From Pharaoh to FellahWells Gardner, Darton, 1888 - 187 páginas |
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... asked the Scribbler if he were going to Cairo ; and when he replied that he was afraid so , she quoted to him pages of " Murray , " and so the acquaintance began - an acquaintance pleasant indeed , but which had its drawbacks , for the ...
... asked the Scribbler if he were going to Cairo ; and when he replied that he was afraid so , she quoted to him pages of " Murray , " and so the acquaintance began - an acquaintance pleasant indeed , but which had its drawbacks , for the ...
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... asked Ulster . The Scribbler rose . " You had better ask the Admiralty , who , to save a few pounds in coal , sent the Hecla with the ammunition from Malta under canvas , so that she arrived twenty - four hours too late . Of course they ...
... asked Ulster . The Scribbler rose . " You had better ask the Admiralty , who , to save a few pounds in coal , sent the Hecla with the ammunition from Malta under canvas , so that she arrived twenty - four hours too late . Of course they ...
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... asked the Sketcher . " No , " said the judge ; " many of them are of your country , and of other nationalities . intelligence of five nations to try every petty case . It requires the united You see , " he added solemnly , " the balance ...
... asked the Sketcher . " No , " said the judge ; " many of them are of your country , and of other nationalities . intelligence of five nations to try every petty case . It requires the united You see , " he added solemnly , " the balance ...
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... asked the Turtle , " returning to this question of criminal jurisdiction , I presume that other subjects are equally liable to their Consulates ; otherwise , what is the meaning of Consular protection ? " " Consular protection ...
... asked the Turtle , " returning to this question of criminal jurisdiction , I presume that other subjects are equally liable to their Consulates ; otherwise , what is the meaning of Consular protection ? " " Consular protection ...
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... asked the Turtle , " that the amount of working expen- diture is limited by agreement to a figure which is insufficient ? " " No ; that is a popular fallacy . The amount allowed may be insufficient , but they do not spend it : they ...
... asked the Turtle , " that the amount of working expen- diture is limited by agreement to a figure which is insufficient ? " " No ; that is a popular fallacy . The amount allowed may be insufficient , but they do not spend it : they ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abydos admit Alexandria Arab Arabi asked Assouan Asyoot banks bazaar beauty Boolak build Cairo Canal capital Church Citadel Cleopatra conqueror Copt course Credit Foncier Crichton cultivation dahabeeyah descendants desert dynasty Egyptian Egyptian history English European father Fayoum Fellah Fellaheen Fostat Ghizeh Girgeh give Government Greek Hyksos idea Ismail Joseph Jussef Karnac Khafra Khan Khalili king kourbash land of Egypt land of Goshen later look Luxor Memphis MONTBARD mosque Mudir Mummy myth Nabob native never Nile Osiris party Pasha pass perhaps period Pharaoh Prince probably Ptolemy Pyramids railway Ramses Ramses II recognise river Sakkarah Saladin Sara Scribbler seems Sekenen Ra Seti Sheik el Beled Shepheard's sight Sketcher Sphinx stands statue steamer Sultan Hassan taxation taxes tell temple Thebes thou to-day tomb town Turk Turtle Tutmes Wady Halfa youth
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Página 164 - Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Página 159 - And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee : the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell : and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
Página 151 - IT flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands, Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream, And times and things, as in that vision, seem Keeping along it their eternal stands, — Caves, pillars, pyramids, the shepherd bands That roamed through the young...
Página 165 - Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
Página 149 - Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed : And on the pedestal these words appear : 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair !
Página 164 - Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise; thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Página 164 - The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs: and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Página 159 - Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Página 52 - The Sphinx is drowsy, Her wings are furled: Her ear is heavy, She broods on the world. "Who'll tell me my secret, The ages have kept? — I awaited the seer While they slumbered and slept: "The fate of the man-child, The meaning of man; Known fruit of the unknown; Daedalian plan; Out of sleeping a waking, Out of waking a sleep; Life death overtaking; Deep underneath deep?
Página 164 - Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships ; and his border shall be unto Zidon.