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The Rulers of the Mediterranean
by Davis, Richard Harding
 
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The Rulers of the MediterraneanThe Rulers of the Mediterranean (Softcover)
Pub. Date: 8/3/2020 12: 00: 00 AM
Publisher: Outlook Verlag
Price: $49.59
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The Rulers of the MediterraneanThe Rulers of the Mediterranean (hardcover)
Pub. Date: 2020
Publisher: Outlook Verlag
Price: $107.07
Seller: Tustin, Newport Coast, CA, USA
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Excerpt: ...sight of a carefully bred American girl, who would feel remorse if she scolded her maid, beating eight or nine donkey-boys with her umbrella, until she breaks it, and so rides off breathless but triumphant. This shows that necessity knows no laws of social behavior. When you are weary of fighting your way through the noise and movement of the bazars, you can find equal entertainment on the terrace of your hotel. There are several hotels in Cairo. There is one to which you should certainly go if you like to see your name encompassed by those of countesses and princes, and of Americans who spell Smith with a "y" and put a hyphen between their second and third names. There are, as I say, a great many hotels in Cairo, but Shepheard's is so historical, and its terrace has 113 been made the scene of so many novels, that all sorts of amusing people go there, from Sultans to the last man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo, and its terrace is like a private box at a mask ball. About the best way to see Cairo is in a wicker chair here under waving palms, something to smoke, and with a warm sun on your back, and the whole world passing by in front of you. Broadway, I have no doubt, is an interesting thoroughfare to those who do not know it. I should judge from the view one has of the soles of numerous boots planted against the windows of hotels along its course that Broadway to the visiting stranger is an infinite source of entertainment. But there are no camels on Broadway, and there are no sais. A camel by itself is one of the most interesting animals that has ever been created, but when it blocks the way of a dog-cart, and a smart English groom endeavors to drive around it, the incongruity of the situation appeals to you as nothing on Broadway can ever do. Mr. Laurence Hutton, who was in Cairo before I reached it, has pointed out that the camel is the real aristocrat of Egypt. The camel belongs to one of the very first families; he was there when Mena...

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  • PID: 16256194237
  • ISBN-13: 9783752386318
  • Publisher: Outlook Verlag
  • Seller: Alibris
    Condition: New.
    Notes: Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 118 p.