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OZYMANDIAS OF EGYPT I met a traveller from an antique land Who said : “ Two
vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . Near them , on the sand ,
Half sunk , a shatter ' d visage lies , whose frown And wrinkl ' d lip and sneer of ...
OZYMANDIAS OF EGYPT I met a traveller from an antique land Who said : “ Two
vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . Near them , on the sand ,
Half sunk , a shatter ' d visage lies , whose frown And wrinkl ' d lip and sneer of ...
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It stands near a corner , and just outside it is the famous old gate of Zuweileh ,
forming a portal for the neighboring bazaar district , where the devout still hang
shreds of their clothing as votive offerings for deliverance from disease . The gate
...
It stands near a corner , and just outside it is the famous old gate of Zuweileh ,
forming a portal for the neighboring bazaar district , where the devout still hang
shreds of their clothing as votive offerings for deliverance from disease . The gate
...
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... of a score of unfrequented shrines , untenanted pulpits , windows of wonderful
arabesque tracery , walls adorned with gilded texts , — but only in a rare instance
will it be found that any such edifice stands out sharp and clear from the mass .
... of a score of unfrequented shrines , untenanted pulpits , windows of wonderful
arabesque tracery , walls adorned with gilded texts , — but only in a rare instance
will it be found that any such edifice stands out sharp and clear from the mass .
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The whole effect is not easily to be described , nor is it readily forgotten . The blue
- gowned boys , the bright yellow strands , the tawny desert , and the equally
tawny mosques , standing sharp and clear against that sky without a cloud , form
a ...
The whole effect is not easily to be described , nor is it readily forgotten . The blue
- gowned boys , the bright yellow strands , the tawny desert , and the equally
tawny mosques , standing sharp and clear against that sky without a cloud , form
a ...
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Northward in the first reaches of the meadows stands the vast bulk of the hotel at
Heliopolis — the ancient city of On . Southward stretches the great Nile , flanked
on one hand by the desert and on the other by the alluvial plain . Beyond it ...
Northward in the first reaches of the meadows stands the vast bulk of the hotel at
Heliopolis — the ancient city of On . Southward stretches the great Nile , flanked
on one hand by the desert and on the other by the alluvial plain . Beyond it ...
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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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