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  • For a long moment she dropped her eyes, and then, with a soft smile, asked if I would tell her some Bible stories, preferably that of "Moses in de boundaries o 'Egyp'."

    The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884

  • One U.S. lawmaker said one reason the Egyp tian military decided it couldn't fire on the crowd was because many of the young conscripts wouldn't obey the command.

    Military's Role Is Crucial for Egypt's Path Ahead Charles Levinson 2011

  • It is interesting, however, that no traces of the belief in reincarnation can be found among the ancient Egyp - tians or the Assyro-Babylonians.

    DEATH AND IMMORTALITY JACQUES CHORON 1968

  • De Brosses 'work had raised again the enduring problem for eighteenth-century thought of how to explain the discomforting evidence for Egyp - tian animal-worship or worse, African fetish-worship.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas BURTON FELDMAN 1968

  • Grecian pagans speak in the manner of Jews, Egyp - tians, and Chaldeans.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas A. OWEN ALDRIDGE 1968

  • Unfinished Egyp - tian, classical, and medieval works have come down to us, but it can be said with complete confidence that they were meant to be finished and remained incom - plete for external reasons.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas RUDOLF WITTKOWER 1968

  • "Ah, Betty, we cried harder'n dis when da sole us apart down dar in Egyp '."

    A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland

  • While thus discharging with perfect success his manifold duties of major-domo (Egyp. mer-per), Joseph was often brought in contact with the lady of the house, for at that time there was as much free intercourse between men and women in Egypt as there is among us in the present day.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • You wuz my bes 'frien'; you made me w'at I wuz; an 'I tu'ned my back on you, an' ha'dened my heart lak Farro of ole Egyp 'ter de child'en er Is'ael.

    The Partners 1901

  • Through the Plagues of Egyp 'we was chasin' Arabi,

    The Seven Seas Rudyard Kipling 1900

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