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Page 3
... work like this , - namely , that of deciding upon any definite system of
transliterating Egyptian names and other needful terms ; and also to the second
difficulty , which is like unto it , — that of adhering to the system once it has been
adopted .
... work like this , - namely , that of deciding upon any definite system of
transliterating Egyptian names and other needful terms ; and also to the second
difficulty , which is like unto it , — that of adhering to the system once it has been
adopted .
Page 4
The most one may demand in fairness of any author is that at least he stick
manfully to one spelling of a given word after once committing himself thereto , –
a thing , alas , which many a learned Egyptologist contemptuously refuses to do .
The most one may demand in fairness of any author is that at least he stick
manfully to one spelling of a given word after once committing himself thereto , –
a thing , alas , which many a learned Egyptologist contemptuously refuses to do .
Page 9
What monuments that portion of Egypt may once have boasted as referring to the
ancient civilization have either vanished under the hand of an obelisk - hunting
generation or have sunk to oblivion in the accretions of Nile mud . To be sure ...
What monuments that portion of Egypt may once have boasted as referring to the
ancient civilization have either vanished under the hand of an obelisk - hunting
generation or have sunk to oblivion in the accretions of Nile mud . To be sure ...
Page 11
To those of nervous temperament , however , it is likely to prove wearing . To be
sure , long purses may readily command the services of a tug , — but if one is to
be towed , it might as well be decided at once to charter a private steamer and be
...
To those of nervous temperament , however , it is likely to prove wearing . To be
sure , long purses may readily command the services of a tug , — but if one is to
be towed , it might as well be decided at once to charter a private steamer and be
...
Page 22
... a very modern generation to realize to what extent the gift could be amplified .
The river , which once merely overflowed the entire country and then retreated ,
leaving behind a sediment of rich loam , has been harnessed and controlled .
... a very modern generation to realize to what extent the gift could be amplified .
The river , which once merely overflowed the entire country and then retreated ,
leaving behind a sediment of rich loam , has been harnessed and controlled .
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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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