Journal of a Visit to Egypt, Constantinople, the Crimea, Greece, &c: In the Suite of the Prince and Princess of WalesHarper, 1870 - 209 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 27
Página 25
... and got out at the station to have lunch- eon , which was a grand affair ; and after it large pipes were brought into the carriage , and every body smoked and had coffee . B At five we arrived at Cairo , where we were.
... and got out at the station to have lunch- eon , which was a grand affair ; and after it large pipes were brought into the carriage , and every body smoked and had coffee . B At five we arrived at Cairo , where we were.
Página 27
... coffee , and then beautiful long Eastern pipes were handed round , all the mouthpieces being of the lightest - colored am- ber , and set with large rings of diamonds and pre- cious stones ! The money spent on pipes in this country must ...
... coffee , and then beautiful long Eastern pipes were handed round , all the mouthpieces being of the lightest - colored am- ber , and set with large rings of diamonds and pre- cious stones ! The money spent on pipes in this country must ...
Página 34
... coffee in the morning , and the taste of these extraordinary dishes , as well as the sight of all these fingers dipped into the dishes of thick sour cream , or a dish of preserves , and the next moment tearing off a bit of meat or ...
... coffee in the morning , and the taste of these extraordinary dishes , as well as the sight of all these fingers dipped into the dishes of thick sour cream , or a dish of preserves , and the next moment tearing off a bit of meat or ...
Página 37
... coffee was served several times . A slave brought in a tray covered with a black velvet cloth about a yard and a half wide , all embroidered with pearls and enormous un- cut emeralds ; and in the middle one enormous dia- mond star ...
... coffee was served several times . A slave brought in a tray covered with a black velvet cloth about a yard and a half wide , all embroidered with pearls and enormous un- cut emeralds ; and in the middle one enormous dia- mond star ...
Página 39
... , dressed in their splendid jewels and all their finery , and surrounded by their slaves , reminded one of the descriptions one reads in the Arabian Nights or some old fairy tale . Coffee was again served very often . A slave car-
... , dressed in their splendid jewels and all their finery , and surrounded by their slaves , reminded one of the descriptions one reads in the Arabian Nights or some old fairy tale . Coffee was again served very often . A slave car-
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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 soon 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