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Queer things about Egypt [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1911)
at its Cataract Hotel. ,
that has never known a winter, has a Winter Palace—a
hotel on the same palatial scale. At the one, the
northerner, flying from winter, can have his golf, his...
on their walls. Everything has its hieroglyphic explanation painted on it.There are few more impressive moments in your life than when you enter for the first time a perfect temple of ancient Egypt...
on their walls. Everything has its hieroglyphic explanation painted on it.There are few more impressive moments in your life than when you enter for the first time a perfect temple of ancient Egypt...
The land of the Pharaohs. Egypt and Sinai: illustrated by pen and pencil. [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1875)
gives the first place in his
inquiries to the land of the Law and the Prophets, the
mountains and valleys which echoed the daily psalmody of the temple, the scenes of the Saviour's life and miracles and passion...
the Crusaders, St. Louis of France, and Saladin the chivalrous enemy of Richard Coeur de Lion, all lead our thoughts to Egypt. What wonder, then, that it was with a feeling of almost reverential awe, that I first gazed...
the Crusaders, St. Louis of France, and Saladin the chivalrous enemy of Richard Coeur de Lion, all lead our thoughts to Egypt. What wonder, then, that it was with a feeling of almost reverential awe, that I first gazed...
Oriental Cairo : the city of the "Arabian nights" [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1911)
of my literary friends at Oxford. He was a recognised
authority on the subject even when he was an
undergraduate, and it was he who first brought home to me
how extraordinarily...
II.—Oriental HE first thing to do when you get to any town that you wish to study is to take what...
II.—Oriental HE first thing to do when you get to any town that you wish to study is to take what...
Egypt, handbook for travellers.Pt. 1. Lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1885)
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AND THE PENINSULA OF SINAI.
The Delta,
Illustration of title-pageEGYPT. HANDBOOK FOR
TRAVELLERSPART FIRST: LOWER
EGYPT...
FOR THE EAST now in course of preparation, and designed, like the Editor's European handbooks, for the guidance of travellers.The materials from which the first edition of the Handbook for was compiled were partly...
FOR THE EAST now in course of preparation, and designed, like the Editor's European handbooks, for the guidance of travellers.The materials from which the first edition of the Handbook for was compiled were partly...
An account of the manners and customs of the modern egyptians. Written in Egypt during the years 1833—1835. [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1890)
he lived in a tomb for a fortnight, with bones,
rags, and mummies for his companions; in 1826 he ascended the Nile to the
Second Cataract; everywhere recording his exact impressions, making plans...
fourth Duke of Northumberland) munificence that first enabled this to be done. In 1842 Lane left England again, accompanied by his wife, a Greek lady whom he married in 1840, and by his sister, Mrs. Poole (author...
fourth Duke of Northumberland) munificence that first enabled this to be done. In 1842 Lane left England again, accompanied by his wife, a Greek lady whom he married in 1840, and by his sister, Mrs. Poole (author...
An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians. Volume 2. [Electronic Version]
(Rice University, 1836)
for the
first ten days; and fires are lighted only in the ovens above these. On the
eleventh day, these fires are put out, and others are lighted in the
other ovens, and fresh eggs placed in the chambers below these last...
of the operation, without having any instrument, like our thermometer, to guide him. On the twentieth day, some of the eggs first put in are hatched; but most, on the twenty-first day; that is, after the same period...
of the operation, without having any instrument, like our thermometer, to guide him. On the twentieth day, some of the eggs first put in are hatched; but most, on the twenty-first day; that is, after the same period...