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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... Lord Carington , Mr. O. Montagu , and Dr. Minter , being put up at the King's palace . I dined in my own room , and went to bed early . January 18. Went to pay some visits in the morn- ing with Countess Hohenthal . Dined at five o'clock ...
... Lord Carington , Mr. O. Montagu , and Dr. Minter , being put up at the King's palace . I dined in my own room , and went to bed early . January 18. Went to pay some visits in the morn- ing with Countess Hohenthal . Dined at five o'clock ...
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... Lord A. Loftus at five o'clock . At 9.30 there was a great ball at the King's palace , in the round white hall . It was very pretty , and the decorations of all the adjoining rooms very bright , and tastefully done . Came home at three ...
... Lord A. Loftus at five o'clock . At 9.30 there was a great ball at the King's palace , in the round white hall . It was very pretty , and the decorations of all the adjoining rooms very bright , and tastefully done . Came home at three ...
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... Lord and Lady Bloom- field , and afterward went to see the skating . It was very cold indeed - 15 ° of frost ! At six o'clock there was a great dinner at the Burg , a band playing all the time , led by Strauss . I went afterward with ...
... Lord and Lady Bloom- field , and afterward went to see the skating . It was very cold indeed - 15 ° of frost ! At six o'clock there was a great dinner at the Burg , a band playing all the time , led by Strauss . I went afterward with ...
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... Lord Carington , Mr. O. Montagu , Doctor Minter , and Mr. Brierley , who had joined us at Trieste to accompany us during our tour , in order to make a series of sketches for his Royal Highness . The Ariadne , in reality a man - of - war ...
... Lord Carington , Mr. O. Montagu , Doctor Minter , and Mr. Brierley , who had joined us at Trieste to accompany us during our tour , in order to make a series of sketches for his Royal Highness . The Ariadne , in reality a man - of - war ...
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... Lord Stafford , Colonel Marshall , Dr. Russell , Mr. Sumner , Professor Owen , Mr. Fowler , and Major Al- ison , are also at Cairo , and are going to follow us in a steamer as far as the First Cataract . The cold here in the house is ...
... Lord Stafford , Colonel Marshall , Dr. Russell , Mr. Sumner , Professor Owen , Mr. Fowler , and Major Al- ison , are also at Cairo , and are going to follow us in a steamer as far as the First Cataract . The cold here in the house is ...
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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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