A Pilgrimage to Egypt, Embracing a Diary of Explorations on the NileGould and Lincoln, 1852 - 383 pagina's |
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... floor in pursuing their book - keeping and money - changing , waiting upon custom- ers by reaching their goods , in the little stalls in which many of them are located , hardly five feet square . Mechanics are seated at their anvils ...
... floor in pursuing their book - keeping and money - changing , waiting upon custom- ers by reaching their goods , in the little stalls in which many of them are located , hardly five feet square . Mechanics are seated at their anvils ...
Pagina 27
... floor . Immense looking - glasses had been up , but were now packed in boxes , to be removed , by order of the reigning pasha . Some boxes of new furniture , just arrived , were in the basement . The grounds were prettily cultivated ...
... floor . Immense looking - glasses had been up , but were now packed in boxes , to be removed , by order of the reigning pasha . Some boxes of new furniture , just arrived , were in the basement . The grounds were prettily cultivated ...
Pagina 45
... floor . When one had finished his genu- flexions , another commenced ; and sometimes two or three at once , if they could be spared from duty . In the very midst of a difficulty , in trimming the sail , that required his practised eye ...
... floor . When one had finished his genu- flexions , another commenced ; and sometimes two or three at once , if they could be spared from duty . In the very midst of a difficulty , in trimming the sail , that required his practised eye ...
Pagina 71
... floor , on which a number of devout Mussulmans were groaning , praying , rolling their eyes towards the skies , and see - sawing , as they squatted on the mats , as if oppressed with profound grief . We were assured that they were hired ...
... floor , on which a number of devout Mussulmans were groaning , praying , rolling their eyes towards the skies , and see - sawing , as they squatted on the mats , as if oppressed with profound grief . We were assured that they were hired ...
Pagina 74
... floor , at a round metallic table , a foot high , on which one dish was brought at a time , by the servant . Neither knives , forks nor spoons , were provided . With our fingers we plunged into the provisions , and , dripping and hot ...
... floor , at a round metallic table , a foot high , on which one dish was brought at a time , by the servant . Neither knives , forks nor spoons , were provided . With our fingers we plunged into the provisions , and , dripping and hot ...
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A Pilgrimage to Egypt, Embracing a Diary of Explorations on the Nile Jerome Van Crowninshield Smith Volledige weergave - 1852 |
A Pilgrimage to Egypt, Embracing a Diary of Explorations on the Nile Jerome Van Crowninshield Smith Volledige weergave - 1852 |
A Pilgrimage to Egypt, Embracing a Diary of Explorations on the Nile Jerome Van Crowninshield Smith Volledige weergave - 1852 |
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Abbas Pasha Abydos Alexandria ancient ancient Egypt animals antiquities appearance Arabs arrived Assuan backshiesh bank bastinado bazaars beautiful Bedouin Beni Hassan boat body boys brick brought Cairo camels canal character Cheops Christian cloth commenced common consul Copts covered crew custom Dendera desert distance donkeys dragoman dress earthen edifices Egyptian extremely eyes face feet females floor Geezeh girls going granite half hand harem Hassan head human hundred immense inches Karnak labor land Libyan desert Luxor Malta ment miles Mohammed Mohammed Ali mosque mounds native never night Nile palace passed person Philæ present priests pyramids raised reis river round ruins Sakkara sand sculptured seen shadoof sheik side smoking square stone streets temple Thebes thousand tion tombs town traveller turbans Turks Upper Egypt veiled village walk walls whole wind women wooden
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