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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... twelve o'clock by the steamer Freya for Lübeck . The Danish Royal family took leave of us at Korsöer , and returned to Copenhagen the same night . After a very fair passage of ten hours , we ar- rived at Lübeck at half past ten in the ...
... twelve o'clock by the steamer Freya for Lübeck . The Danish Royal family took leave of us at Korsöer , and returned to Copenhagen the same night . After a very fair passage of ten hours , we ar- rived at Lübeck at half past ten in the ...
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... twelve o'clock we started in four carriages , with six horses each , to pay a visit to the King and Queen of Hanover at Heitzing . They were most kind and amiable , as , in- deed , they always have been to me ; and I thought it quite ...
... twelve o'clock we started in four carriages , with six horses each , to pay a visit to the King and Queen of Hanover at Heitzing . They were most kind and amiable , as , in- deed , they always have been to me ; and I thought it quite ...
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... twelve o'clock the Princess and I went to the harem of " La Grande Princesse , " the Viceroy's mother , being invited by her to dinner . We drove first through a garden , which , later in the year , must be beautiful , and were received ...
... twelve o'clock the Princess and I went to the harem of " La Grande Princesse , " the Viceroy's mother , being invited by her to dinner . We drove first through a garden , which , later in the year , must be beautiful , and were received ...
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... twelve or thirteen de- grees . At two o'clock we left our palace and embarked on board the boats which had been prepared for us , to commence our voyage up the Nile . Our party was large , and the number of vessels provided for us ...
... twelve or thirteen de- grees . At two o'clock we left our palace and embarked on board the boats which had been prepared for us , to commence our voyage up the Nile . Our party was large , and the number of vessels provided for us ...
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... twelve o'clock . The start was a real scramble , and so was the be- ginning of the ride home . The light from the moon was very feeble , the crowd was very large ; there was no order , but every body rushed about and screamed . Luckily ...
... twelve o'clock . The start was a real scramble , and so was the be- ginning of the ride home . The light from the moon was very feeble , the crowd was very large ; there was no order , but every body rushed about and screamed . Luckily ...
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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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