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Page 76
day , - and near it are some stones bearing what look like the imprints of a human
foot . These are , of course , the vestiges of the Prophet . In a neighboring
chamber lie Kait Bey ' s four wives — the modest legal number . It is a thoroughly
...
day , - and near it are some stones bearing what look like the imprints of a human
foot . These are , of course , the vestiges of the Prophet . In a neighboring
chamber lie Kait Bey ' s four wives — the modest legal number . It is a thoroughly
...
Page 79
The Citadel just beneath looks rather like a toy . Beyond it spreads the huddled
mass of the city buildings , an inundation of humanity and all its works
overflowing the broad plain . The minarets rise here and there like needles IN
AND ABOUT ...
The Citadel just beneath looks rather like a toy . Beyond it spreads the huddled
mass of the city buildings , an inundation of humanity and all its works
overflowing the broad plain . The minarets rise here and there like needles IN
AND ABOUT ...
Page 81
... human remedy ; treasure - houses of torture , awful to contemplate — yet
above all supremely beautiful as they are supremely terrible . Surely God created
the desert for his peculiar glory ! It is unearthly to look upon shimmering in the
heat .
... human remedy ; treasure - houses of torture , awful to contemplate — yet
above all supremely beautiful as they are supremely terrible . Surely God created
the desert for his peculiar glory ! It is unearthly to look upon shimmering in the
heat .
Page 82
But as one looks away up the valley to the southward there tower the pale cliffs of
Helouan , and already these grow roseate , violet , amethystine in the departing
light . The pyramids grow ghostly against the flaming glory of the west . And with ...
But as one looks away up the valley to the southward there tower the pale cliffs of
Helouan , and already these grow roseate , violet , amethystine in the departing
light . The pyramids grow ghostly against the flaming glory of the west . And with ...
Page 90
It is no light matter to feel that one looks upon the very flesh and bone , the very
faces and features , of Pharaohs who reigned long years before Moses led the
Israelites out of bondage — long years , indeed , before Israel was even captive .
It is no light matter to feel that one looks upon the very flesh and bone , the very
faces and features , of Pharaohs who reigned long years before Moses led the
Israelites out of bondage — long years , indeed , before Israel was even captive .
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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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