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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... cold , of fur cloaks and wrap- pers , were quite unnecessary . At 11 P.M. I arrived at Elmhult , where I was delighted to find a clean and warm bed . Arrival at Copenhagen . I I The next day , IO Journal of a Visit to Egypt , & c .
... cold , of fur cloaks and wrap- pers , were quite unnecessary . At 11 P.M. I arrived at Elmhult , where I was delighted to find a clean and warm bed . Arrival at Copenhagen . I I The next day , IO Journal of a Visit to Egypt , & c .
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... I looked forward with great delight to our Eastern trip , yet I felt quite sad to leave him , and my heart almost sunk within me at the thought Departure from Copenhagen . 13 of parting from all I I 2 Journal of a Visit to Egypt , & c .
... I looked forward with great delight to our Eastern trip , yet I felt quite sad to leave him , and my heart almost sunk within me at the thought Departure from Copenhagen . 13 of parting from all I I 2 Journal of a Visit to Egypt , & c .
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... delight , in hopes of something to wash down the things I had been swallowing bon gré , mal gré , and took a large spoonful of it , thinking it was water and sirup ; when , to my horror , it proved to be some sort of sour stuff —vinegar ...
... delight , in hopes of something to wash down the things I had been swallowing bon gré , mal gré , and took a large spoonful of it , thinking it was water and sirup ; when , to my horror , it proved to be some sort of sour stuff —vinegar ...
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... delight , and tapping one hard on the shoulder as a great sign of affection . They were all perfectly enchanted with the Prin- cess , and about every ten or fifteen minutes " une phrase de cérémonie " was exchanged through the Prince ...
... delight , and tapping one hard on the shoulder as a great sign of affection . They were all perfectly enchanted with the Prin- cess , and about every ten or fifteen minutes " une phrase de cérémonie " was exchanged through the Prince ...
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... delighted that every body had at starting thought of themselves , and not of me , and thus taken away all the dromedaries and donkeys . Lord Carington , Sir H. Pelly , Colonel Teesdale , Colo- nel Marshall , and Lord Stafford belonged ...
... delighted that every body had at starting thought of themselves , and not of me , and thus taken away all the dromedaries and donkeys . Lord Carington , Sir H. Pelly , Colonel Teesdale , Colo- nel Marshall , and Lord Stafford belonged ...
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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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