Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 74
... monarchs of the fifteenth century . These are mainly in ruins , though now conserved by the Government . Their revenues are gone . But as they tower out of the yellow sands against the cloudless blue of an Egyptian day , they afford a ...
... monarchs of the fifteenth century . These are mainly in ruins , though now conserved by the Government . Their revenues are gone . But as they tower out of the yellow sands against the cloudless blue of an Egyptian day , they afford a ...
Page 90
... monarchs , dragged from the deep sepulchres in which they plotted to slumber for all eternity , and put once again on show for a gaping crowd . And so terribly real they are , these emperors of the long ago ! We who have come to think ...
... monarchs , dragged from the deep sepulchres in which they plotted to slumber for all eternity , and put once again on show for a gaping crowd . And so terribly real they are , these emperors of the long ago ! We who have come to think ...
Page 91
... monarchs dead and turned to clay , here present in the body as when they were laid to rest , and bearing on their blackened faces some image of the vanished soul . Men may differ as they will in their estimates of Greek and Egyptian art ...
... monarchs dead and turned to clay , here present in the body as when they were laid to rest , and bearing on their blackened faces some image of the vanished soul . Men may differ as they will in their estimates of Greek and Egyptian art ...
Page 93
... have been to make adequate provision therefor . Naturally the most impressive works of this kind were those of the monarchs and of the wealthy men who could afford the greater magnificence and the greater THE OLD RELIGION 93.
... have been to make adequate provision therefor . Naturally the most impressive works of this kind were those of the monarchs and of the wealthy men who could afford the greater magnificence and the greater THE OLD RELIGION 93.
Page 107
... . Some of the genuine scarabs , by the way , are not mortuary offerings at all , but are remnants of souve- nir issues gotten out by ancient monarchs to com- memorate notable events , much as a modern govern- ment THE OLD RELIGION 107.
... . Some of the genuine scarabs , by the way , are not mortuary offerings at all , but are remnants of souve- nir issues gotten out by ancient monarchs to com- memorate notable events , much as a modern govern- ment THE OLD RELIGION 107.
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