costly
will hardly be set down , even by those of moderate means , as prohibitive . One
may not ask more of a country where living of almost any kind is dear — such ...
Page 13
The latter drawback is reported to be much less bothersome now than it was in
the older days ; but it is still true that the one Arabic word with which the ear is
most often saluted is " backsheesh . ” Carriages , for the use of which one has
little ...
The latter drawback is reported to be much less bothersome now than it was in
the older days ; but it is still true that the one Arabic word with which the ear is
most often saluted is " backsheesh . ” Carriages , for the use of which one has
little ...
Page 28
Of the two latterday species the Copt is by far the smarter and at the same time
the less numerous . Copts are reckoned as numbering only about 600 , 000 souls
. No one seems to like them , despite their usefulness and quickness of ...
Of the two latterday species the Copt is by far the smarter and at the same time
the less numerous . Copts are reckoned as numbering only about 600 , 000 souls
. No one seems to like them , despite their usefulness and quickness of ...
Page 33
If the way stations had been deserted , this one was not . It was alive with hotel
touts who fell upon the alighting throng and enmeshed them like greedy spiders .
In almost less time that it takes to tell it they were gone , - gone to the last one ...
If the way stations had been deserted , this one was not . It was alive with hotel
touts who fell upon the alighting throng and enmeshed them like greedy spiders .
In almost less time that it takes to tell it they were gone , - gone to the last one ...
Page 53
... find in these old churches of the faith . It should be remembered that the
Mohammedan treats the whole matter of worship differently from the Christian .
He makes less of formal congregations and MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF
CAIRO 53.
... find in these old churches of the faith . It should be remembered that the
Mohammedan treats the whole matter of worship differently from the Christian .
He makes less of formal congregations and MOSQUES AND BAZAARS OF
CAIRO 53.
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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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