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Page 43
But tourists fond of sightseeing do not stand upon this kind of ceremony ; they find
them very useful when once they have learned where there is likely to be a block
. It is prudent to board the tram on the far side of the sticky point , or you may ...
But tourists fond of sightseeing do not stand upon this kind of ceremony ; they find
them very useful when once they have learned where there is likely to be a block
. It is prudent to board the tram on the far side of the sticky point , or you may ...
Page 44
He dislikes driving by the hour unless he is going to be standing still all the time ,
while you are shopping or paying a call ; and you most decidedly need to bargain
if you are driving outside the town , because there is no fixed tariff for that ...
He dislikes driving by the hour unless he is going to be standing still all the time ,
while you are shopping or paying a call ; and you most decidedly need to bargain
if you are driving outside the town , because there is no fixed tariff for that ...
Page 56
other had a fine figure , he said , with appropriate pantomimic gestures , “ Lady fat
down there not at all nice , but a little fat up here very nice , emphasising by
adding to a lean native woman who was standing near , “ You very thin , you like
...
other had a fine figure , he said , with appropriate pantomimic gestures , “ Lady fat
down there not at all nice , but a little fat up here very nice , emphasising by
adding to a lean native woman who was standing near , “ You very thin , you like
...
Page 64
When he was taken to task about it he answered insolently , “ Oh , I cannot stand
those women . " This was at the great age of fourteen . R. replied with the
wellknown Egyptian formula , “ You had better stand outside the gate in the future
.
When he was taken to task about it he answered insolently , “ Oh , I cannot stand
those women . " This was at the great age of fourteen . R. replied with the
wellknown Egyptian formula , “ You had better stand outside the gate in the future
.
Page 121
That hotel was remarkably rich in humours outside , for there was a donkey -
boys ' stand opposite , and camels often used to stand there , and the law - court
was just up the road , and the high road from Karnak entered Luxor at this point .
That hotel was remarkably rich in humours outside , for there was a donkey -
boys ' stand opposite , and camels often used to stand there , and the law - court
was just up the road , and the high road from Karnak entered Luxor at this point .
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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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