The Fayoum: Or, Artists in EgyptH. S. King & Company, 1873 - 298 páginas |
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... traveller only one of those monuments is percep- tible . The first is literally buried under rubbish of every description , and the second Needle , which is half - buried , looks as if it had fallen into its cellar while in search of ...
... traveller only one of those monuments is percep- tible . The first is literally buried under rubbish of every description , and the second Needle , which is half - buried , looks as if it had fallen into its cellar while in search of ...
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... travellers , who were looking at the cold veal - as though they expected to see it smoke under the burning sun- so stedfastly that they had perceived nothing . The Pyramids , of course ! ' replied our dear master , in the tone of a man ...
... travellers , who were looking at the cold veal - as though they expected to see it smoke under the burning sun- so stedfastly that they had perceived nothing . The Pyramids , of course ! ' replied our dear master , in the tone of a man ...
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... traveller a singular sense of apprehension , which obliges him to devote his first moments , with an unpleasant exclusiveness , to the avoiding of accidents . The speed of the carriages , the constant trot of the asses , the methodical ...
... traveller a singular sense of apprehension , which obliges him to devote his first moments , with an unpleasant exclusiveness , to the avoiding of accidents . The speed of the carriages , the constant trot of the asses , the methodical ...
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... traveller to enter a holy place with his shoes upon his feet . Nothing could be more ridiculous than the array of our boots on the steps , each pair looked so thoroughly individual , and so aware of its disgrace . regulation bakshish ...
... traveller to enter a holy place with his shoes upon his feet . Nothing could be more ridiculous than the array of our boots on the steps , each pair looked so thoroughly individual , and so aware of its disgrace . regulation bakshish ...
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... of the saucepans , we went to visit our tents , artistically pitched beneath the finest sycamores of Ezbekyèh . We devoted an entire day to the inspection of our travelling asses . I rode mine 1 on an experimental trip to the tombs of the.
... of the saucepans , we went to visit our tents , artistically pitched beneath the finest sycamores of Ezbekyèh . We devoted an entire day to the inspection of our travelling asses . I rode mine 1 on an experimental trip to the tombs of the.
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