Recollections of an Egyptian PrincessWilliam Blackwood, 1893 - 376 páginas |
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... took it extremely amiss that I should think it necessary to be present at their lessons ; that they did not require to be present at mine , and that they considered it an affront offered to them . I replied that I had no idea of ...
... took it extremely amiss that I should think it necessary to be present at their lessons ; that they did not require to be present at mine , and that they considered it an affront offered to them . I replied that I had no idea of ...
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... took it in very good part , so after about ten minutes ' stay we rose and took our leave . We were escorted down - stairs by the lady who officiated as interpreter , and again seated on a divan in the saloon which we had first entered ...
... took it in very good part , so after about ten minutes ' stay we rose and took our leave . We were escorted down - stairs by the lady who officiated as interpreter , and again seated on a divan in the saloon which we had first entered ...
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... took the pipe , which was about five feet long , and the attendant rested the bowl on a silver plate in front of me . Mrs Freeland sat placidly puffing her pipe as if it were her everyday solace , though she had never had one in her ...
... took the pipe , which was about five feet long , and the attendant rested the bowl on a silver plate in front of me . Mrs Freeland sat placidly puffing her pipe as if it were her everyday solace , though she had never had one in her ...
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... took out my note - book to make some entries . While thus occupied , the donkey - boy , who had run noiselessly after me on the sand , and of whose prox- imity I was not aware , suddenly rushed up , and with blows urged my donkey on ...
... took out my note - book to make some entries . While thus occupied , the donkey - boy , who had run noiselessly after me on the sand , and of whose prox- imity I was not aware , suddenly rushed up , and with blows urged my donkey on ...
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... took to lighter reading . " This is the day for old Sharpe , " she would say somewhat irreverently . A passage quoted by Sharpe from Hero- dotus amused her greatly : " Whenever a house was on fire , the chief care of the neighbours was ...
... took to lighter reading . " This is the day for old Sharpe , " she would say somewhat irreverently . A passage quoted by Sharpe from Hero- dotus amused her greatly : " Whenever a house was on fire , the chief care of the neighbours was ...
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