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Five Months at Cairo and in Lower Egypt [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1883)
singularly developed since:
is now no more than a
little town without character, either European or Arabian,
but holding an intermediate position between the West and the East...
; with Arabian civilisation itself that Amru had brought, and which, like the rest, has fled for ever. It would need a very lively imagination to revive at night in modern the souvenirs of a departed...
; with Arabian civilisation itself that Amru had brought, and which, like the rest, has fled for ever. It would need a very lively imagination to revive at night in modern the souvenirs of a departed...
Queer things about Egypt [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1911)
, and the lordly mediæval
cemetery called the Tombs of the Caliphs, whose shrines,
stretching into the desert, form the most beautiful and
romantic vision in the kingdom of Arabian art...
perfect climate. If he is satisfied with sunshine, without uniformity of temperature, in he can have the gayest of winter Society, combined with all sorts of sport and the contemplation of monuments innumerable in a mediæval Arabian...
perfect climate. If he is satisfied with sunshine, without uniformity of temperature, in he can have the gayest of winter Society, combined with all sorts of sport and the contemplation of monuments innumerable in a mediæval Arabian...
Veiled Mysteries of Egypt and the Religion of Islam [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1913)
chivalry towards a guest appears equally, as I well know, in the
tent of the desert, and the mud hut of the remote oasis, where it can charm
away the limitations of poverty as surely as it can soften...
Modern sons of the Pharaohs [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1918)
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MODERN SONS OF THE PHARAOHS A STUDY OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE COPTS OF
EGYPTBY S. H. LEEDER AUTHOR OF "VEILED MYSTERIES OF EGYPT"
"THE DESERT GATEWAY" ETC. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR...
—these landowners are rescuing immense tracts of pure desert and brine-logged earth, and making it to smile under the waving corn which, as by magic, springs up where once the sea reigned or the hot dry sand...
—these landowners are rescuing immense tracts of pure desert and brine-logged earth, and making it to smile under the waving corn which, as by magic, springs up where once the sea reigned or the hot dry sand...
An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians. [Volume 1] [Electronic Edition]
(Rice University, 1871)
deserts, as well as through the plain of , is everywhere bordered, except in a very few places, by cultivated fields of its own formation.
These cultivated tracts are not perfectly level, being
somewhat lower...
towards the deserts than in the neighbourhood of the river. They are interspersed with palm-groves and villages, and intersected by numerous canals. The copious summer rains that prevail...
towards the deserts than in the neighbourhood of the river. They are interspersed with palm-groves and villages, and intersected by numerous canals. The copious summer rains that prevail...
An account of the manners and customs of the modern egyptians. Written in Egypt during the years 1833—1835. [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1890)
own, and as such it has few parallels
in literature.con amoreA fresh translation of the “Arabian Nights” was Lane's
next great work. Instead of the misleading and imperfect translation
still...
work.ItThe Nile, in its course trough the narrow and winding valley of , which is confined on each side by mountainous and sandy deserts, as well as through the plain of , is everywhere bordered, excepting in a...
work.ItThe Nile, in its course trough the narrow and winding valley of , which is confined on each side by mountainous and sandy deserts, as well as through the plain of , is everywhere bordered, excepting in a...
An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians. Volume 1. [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1836)
, for “prefixed,” read
“appended.”30. Line 18. The term 'Ar'ab was formerly used to
designate the of Arabian origin, while
the people of the same race who dwelt in the
were called...
through the narrow and winding valley of , which is confined on each side by mountainous and sandy deserts, as well as through the plain of , is everywhere bordered, excepting in a very few places, by cultivated...
through the narrow and winding valley of , which is confined on each side by mountainous and sandy deserts, as well as through the plain of , is everywhere bordered, excepting in a very few places, by cultivated...
An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians. Volume 2. [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1836)
the Egyptians most excel is
architecture. The finest specimens of Arabian architecture are found in the
Egyptian metropolis and its environs; and not only the mosques and other
public buildings...