Vulgar words in History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 10 (of 12) (Page 1)
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Among the monuments of a great historic past, the speculative spirit of the East made love to the plastic beauty of the West, until, at last, they were united in happy union.
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Neacles also painted for Aratus; and we might almost suppose that it was as a gift to the King of Egypt that he painted his Sea-fight between the Egyptians and the Persians, in which the painter shows us that it was fought within the mouth of the Nile by making a crocodile bite at an ass drinking on the shore.
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In a third the king and queen are seen playing at chess or checkers in the form of a lion playing with a unicorn or horned ass.