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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... wife , etc. It was frightfully cold all night ; the thermometer in my carriage was below zero Centi- grade , and when I awoke in the morning I found a heap of snow on my feet that had come in through the window ! January 21. Traveled ...
... wife , etc. It was frightfully cold all night ; the thermometer in my carriage was below zero Centi- grade , and when I awoke in the morning I found a heap of snow on my feet that had come in through the window ! January 21. Traveled ...
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... wife and daughter . The Viceroy and his eldest son took the Prince and Princess to an immense hall in the Palace , where I and all the suite followed , and were all presented to the Viceroy . We then went straight to carriages which ...
... wife and daughter . The Viceroy and his eldest son took the Prince and Princess to an immense hall in the Palace , where I and all the suite followed , and were all presented to the Viceroy . We then went straight to carriages which ...
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... wives and daughters were sitting . The Duke of Sutherland , with his party , consisting of Lord Stafford , Colonel Marshall , Dr. Russell , Mr. Sumner , Professor Owen , Mr. Fowler , and Major Al- ison , are also at Cairo , and are ...
... wives and daughters were sitting . The Duke of Sutherland , with his party , consisting of Lord Stafford , Colonel Marshall , Dr. Russell , Mr. Sumner , Professor Owen , Mr. Fowler , and Major Al- ison , are also at Cairo , and are ...
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... wife of the Viceroy ( the first and fourth were not well ) , his eldest son , and two eldest daugh- ters . La Grande Princesse took the Princess by the hand , while one of the wives handed me , another Mrs. Stanton , and one of the ...
... wife of the Viceroy ( the first and fourth were not well ) , his eldest son , and two eldest daugh- ters . La Grande Princesse took the Princess by the hand , while one of the wives handed me , another Mrs. Stanton , and one of the ...
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... wives have constant quarrels and squabbles , oc- casioned by jealousy , and that sometimes the Viceroy is obliged to separate them . These poor Princesses lead the most useless and` idle life . They can not read nor write , or do any ...
... wives have constant quarrels and squabbles , oc- casioned by jealousy , and that sometimes the Viceroy is obliged to separate them . These poor Princesses lead the most useless and` idle life . They can not read nor write , or do any ...
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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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