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Page 6
Even the heat of her summer is compensated by the luxury of cool and restful
nights . But the fact remains that , however healthful her climate , one is not freed
from the necessity of due care ; and that the alternations between the heat of high
...
Even the heat of her summer is compensated by the luxury of cool and restful
nights . But the fact remains that , however healthful her climate , one is not freed
from the necessity of due care ; and that the alternations between the heat of high
...
Page 15
... the effect is naturally smarter than when one takes along simply an old suit that
has seen better days . The majority are content with the latter . Be prepared , in
short , for a warm day , a cold night , a fashionable hotel , and a very dusty road .
... the effect is naturally smarter than when one takes along simply an old suit that
has seen better days . The majority are content with the latter . Be prepared , in
short , for a warm day , a cold night , a fashionable hotel , and a very dusty road .
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It was our fortune to be landed there at night , after a dreary day passed within
sight of its low - lying shores , a delay made necessary by the tumultuous heaving
of the ocean . Smaller vessels ventured in and out through the narrow jaws of the
...
It was our fortune to be landed there at night , after a dreary day passed within
sight of its low - lying shores , a delay made necessary by the tumultuous heaving
of the ocean . Smaller vessels ventured in and out through the narrow jaws of the
...
Page 31
It is a pity , however , to be forced , as so many of us are , to make the journey to
Cairo in the night . The line passes through a wonderful country , albeit lacking in
diversity of view . To one who has made but a casual study of the map , it ...
It is a pity , however , to be forced , as so many of us are , to make the journey to
Cairo in the night . The line passes through a wonderful country , albeit lacking in
diversity of view . To one who has made but a casual study of the map , it ...
Page 32
It follows that the Nile actually grows smaller as it proceeds , and in the Delta is
likely to appear to the expectant eye a very ordinary river indeed . To us , riding
by night , all these wonders of the Delta slipped by in the darkness unguessed .
It follows that the Nile actually grows smaller as it proceeds , and in the Delta is
likely to appear to the expectant eye a very ordinary river indeed . To us , riding
by night , all these wonders of the Delta slipped by in the darkness unguessed .
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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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