Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 65
... sort of beggars with that rough - and - ready freedom peculiar to the British resident . A sound thrashing is what the occasional beggar sorely needs , and if he is so brazen as to press his entreaties un- duly on a resident , that is ...
... sort of beggars with that rough - and - ready freedom peculiar to the British resident . A sound thrashing is what the occasional beggar sorely needs , and if he is so brazen as to press his entreaties un- duly on a resident , that is ...
Page 77
... sort of evil eye , and their teacher , or sheik , or whoever he was , huddled them quickly into a dark and cavernous schoolroom , even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings . Thereafter we had the spacious courts and deep side ...
... sort of evil eye , and their teacher , or sheik , or whoever he was , huddled them quickly into a dark and cavernous schoolroom , even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings . Thereafter we had the spacious courts and deep side ...
Page 81
... sort of beauty . There is an element of depression to be felt throughout Egypt at the constant presence of those inexorable sands , hungry and insatiable , held at bay only by the merciful rise and recession of a mud - laden stream ...
... sort of beauty . There is an element of depression to be felt throughout Egypt at the constant presence of those inexorable sands , hungry and insatiable , held at bay only by the merciful rise and recession of a mud - laden stream ...
Page 83
... sort of grandfather to the present capital . In Old Cairo it is by no means amiss to hire a guide , simply because of the scattered locations of the interesting sites and their consequent obscurity . It is a long and dusty way from the ...
... sort of grandfather to the present capital . In Old Cairo it is by no means amiss to hire a guide , simply because of the scattered locations of the interesting sites and their consequent obscurity . It is a long and dusty way from the ...
Page 94
... sort of mysterious element which he called his " ka , " per- haps best defined as the vital principle . At death , the functions of the ka were suspended , so far as con- cerned the earthly body , but it did not perish utterly . The ...
... sort of mysterious element which he called his " ka , " per- haps best defined as the vital principle . At death , the functions of the ka were suspended , so far as con- cerned the earthly body , but it did not perish utterly . The ...
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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