The Land of Khemi: Up and Down the Middle NileW. Blackwood and sons, 1882 - 260 páginas |
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... - rod and a worm ; but beyond a dozen small creatures , which collectively weighed about a pound and a half , I extracted nothing from the most tempting - looking pools under the water- wheels and 18 THE LAND OF KHEMI .
... - rod and a worm ; but beyond a dozen small creatures , which collectively weighed about a pound and a half , I extracted nothing from the most tempting - looking pools under the water- wheels and 18 THE LAND OF KHEMI .
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Up and Down the Middle Nile Laurence Oliphant. most tempting - looking pools under the water- wheels and as the cook declined to cook them , on the ground that they were unwhole- some , I was discouraged from any further effort . A more ...
Up and Down the Middle Nile Laurence Oliphant. most tempting - looking pools under the water- wheels and as the cook declined to cook them , on the ground that they were unwhole- some , I was discouraged from any further effort . A more ...
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... looking at other times , are now all melted into a confused haze , as the sun setting behind the town throws it into a bluish - purple shadow , from which shoot here and there a minaret or a palm - tree . After we have feasted our eyes ...
... looking at other times , are now all melted into a confused haze , as the sun setting behind the town throws it into a bluish - purple shadow , from which shoot here and there a minaret or a palm - tree . After we have feasted our eyes ...
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... looking over these chambers and mounds , we can trace the difference between the Roman and Egyptian periods . We see on the surface the strewn pottery , glass - ware , and coins of the later time , with here and there a few burnt bricks ...
... looking over these chambers and mounds , we can trace the difference between the Roman and Egyptian periods . We see on the surface the strewn pottery , glass - ware , and coins of the later time , with here and there a few burnt bricks ...
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... . Descending again , and looking into the halls , we may observe the whole series borne by twenty - seven mono- lithic columns : the walls also are constructed E of stone of similar size . At the end of THE LABYRINTH AND THE LAKES . 65.
... . Descending again , and looking into the halls , we may observe the whole series borne by twenty - seven mono- lithic columns : the walls also are constructed E of stone of similar size . At the end of THE LABYRINTH AND THE LAKES . 65.
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