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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... usual , most kind and affectionate , but very sorry that the few weeks she had been able to spend with her father and mother had come to an end . Her visit seemed to have been a great happiness to her . It is now arranged that we shall ...
... usual , most kind and affectionate , but very sorry that the few weeks she had been able to spend with her father and mother had come to an end . Her visit seemed to have been a great happiness to her . It is now arranged that we shall ...
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... usual gesture of this country , moving the hand , namely , from the chest to the forehead . The Princess was very much pleased with her visit , and afterward sent some little presents to our new friends . We then returned to our boat ...
... usual gesture of this country , moving the hand , namely , from the chest to the forehead . The Princess was very much pleased with her visit , and afterward sent some little presents to our new friends . We then returned to our boat ...
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... usual , dining with us . The weather has now changed , and is , to my mind , perfection . A bright blue sky , the air light and bra- cing , the sun very hot , though no heat as yet to com- plain of . The moment the sun goes down , it ...
... usual , dining with us . The weather has now changed , and is , to my mind , perfection . A bright blue sky , the air light and bra- cing , the sun very hot , though no heat as yet to com- plain of . The moment the sun goes down , it ...
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... usual . February 14. A most beautiful day , the first Sun- day in Lent . The Prince read the service to us and the servants very impressively . Such fine warm weather ; not a cloud to be seen ! Arrived at Keneh at 4.45 , and stopped for ...
... usual . February 14. A most beautiful day , the first Sun- day in Lent . The Prince read the service to us and the servants very impressively . Such fine warm weather ; not a cloud to be seen ! Arrived at Keneh at 4.45 , and stopped for ...
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... great favorite with us all . He speaks very good English , though rather in his own style ; his usual reply , when pressed to answer as to the hour we are to arrive at such or such a place , be- ing " I not say , but please God ,
... great favorite with us all . He speaks very good English , though rather in his own style ; his usual reply , when pressed to answer as to the hour we are to arrive at such or such a place , be- ing " I not say , but please God ,
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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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