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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... half past ten in the morning of January 16. We started at once by special train for Hamburg , where we arrived at 1.30 P.M. , and drove to the Victoria Hotel . Our party , including the servants , was now forty- two in all . The weather ...
... half past ten in the morning of January 16. We started at once by special train for Hamburg , where we arrived at 1.30 P.M. , and drove to the Victoria Hotel . Our party , including the servants , was now forty- two in all . The weather ...
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... half savage - looking people , dressed in the brightest Egyptian costumes , came out to see us , and pulled round the ship . I was immensely amused and interested by the sight . The band of the Ari- Landing at Alexandria . 25 adne ...
... half savage - looking people , dressed in the brightest Egyptian costumes , came out to see us , and pulled round the ship . I was immensely amused and interested by the sight . The band of the Ari- Landing at Alexandria . 25 adne ...
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... half of the room ; a common writing- table and washhand - stand ( put in all the rooms at the request of Sir S. Baker ) ; a large sofa , and quantities of very smart chairs round the walls . The curtains and covers of the furniture are ...
... half of the room ; a common writing- table and washhand - stand ( put in all the rooms at the request of Sir S. Baker ) ; a large sofa , and quantities of very smart chairs round the walls . The curtains and covers of the furniture are ...
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... half - naked and immensely fat man , sitting on a camel , rolling his head all round as if it had been fastened on by a spring ; shutting his and holding his hands on his sides ! He is sup- posed to represent a saint ; but , in my eyes ...
... half - naked and immensely fat man , sitting on a camel , rolling his head all round as if it had been fastened on by a spring ; shutting his and holding his hands on his sides ! He is sup- posed to represent a saint ; but , in my eyes ...
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... half , and never for a moment did one see the same picture before one's eyes . At last came the part of the procession we had already seen , and then there was such a screaming , and cheering , and clapping of hands as was never heard ...
... half , and never for a moment did one see the same picture before one's eyes . At last came the part of the procession we had already seen , and then there was such a screaming , and cheering , and clapping of hands as was never heard ...
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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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