Journal of a Visit to Egypt, Constantinople, the Crimea, Greece, &c: In the Suite of the Prince and Princess of WalesHarper, 1870 - 209 páginas |
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... covered with snow , and the sun shining on them , had the prettiest effect possible . The ascent of the Simmering is most curious ; the railroad goes in a zigzag line , so that after having left a station or a house to the right , we ...
... covered with snow , and the sun shining on them , had the prettiest effect possible . The ascent of the Simmering is most curious ; the railroad goes in a zigzag line , so that after having left a station or a house to the right , we ...
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... covered with flags from the top of each mast to the water's edge , and all saluted and manned yards ; while hundreds of boats of the most picturesque shapes , and very gayly painted , filled with black and bronze - faced half savage ...
... covered with flags from the top of each mast to the water's edge , and all saluted and manned yards ; while hundreds of boats of the most picturesque shapes , and very gayly painted , filled with black and bronze - faced half savage ...
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... covered with ladies , all veiled . I hardly think it possible for any body to give an idea of this curious sight . We then drove home , and both coming and going , in the midst of these crowded streets , and in spite of the excitement ...
... covered with ladies , all veiled . I hardly think it possible for any body to give an idea of this curious sight . We then drove home , and both coming and going , in the midst of these crowded streets , and in spite of the excitement ...
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... 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 , quite five inches wide . This cover was lifted off , and under ...
... 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 , quite five inches wide . This cover was lifted off , and under ...
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... covering one's face with dust . February 9. The fog was so thick this morning that we could not start till nine o'clock , the hour at which we are in future usually to begin our day's voyage being between five or six in the morning ...
... covering one's face with dust . February 9. The fog was so thick this morning that we could not start till nine o'clock , the hour at which we are in future usually to begin our day's voyage being between five or six in the morning ...
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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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