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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... beautiful , dressed all in white and diamonds . She was attended by Countess Königsegg , the Princess Taxis , and Countess Hunya- dy . General Baron Schall , Count Bellegarde , and Baron Bechtelsheim , are appointed by the Emperor to be ...
... beautiful , dressed all in white and diamonds . She was attended by Countess Königsegg , the Princess Taxis , and Countess Hunya- dy . General Baron Schall , Count Bellegarde , and Baron Bechtelsheim , are appointed by the Emperor to be ...
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... beautiful , but the arrangement was quite new to me . We sat at small tables in the same room as the music , each person being told at which table they were to sit ; and between each piece of music different refreshments were brought in ...
... beautiful , but the arrangement was quite new to me . We sat at small tables in the same room as the music , each person being told at which table they were to sit ; and between each piece of music different refreshments were brought in ...
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... beautiful jew- els , agates , crystals , and gems of all kinds . We also went to the Imperial stables , which are on a great and magnificent scale - 500 horses , 600 car- riages , and so on . The Empress takes great interest in it ...
... beautiful jew- els , agates , crystals , and gems of all kinds . We also went to the Imperial stables , which are on a great and magnificent scale - 500 horses , 600 car- riages , and so on . The Empress takes great interest in it ...
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... beautiful with the sun shining on the hills . Passed Zante at eleven o'clock , Navarino at two o'clock , and came later in sight of Cerigo . February 1. Passed Candia , and had Mount Ida = Arrival off Alexandria . 23 in sight all the ...
... beautiful with the sun shining on the hills . Passed Zante at eleven o'clock , Navarino at two o'clock , and came later in sight of Cerigo . February 1. Passed Candia , and had Mount Ida = Arrival off Alexandria . 23 in sight all the ...
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... beautiful ; full of French luxury , but without the real comfort of an English house . The Prince and Princess have an immense bedroom , full of rich French furniture . The beds are very beautiful , made of massive silver , and cost , I ...
... beautiful ; full of French luxury , but without the real comfort of an English house . The Prince and Princess have an immense bedroom , full of rich French furniture . The beds are very beautiful , made of massive silver , and cost , I ...
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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 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
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