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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... seen the little volume since it was put together . It rests , therefore , entirely with you to decide whether it shall go further . I can not myself see why you should not publish it almost just as it is . Dedication . I was myself ...
... seen the little volume since it was put together . It rests , therefore , entirely with you to decide whether it shall go further . I can not myself see why you should not publish it almost just as it is . Dedication . I was myself ...
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... seen , and then there was such a screaming , and cheering , and clapping of hands as was never heard , from all the houses , in which I may say every window was filled , and every roof covered with ladies , all veiled . I hardly think ...
... seen , and then there was such a screaming , and cheering , and clapping of hands as was never heard , from all the houses , in which I may say every window was filled , and every roof covered with ladies , all veiled . I hardly think ...
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... seen the bright side , but there is also a " revers de la médaille . " They told me that these four wives have constant quarrels and squabbles , oc- casioned by jealousy , and that sometimes the Viceroy is obliged to separate them ...
... seen the bright side , but there is also a " revers de la médaille . " They told me that these four wives have constant quarrels and squabbles , oc- casioned by jealousy , and that sometimes the Viceroy is obliged to separate them ...
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... seen the treasure bestowed upon him ! When they afterward come back to see the Princess- es , they are allowed to sit down in their presence , as a great sign of favor . The Viceroy's eldest daughter ; about fourteen years old ( she ...
... seen the treasure bestowed upon him ! When they afterward come back to see the Princess- es , they are allowed to sit down in their presence , as a great sign of favor . The Viceroy's eldest daughter ; about fourteen years old ( she ...
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... seen at all . That of the old Princess was so large that she could only wear it on the middle finger . I should think it was about an inch wide , but I thought it more curious than pretty . Each wife wore a belt about three inches wide ...
... seen at all . That of the old Princess was so large that she could only wear it on the middle finger . I should think it was about an inch wide , but I thought it more curious than pretty . Each wife wore a belt about three inches wide ...
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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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