Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 185
... Professor , begoggled as they are , beating against that blast from the Sahara in the midst of a hurrying host . To have ridden out to the colossi is proving to have been quite sufficient for a first essay . I suppose I rode altogether ...
... Professor , begoggled as they are , beating against that blast from the Sahara in the midst of a hurrying host . To have ridden out to the colossi is proving to have been quite sufficient for a first essay . I suppose I rode altogether ...
Page 186
... more of us her spirit ! She came back in rather better con- dition than did Katrina and the Professor , who strug- gled down to the boat attended by the usual army of warring donkey - boys clamoring for excess back- sheesh 186 EGYPTIAN ...
... more of us her spirit ! She came back in rather better con- dition than did Katrina and the Professor , who strug- gled down to the boat attended by the usual army of warring donkey - boys clamoring for excess back- sheesh 186 EGYPTIAN ...
Page 187
... Professor's visible supply of Source Cachat by one whole bottle each . - During dinner to - night we ran upon our first sand- bar . The vessel had sailed promptly on receiving back her tired company and boomed merrily along through the ...
... Professor's visible supply of Source Cachat by one whole bottle each . - During dinner to - night we ran upon our first sand- bar . The vessel had sailed promptly on receiving back her tired company and boomed merrily along through the ...
Page 188
... Professor has busied himself with a plan for a new and improved Nile steamer which shall be a sort of cross between a cheese - box on a raft and a Democrat wagon ! We have tied up at last , however , in the middle of the stream , and ...
... Professor has busied himself with a plan for a new and improved Nile steamer which shall be a sort of cross between a cheese - box on a raft and a Democrat wagon ! We have tied up at last , however , in the middle of the stream , and ...
Page 189
... Professor and I have found as kindred spirits two British stock - brokers , the dean of a well - known ca- thedral , and a peppery little Irish colonel of dragoons ( retired ) , whose strong Jesuit propensities have al- ready brought on ...
... Professor and I have found as kindred spirits two British stock - brokers , the dean of a well - known ca- thedral , and a peppery little Irish colonel of dragoons ( retired ) , whose strong Jesuit propensities have al- ready brought on ...
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Abydos Amenhotep Amenhotep III Ammon Ammon-Ra ancient appears Arabs Assiut Assuan backsheesh bank bazaars Beni Hassan body building Cairo camel carved cemetery chapel Cheops Citadel cliffs colossi columns Copts court dead decoration delightful Dendera desert donkey doubtless dragoman Dynasty Edfû Egypt Egyptian erected Esneh eternal face feet feluccas Ghizeh gods Greek Hassan Hatasu Hathor Horus huge hypostyle hall impressive Isis Karnak Khephrên king KOM OMBO land later lofty Luxor magnificent massive mastaba mastaba tomb Memphis midst miles modern Mohammed monarchs monument mortuary mosque Mouski mummy native Nile once Osiris passed Pharaoh Philæ Professor Ptolemaic pylon pyramids Rameses Rameses II Ramesseum Raschid ride river rock ruin sacred Sakkâra sands seems seen Seti shrine side sort sowaheen Sphinx spot steamer stone street Taiyah tarbush temple Thebes thing Thutmosis Thutmosis III tion to-day towers valley visitor walls worship