Journal of a Visit to Egypt, Constantinople, the Crimea, Greece, &c: In the Suite of the Prince and Princess of Wales |
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Page 21
... lights , which had a very pretty effect . The sea was perfectly calm ; and the moon shining over the town , and on the distant snow - topped Alps , with the innu- merable ships lying in the harbor , made it altogether a perfect picture ...
... lights , which had a very pretty effect . The sea was perfectly calm ; and the moon shining over the town , and on the distant snow - topped Alps , with the innu- merable ships lying in the harbor , made it altogether a perfect picture ...
Page 49
... light yellowish sand - color , with here and there a few palm- trees and small villages , which , if you did not see some of the inhabitants standing outside , you would never believe to be the habitations of human beings . They consist ...
... light yellowish sand - color , with here and there a few palm- trees and small villages , which , if you did not see some of the inhabitants standing outside , you would never believe to be the habitations of human beings . They consist ...
Page 54
... light and bra- cing , the sun very hot , though no heat as yet to com- plain of . The moment the sun goes down , it gets dark at once ; so much So , that I have seen the moon shining on the water before the last rays of the sun had ...
... light and bra- cing , the sun very hot , though no heat as yet to com- plain of . The moment the sun goes down , it gets dark at once ; so much So , that I have seen the moon shining on the water before the last rays of the sun had ...
Page 58
... light clothing , and make a strange , mournful noise . February 16. Arrived at Thebes at eight o'clock , where we found a great many dahabeahs , which all began firing on our arrival . It was a very fine morning , and we had a beautiful ...
... light clothing , and make a strange , mournful noise . February 16. Arrived at Thebes at eight o'clock , where we found a great many dahabeahs , which all began firing on our arrival . It was a very fine morning , and we had a beautiful ...
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Abdel Kader Bey April Ariadne arrived Assouan Baidar bazars beautiful boat Bosphorus breakfast bright cabin Cairo carriages Cataract Cloth coffee and pipes Colonel Constantinople Corfu Crimea crocodile dahabeah delight diamonds dined dinner dishes donkeys dressed drive dromedary drove Egypt Embassador English February four o'clock French garden gentlemen Glücksburg gold half past harem horses hour JOHN S. C. ABBOTT Karnak ladies landed look Lord Lord Gosford luncheon March morning mosque Mourad Pasha never nice night Nile nine o'clock palace party passed Philae Portrait pretty Prince and Princess PRINCESS OF WALES returned home ride rode round Royal Highnesses Russian Sebastopol Second Cataract seen sent seven o'clock ship side sight slave soon Stanton started steamer stopped Sultan Teesdale temple thing to-day told took town Trieste Turkish twelve o'clock Viceroy Viceroy's vols Wady Halfah walked whole wife