The Fayoum: Or, Artists in EgyptH. S. King & Company, 1873 - 298 páginas |
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... the grain is green , and it had a singular effect upon us to cross these great steppes of herbage , which we had not believed could exist out of Holland . A WINGED ESCORT . 13 White herons , looking in 12 ARTISTS IN EGYPT .
... the grain is green , and it had a singular effect upon us to cross these great steppes of herbage , which we had not believed could exist out of Holland . A WINGED ESCORT . 13 White herons , looking in 12 ARTISTS IN EGYPT .
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... most disorderly order , and with the strangest medley of effect . Open cases , half unpacked , lie about the street to attract customers by the odd expedient of forcing them to walk upon the tempting merchandise 1 C 2.
... most disorderly order , and with the strangest medley of effect . Open cases , half unpacked , lie about the street to attract customers by the odd expedient of forcing them to walk upon the tempting merchandise 1 C 2.
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... effect as mani- festations of mourning . Sometimes we saw one sitting upon the stones , and occasionally one was lying flat upon the topmost slab , and apparently con- versing with the dead man or woman beneath . This is actually the ...
... effect as mani- festations of mourning . Sometimes we saw one sitting upon the stones , and occasionally one was lying flat upon the topmost slab , and apparently con- versing with the dead man or woman beneath . This is actually the ...
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... effect , and it is prodigally adorned with marble staircases , and porphyry columns . Over this rich ornamentation the taste of a skilful architect has presided , for all this wealth is not the result of a ridiculous heaping together of ...
... effect , and it is prodigally adorned with marble staircases , and porphyry columns . Over this rich ornamentation the taste of a skilful architect has presided , for all this wealth is not the result of a ridiculous heaping together of ...
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... effects and greys more beautiful than nature itself . Amrou , one of the generals of Caliph Omar , was the author of this monument , which all concur in regarding as the first Mussulman mosque built at Cairo . There is nothing to ...
... effects and greys more beautiful than nature itself . Amrou , one of the generals of Caliph Omar , was the author of this monument , which all concur in regarding as the first Mussulman mosque built at Cairo . There is nothing to ...
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