The governess in Egypt. Harem life in Egypt and Constantinople, Том 21865 |
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... lighted by three windows , at which were hung up six tattered brown calico curtains , and three dirty white calico blinds . The walls and ceiling were white- washed , the floor matted ; and the furniture consisted of a divan , as damp ...
... lighted by three windows , at which were hung up six tattered brown calico curtains , and three dirty white calico blinds . The walls and ceiling were white- washed , the floor matted ; and the furniture consisted of a divan , as damp ...
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... a slave knelt down and lighted Her Highness's , another , a beautiful Circassian girl , performed the same office for myself . Then coffee was served us in ORIENTAL ETIQUETTE . 79 beautiful thin Japanese cups ( findjans 78 HAREM LIFE .
... a slave knelt down and lighted Her Highness's , another , a beautiful Circassian girl , performed the same office for myself . Then coffee was served us in ORIENTAL ETIQUETTE . 79 beautiful thin Japanese cups ( findjans 78 HAREM LIFE .
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... lighted by cupolas from the top . On entering , I observed several long marble tables , on which were placed a collection of small slippers , and plain yellow and leather babouches ( half boots ) , appropriated for the use of the slaves ...
... lighted by cupolas from the top . On entering , I observed several long marble tables , on which were placed a collection of small slippers , and plain yellow and leather babouches ( half boots ) , appropriated for the use of the slaves ...
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... lighted up by means of the superb lustre that hung suspended from the ceiling , which was dome - shaped and most beautifully painted and gilded , gave it a truly fairylike coup d'œil . It was such an entrance into a palace as the ...
... lighted up by means of the superb lustre that hung suspended from the ceiling , which was dome - shaped and most beautifully painted and gilded , gave it a truly fairylike coup d'œil . It was such an entrance into a palace as the ...
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Emmeline Lott. THE GRAND ENTRANCE . 127 gilt beading . The room was lighted with twelve huge silver candelabras , fixed in the sides of the walls . Here and there rout - seats were scattered about , all covered with crimson velvet to ...
Emmeline Lott. THE GRAND ENTRANCE . 127 gilt beading . The room was lighted with twelve huge silver candelabras , fixed in the sides of the walls . Here and there rout - seats were scattered about , all covered with crimson velvet to ...
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The Governess in Egypt: Harem Life in Egypt and Constantinople Emmeline Lott Попередній перегляд недоступний - 1999 |
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apartment Arab attended attired Baba baksheesh beautiful Bebek Bosphorus bread caïques Cairo carpet carriage ceiling centre chamber coffee coloured Constantinople Count's covered crimson diamonds divan door dressed Egypt Egyptian embroidered entered European exclaiming eyes feet were encased findjans finger floor flowers frigate gilded gold governess Grand Eunuch Grand Pacha Grand Princess Guzel H. H. Ismael H. H. the Grand H. H. the Princess H. H. the Validè H. H. the Viceroy hall hangings head Hekim Bachi Highness's Highnesses the Princesses hung Ibrahim Pacha Ikbal jewels lace little Prince looked lovely Madame Mahomet Malesch marble matting never o'clock occasion ornamented passed pearls pink placed Princess Epouse Ras-el-Tin repug richly right hand round saganets salaamed saloon sapphires scene Shaytan side silk silver slaves soon stood toilette took Turkish Validè Princess velvet Viceregal family Viceroy Ismael Pacha Viceroy's white satin whole wore zarfs
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Сторінка 5 - This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle SHAKESPEARE cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life : O could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he hath hit His face ; the print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass. But since he cannot, reader, look Not on his picture, but his book.
Сторінка 190 - But hark ! the vesper call to prayer, As slow the orb of daylight sets, Is rising sweetly on the air, From Syria's thousand minarets ! The boy has started from the bed Of flowers, where he had laid his head, And down upon the fragrant sod Kneels, with his forehead to the south, Lisping th...
Сторінка 204 - But that loveliness, ever in motion, which plays Like the light upon autumn's soft shadowy days, Now here and now there, giving warmth as it flies From the...
Сторінка 98 - She wanders o'er the desert sands A wretched widow now, The fruitful mother of so fair a race ; With only one preserved, She wanders o'er the wilderness.
Сторінка 241 - The morning after my arrival at the Old Palace, I found myself so weak as to be obliged to lay myself down upon my bed on attempting to unpack my trunks. In short, I was obliged to get Zenana, the slave whe waited upon me, to do it. Previous to placing my body linen in the chest of drawers...
Сторінка 115 - Egypt shall descend in a direct line, from the elder to the elder, in the male race among the sons and grandsons. As regards their nomination, that shall be made by my Sublime Porte.
Сторінка 8 - I sat by his side, on the left, plainly attired, as not the slightest intimation had been given me that I should be called upon to take part in this ceremony, which was extremely fatiguing.
Сторінка 188 - One possibility is that a reviewer had commented elsewhere in the periodical that it was impossible to have too much of a good thing.
Сторінка 203 - Brussels lace veil, one end of which was placed over the head, and the other end crossed over the mouth and nose, passed round the back of the neck, and tucked down behind the cloak. Her feet were encased in white silk stockings, white satin shoes, richly embroidered with coloured silks, pearls, and gold and silver thread, with high gold heels, over which she wore a pair of yellow morocco papooshes,
Сторінка 241 - ... be obliged to lay myself down upon my bed on attempting to unpack my trunks. In short, I was obliged to get Zenana, the slave whe waited upon me, to do it. Previous to placing my body linen in the chest of drawers, she laid it upon the divan, from which I had only a few minutes before risen up, and when she went to remove it she found the whole completely crowded with a family of the "Browns," who rejoice in the potronymic of bng.