The Fayoum: Or, Artists in EgyptH. S. King & Company, 1873 - 298 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 43
Página 16
... less Apocalyptic fashion . The ass plays too important a part in the life of Cairo , and indeed the whole East , to be refused the honour of a zoological digression . THE CAIRENE ASS . 17 In the first place , 16 ARTISTS IN EGYPT .
... less Apocalyptic fashion . The ass plays too important a part in the life of Cairo , and indeed the whole East , to be refused the honour of a zoological digression . THE CAIRENE ASS . 17 In the first place , 16 ARTISTS IN EGYPT .
Página 17
... whole of our ex- pedition in the province of Fayoum , as we lived on dromedary - back during our two months in the desert of Sinai and in Petra . We installed ourselves at Cairo in the house of a , Frenchman who had formerly been a cook ...
... whole of our ex- pedition in the province of Fayoum , as we lived on dromedary - back during our two months in the desert of Sinai and in Petra . We installed ourselves at Cairo in the house of a , Frenchman who had formerly been a cook ...
Página 19
... whole length , turn to the left , and then to the right about a hundred times , and reach the Valley of Tombs by passing through Bab el Nasr . We entered the East by the most beautiful street in Cairo , and we left the city by its most ...
... whole length , turn to the left , and then to the right about a hundred times , and reach the Valley of Tombs by passing through Bab el Nasr . We entered the East by the most beautiful street in Cairo , and we left the city by its most ...
Página 31
... whole costume consists of a hat and a cord , and whose pantomime would assuredly not be tole- rated in even the least decent place of public enter- tainment in Europe . Our attention was more agree- ably attracted by a sort of little ...
... whole costume consists of a hat and a cord , and whose pantomime would assuredly not be tole- rated in even the least decent place of public enter- tainment in Europe . Our attention was more agree- ably attracted by a sort of little ...
Página 32
... whole length , or only at the extremities , ac- cording to the importance of the person whose grave it marks , or the fortune of the relatives . The ex- tremity of the stone , roughly carved in general , merely represents the turban ...
... whole length , or only at the extremities , ac- cording to the importance of the person whose grave it marks , or the fortune of the relatives . The ex- tremity of the stone , roughly carved in general , merely represents the turban ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Abakah Abayes admiration amused ancient animals Arabs arms arrival asses Author bakshish bazaar beasts beautiful Bedouins brilliant Cairo Caliphs camel-drivers camels camp canal caravan carpets charming climb colossal colour convent Cornhill costumes coursers crowd Crown 8vo Dachour Demy 8vo desert dogs dragoman dromedaries Edition Egypt Egyptian enormous escort everything eyes Fayoum Fellah found ourselves gestures hand Hasné head Hebron honour huge Illustrated immense importance interesting Islam in Egypt journey kind King London look Medinet mihrab minarets Mohammed Gadd monks monuments morning mosque Mount Horeb mountain Mouski Mussulman natural Nile Nilometer ornamented painted palm palm-trees Paternoster Row Petra picturesque Price Published by Henry Pyramids reached rocks Roman sand scheik sculptured seemed Senouhrès side Sinai SKETCH spectacle sphinx stones story strange street Suez superb Tamyèh tents tion tombs travellers tribes valley village vols Wadi walls whole wild women wonderful
Pasajes populares
Página 18 - THE MEDICAL GUIDE FOR ANGLOINDIANS. Being a Compendium of Advice to Europeans in India, relating to the Preservation and Regulation of Health. With a Supplement on the Management of Children in India.
Página 7 - The English Constitution. A New Edition, Revised and Corrected, with an Introductory Dissertation on Recent Changes and Events. Crown 8vo. Cloth, price js.
Página 11 - YOUMANS (Eliza A.). An Essay on the Culture of the Observing Powers of Children, especially in connection with the Study of Botany. Edited, with Notes and a Supplement, by Joseph Payne, FCP, Author of " Lectures on the Science and Art of Education,
Página 5 - SENIOR (NW). Alexis De Tocqueville. Correspondence and Conversations with Nassau W. Senior, from 1833 to 1859. Edited by MCM Simpson. 2 vols. Large post 8vo.
Página 32 - No one who reads these sermons will wonder that Mr. Brooke is a great power in London, that his chapel is thronged, and his followers large and enthusiastic. They are fiery, energetic, impetuous sermons, rich with the treasures of a cultivated imagination.
Página 3 - Field and Forest Rambles of a Naturalist in New Brunswick. With Notes and Observations on the Natural History of Eastern Canada.
Página 10 - FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. Designed to Cultivate the Observing Powers of Children. With 300 Engravings, New and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo.
Página 28 - Tales of the Zenana ; or, A Nuwab's Leisure Hours. By the Author of " Pandurang Hari." With a Preface by Lord Stanley of Alderley. 2 vols. Crown 8vo.
Página 15 - SCHELL (Maj. von). The Operations of the First Army under Gen. von Goeben. Translated by Col. CH von Wright. Four Maps. Demy 8vo. Cloth, price gs. The Operations of the First Army under Gen.