 Macardle resides, is very large, with lofty rooms, and well furnished; a part of the end of the state apartment is raised from the floor, and covered with rich carpet, around which are couches composed of cushions, in the Eastern style, which is called...  Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt: In ... - Seite 358von George Annesley Earl of Mountnorris - 1811 - 506 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Lady Augusta Hamilton - 1822 - 538 Seiten
...habit of its impropriety, that, when asked, they danced themselves with the same motions and gestures. The female Greeks born in Egypt are pretty, fair, and well made, when young; but child-birth soon destroys the firmness of their flesh and roundness. The head is richly adorned in the Asiatic... | |
 | 1856 - 996 Seiten
...genteel form. "The female Greeks born in Egypt," says Lord Valentía in his description of Cairo, " are pretty fair, and well made, when young; but childbirth...relaxation, and their bosoms become large and flaccid. Their head-dress is Asiatic, and richly adorned with gold, pearls, and diamonds: their robes are of the same... | |
 | George Valentia - 1994 - 512 Seiten
...received a visit from the Reverend Fathers o$ the Greek Convent, situated in the Greek quarter, CAIRO. 357 which is dependent on the Patriarch of Alexandria....Unfortunately, in the same proportion in which the outside is adorned, the inside is neglected. The mind of a female G reek is a total blank, or worse.... | |
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