The Fayoum: Or, Artists in EgyptH. S. King & Company, 1873 - 298 páginas |
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... turned to the left , followed by our acquisitions , which were carried in triumph by our ass - drivers ; and forsaking the Mouski , we began a series of circuits which would have disconcerted Ariadne . Always at full trot , we literally ...
... turned to the left , followed by our acquisitions , which were carried in triumph by our ass - drivers ; and forsaking the Mouski , we began a series of circuits which would have disconcerted Ariadne . Always at full trot , we literally ...
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... turning round , just as they turn round in the Champs Elyseés , ridden by children of all ages , and even by grown men , who appeared to take this simple exercise as the performance of an act of devotion . The festival of Baïram formed ...
... turning round , just as they turn round in the Champs Elyseés , ridden by children of all ages , and even by grown men , who appeared to take this simple exercise as the performance of an act of devotion . The festival of Baïram formed ...
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... turned the more the Prophet was glorified . The feast of Baïram , to which we owed all this noise and amusement , is one of the most important solemnities of the Mussulman faith . 1 1 Leaving the festal scene , we followed a wide sandy ...
... turned the more the Prophet was glorified . The feast of Baïram , to which we owed all this noise and amusement , is one of the most important solemnities of the Mussulman faith . 1 1 Leaving the festal scene , we followed a wide sandy ...
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... 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 , and the most beautiful spectacle , in my.
... 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 , and the most beautiful spectacle , in my.
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... turning . Everything in this region aids to increase the impression of religious admiration which took hold of us ; the solitude of the almost deserted mosques , the wild look of the clay huts which surround them , and even the types ...
... turning . Everything in this region aids to increase the impression of religious admiration which took hold of us ; the solitude of the almost deserted mosques , the wild look of the clay huts which surround them , and even the types ...
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