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Page 15
Warm clothes are as necessary as light ones , and on the Nile steamers , as well
as in most eligible hotels , all the world “ dresses for dinner . ” Something suited
to wear on donkey - back through the dust is certainly required , and if it be a ...
Warm clothes are as necessary as light ones , and on the Nile steamers , as well
as in most eligible hotels , all the world “ dresses for dinner . ” Something suited
to wear on donkey - back through the dust is certainly required , and if it be a ...
Page 32
... very ordinary river indeed . To us , riding by night , all these wonders of the
Delta slipped by in the darkness unguessed . A belated moon lent an uncertain
light , its pale bulk reflected in the tranquil bosom of the canals that lay along the
line .
... very ordinary river indeed . To us , riding by night , all these wonders of the
Delta slipped by in the darkness unguessed . A belated moon lent an uncertain
light , its pale bulk reflected in the tranquil bosom of the canals that lay along the
line .
Page 33
It was long after the midnight hour when the lights of Cairo came into view and
the train slowed to a halt in the glare and bustle of the great terminal station - a
magnificent building , by the way , photographs of which on occasions are
exploited ...
It was long after the midnight hour when the lights of Cairo came into view and
the train slowed to a halt in the glare and bustle of the great terminal station - a
magnificent building , by the way , photographs of which on occasions are
exploited ...
Page 34
The long ride led through a maze of streets lined with tall buildings , across
squares aglow with light , and at last down past the museum and the barracks to
where the great Nile bridge reared its imposing portals crowned with majestic
bronze ...
The long ride led through a maze of streets lined with tall buildings , across
squares aglow with light , and at last down past the museum and the barracks to
where the great Nile bridge reared its imposing portals crowned with majestic
bronze ...
Page 35
We had been spared the sensation to which so many confess on being
precipitated from the train into Cairo by the garish light of broad day - a sensation
of partial disappointment which is the keener when one ' s appetite has been
whetted for ...
We had been spared the sensation to which so many confess on being
precipitated from the train into Cairo by the garish light of broad day - a sensation
of partial disappointment which is the keener when one ' s appetite has been
whetted for ...
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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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