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Page 13
Oh , Mine tremulous hand just stop shaking , I pray , and firmly hold the
glowworm to pen all what thou could for defending about the duties of the poor
whom I believe are always downhearted and were to be frequently seen
shedding their hot ...
Oh , Mine tremulous hand just stop shaking , I pray , and firmly hold the
glowworm to pen all what thou could for defending about the duties of the poor
whom I believe are always downhearted and were to be frequently seen
shedding their hot ...
Page 17
Then the child will begin to creep on his hands and kneels and cach the walls . At
the same time his mother teach him some trifles of language . Then the child will
play at the door of his house and sometimes in the lanes with the boys who ...
Then the child will begin to creep on his hands and kneels and cach the walls . At
the same time his mother teach him some trifles of language . Then the child will
play at the door of his house and sometimes in the lanes with the boys who ...
Page 22
I can walk throught the desert with my pistol in my hand and not to fear any fierce
animal even in day , and night specially for my wish . My wish will be the best I
see for I want to be one of the inhabitants of the desert . At night I watch the
purple ...
I can walk throught the desert with my pistol in my hand and not to fear any fierce
animal even in day , and night specially for my wish . My wish will be the best I
see for I want to be one of the inhabitants of the desert . At night I watch the
purple ...
Page 35
... could stand against them , and that every decent - looking girl in the country
would want to marry one of them . It is a common thing , they say , for a Berberine
to snatch the rifle out of the hand of a chief , and twist it until it is of no further use .
... could stand against them , and that every decent - looking girl in the country
would want to marry one of them . It is a common thing , they say , for a Berberine
to snatch the rifle out of the hand of a chief , and twist it until it is of no further use .
Page 38
He also uses your towels , but not after a bath . He never dries himself after a
bath . He does not use the brass water - jug like a grown - up coffee - pot , with
which he has to pour water over the hands of his betters , if he is employed by a
native ...
He also uses your towels , but not after a bath . He never dries himself after a
bath . He does not use the brass water - jug like a grown - up coffee - pot , with
which he has to pour water over the hands of his betters , if he is employed by a
native ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Queer Things about Egypt |
| Author | Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Hurst & Blackett, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Mar 2012 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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