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Page 12
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 accustomed . It is
always to be remembered that much of the material necessary to the comfort and
...
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 accustomed . It is
always to be remembered that much of the material necessary to the comfort and
...
Page 26
... while the further inundation of Upper Egypt doubtless shuts in our faces a door
that was just giving a glimpse of much that was unknown of the remote past , the
demands of living humanity must inevitably outweigh every such consideration .
... while the further inundation of Upper Egypt doubtless shuts in our faces a door
that was just giving a glimpse of much that was unknown of the remote past , the
demands of living humanity must inevitably outweigh every such consideration .
Page 38
The path is narrow and steep , walled in on either hand by barrack - rooms and
by the living rock out of which the ascent is chiseled . DESERT ìîÊÀÒ ÒÀÌ
TOMBS OF THE CALIPHS WINDMILL MILLS MOSQUE 38 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
The path is narrow and steep , walled in on either hand by barrack - rooms and
by the living rock out of which the ascent is chiseled . DESERT ìîÊÀÒ ÒÀÌ
TOMBS OF THE CALIPHS WINDMILL MILLS MOSQUE 38 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 44
... your Egyptian is a born artist in effective color - schemes — enchants the eye .
The street cries , the passing music , the wailing prayers of the funereal old men
enthrall the ear . For the real Cairo , the African Cairo , the Cairo that is living the
...
... your Egyptian is a born artist in effective color - schemes — enchants the eye .
The street cries , the passing music , the wailing prayers of the funereal old men
enthrall the ear . For the real Cairo , the African Cairo , the Cairo that is living the
...
Page 68
Two hours and a half daily it is impassable , owing to the necessity of opening the
draw for the passage of the river traffic ; and to one living in the Ghezireh district ,
a familiarity with the bridge timetable is 68 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Two hours and a half daily it is impassable , owing to the necessity of opening the
draw for the passage of the river traffic ; and to one living in the Ghezireh district ,
a familiarity with the bridge timetable is 68 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
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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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