The Fayoum: Or, Artists in EgyptH. S. King & Company, 1873 - 298 стор. |
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... called a voyage in the East . But the curtain did not rise all at once ; a thick mist obscured the horizon after a most disobliging and inhospitable fashion . The sun made us wait for him , like a king who desires to dazzle his guests ...
... called a voyage in the East . But the curtain did not rise all at once ; a thick mist obscured the horizon after a most disobliging and inhospitable fashion . The sun made us wait for him , like a king who desires to dazzle his guests ...
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... called first - class carriages — which were like old boxes , fitted up with mirrors and fixtures equally modern and ridiculous - to Damanhour , the first station which relieved us from our situation as human packages , for which the ...
... called first - class carriages — which were like old boxes , fitted up with mirrors and fixtures equally modern and ridiculous - to Damanhour , the first station which relieved us from our situation as human packages , for which the ...
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... called Mouski is a true type of all that is most animated and brilliant in Cairo . This immense covered avenue comprises , in a complete and ad- mirable manner , all the most picturesque and import- ant traffic of the oriental streets ...
... called Mouski is a true type of all that is most animated and brilliant in Cairo . This immense covered avenue comprises , in a complete and ad- mirable manner , all the most picturesque and import- ant traffic of the oriental streets ...
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... , and on that very day I found an opportunity , though my ass was almost at the stretch of his gallop , of buying some of those silken kerchiefs called ' kouffies , ' which the Egyptians use as head - dresses . They are beautiful.
... , and on that very day I found an opportunity , though my ass was almost at the stretch of his gallop , of buying some of those silken kerchiefs called ' kouffies , ' which the Egyptians use as head - dresses . They are beautiful.
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... called Bab el Nasr , or the Gate of Victory . During this rapid ride we had merely glanced at the admirable sculptures in wood , which , in the form of Moucharabiehs , serve as windows and ventilators in the rich dwellings . Arches ...
... called Bab el Nasr , or the Gate of Victory . During this rapid ride we had merely glanced at the admirable sculptures in wood , which , in the form of Moucharabiehs , serve as windows and ventilators in the rich dwellings . Arches ...
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