The Fayoum: Or, Artists in EgyptH. S. King & Company, 1873 - 298 páginas |
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... sides as the supreme achievement of civilization , every man seems to regard his functions as sacerdotal . There is none of the impudent pushing and puffing so common among our small shopkeepers ; a devout calm presides over all the ...
... sides as the supreme achievement of civilization , every man seems to regard his functions as sacerdotal . There is none of the impudent pushing and puffing so common among our small shopkeepers ; a devout calm presides over all the ...
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... side , the women weep , and the men make their coffee on the sepulchral slab , and drink to the repose of the deceased . After we had wandered for half an hour about the sand hillocks under the citadel , we turned sharply to the D right ...
... side , the women weep , and the men make their coffee on the sepulchral slab , and drink to the repose of the deceased . After we had wandered for half an hour about the sand hillocks under the citadel , we turned sharply to the D right ...
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... side there is a sort of collection of all the riches of the building . This niche is not placed haphazard ; it corresponds with the direction of Mecca , and it is from thence that the sheik of the mosque chants the languorous psalmodies ...
... side there is a sort of collection of all the riches of the building . This niche is not placed haphazard ; it corresponds with the direction of Mecca , and it is from thence that the sheik of the mosque chants the languorous psalmodies ...
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... side of old Cairo , with which it is contemporaneous . All around it lie heaps of ruins , the formless remains of the city whose fairest ornament it was . The en- closure of this architectural relic forms a perfect square , the interior ...
... side of old Cairo , with which it is contemporaneous . All around it lie heaps of ruins , the formless remains of the city whose fairest ornament it was . The en- closure of this architectural relic forms a perfect square , the interior ...
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... contrasted strangely with the comic side of these superstitious legends , which reminded us of our happy school - boy days , our races in sacks , and our blind - man's - buff . SKETCH V. THE PYRAMIDS . Choosing an Honest Robber -
... contrasted strangely with the comic side of these superstitious legends , which reminded us of our happy school - boy days , our races in sacks , and our blind - man's - buff . SKETCH V. THE PYRAMIDS . Choosing an Honest Robber -
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