Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 12
... 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 living , at least , as that to which the ordinary visitor is ...
... 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 living , at least , as that to which the ordinary visitor is ...
Page 13
... 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 occasion outside of Cairo ...
... 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 occasion outside of Cairo ...
Page 28
... less numerous . Copts are reckoned as numbering only about 600,000 souls . No one seems to like them , despite their usefulness and quickness of comprehension . They do not get on well either with the English or with the natives of 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 comprehension . They do not get on well either with the English or with the natives of the ...
Page 33
... less time that it takes to tell it they gone to the last one , —and we stood alone on the platform with our Cairo host , " the Hak- kim " - blessed man ! -who had left his warm fire- side in the Ghezireh to meet us in the dead of night ...
... less time that it takes to tell it they gone to the last one , —and we stood alone on the platform with our Cairo host , " the Hak- kim " - blessed man ! -who had left his warm fire- side in the Ghezireh to meet us in the dead of night ...
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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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