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Page 39
This is not the only temptation cafés present for one's servants . Ramidge had a
suffragi who could never be found when he was wanted . The reason was that ,
finding that Ramidge was rather easy - going , he took another job at a café
round ...
This is not the only temptation cafés present for one's servants . Ramidge had a
suffragi who could never be found when he was wanted . The reason was that ,
finding that Ramidge was rather easy - going , he took another job at a café
round ...
Page 87
... and brocades , some in rich dresses and some in flannel dressing - gowns ; the
poor little bride was on duty all day long . All the presents were brought in plush
cloths embroidered with gold , and all piled on the 87 CHIPS FROM THE COURT
.
... and brocades , some in rich dresses and some in flannel dressing - gowns ; the
poor little bride was on duty all day long . All the presents were brought in plush
cloths embroidered with gold , and all piled on the 87 CHIPS FROM THE COURT
.
Page 91
There was nothing to pay , the Mudir said : it was a present . They thanked him
profusely , and , when they got back to Cairo , sent the dog to the friend who had
given them the commission . A few days afterwards they received an indignant ...
There was nothing to pay , the Mudir said : it was a present . They thanked him
profusely , and , when they got back to Cairo , sent the dog to the friend who had
given them the commission . A few days afterwards they received an indignant ...
Page 100
At present all the good porphyry in the world is second - hand . Agenoria and her
husband rode on staid little donkeys , but they were escorted by wild Arabs on
swift white horses 100 THE HUMOURS OF THE COUNTRY EGYPTIAN.
At present all the good porphyry in the world is second - hand . Agenoria and her
husband rode on staid little donkeys , but they were escorted by wild Arabs on
swift white horses 100 THE HUMOURS OF THE COUNTRY EGYPTIAN.
Page 101
... pulled off all sorts of disagreeable and greasy delicacies and popped them into
their mouths with his fingers . Agenoria went through it mournfully , and when she
got home sent the women a present of spangled gauze . On another occasion ...
... pulled off all sorts of disagreeable and greasy delicacies and popped them into
their mouths with his fingers . Agenoria went through it mournfully , and when she
got home sent the women a present of spangled gauze . On another occasion ...
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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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