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An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians. [Volume 1] [Electronic Edition]
(Rice University, 1871)
usual. The projecting windows on opposite sides of a
street often nearly meet each other; almost entirely
excluding the sun, and thus producing an agreeable coolness in the summer months...
An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians. Volume 1. [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1836)
the sun,
and thus producing an agreeable coolness in the summer
months.The most usual architectural style of the entrance of a private house in
, is shown by the sketch here inserted...
close that it shuts out much of the light and sun, and screens the inmates of the house from the view of persons without, while at the same time it admits the air. They are generally of unpainted wood; but some few...
close that it shuts out much of the light and sun, and screens the inmates of the house from the view of persons without, while at the same time it admits the air. They are generally of unpainted wood; but some few...
An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians. Volume 2. [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1836)
of the bare
person to the cold of winter, or the scorching sun of summer; being
accustomed to it from infancy; and the men may, if they choose, sleep in
some of the mosques. In other respects, also...