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Familiar Quotations

Egypt

When Cameron was in Egypt's land. Let my Cameron go.–Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily contain within itself forces which must bring either decay or explosion?–Bertrand Russell

Hollywood's like Egypt, full of crumbled pyramids. It'll never come back. It'll just keep on crumbling until finally the wind blows the last studio prop across the sands.–David Selznick

How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?–Harry S. Truman

Use in Literature

Egypt

Malta, impregnable in its fortifications, commanded the Mediterranean, and was the key of Egypt.–John S.C. Abbott in Napoleon Bonaparte.

They passed the whole night together, talking over the events of Egypt and the prospects of France.–John S.C. Abbott in Napoleon Bonaparte.

They were accustomed in Egypt to living in houses, they cultivated and cooked the cereals, and they fed on vegetables and bread.–Brooks Adams in The Emancipation of Massachusetts.

From Egypt to Jerusalem.–Dante Alighieri in The Divine Comedy, entire (tr H.F. Cary).

But it was a sacred emblem in the dateless antiquity of Egypt.–James Lane Allen in The Bride of the Mistletoe.

After a delay of about six weeks in Egypt, his Highness afforded us a gracious and hospitable occasion of taking leave of himself and the young princes, to all of whom I am indebted for much courtesy and kindness.–Samuel White Baker in Ismailia.

I assured him that the future would be prosperous, and that, under the protection of Egypt, he would never have further cause for alarm.–Samuel White Baker in Ismailia.

• Preface viii
• Familiar Quotations 1
• Egypt 1
• Use in Literature 2
• Egypt 2
• Egypt – "According" 19
• Egypt – "Africa" 19
• Egypt – "Alexandria" 20
• Egypt – "Ancient" 22
• Egypt – "Arabia" 24
• Egypt – "Army" 25
• Egypt – "Arts" 26
• Egypt – "Babylonia" 26
• Egypt – "Begin" 27
• Egypt – "Believed" 28
• Egypt – "Brethren" 28
• Egypt – "British" 29
• Egypt – "Calls" 29
• Egypt – "Century" 31
• Egypt – "Chief" 32
• Egypt – "Christians" 32
• Egypt – "Cities" 33
• Egypt – "Civilization" 34
• Egypt – "Close" 34
• Egypt – "Comes" 35
• Egypt – "Country" 38
• Egypt – "Daughter" 39
• Egypt – "Day" 39
• Egypt – "Deserts" 41
• Egypt – "Doctors" 42
• Egypt – "Doubt" 42
• Egypt – "Earlier" 43
• Egypt – "Egyptian" 44
• Egypt – "England" 45
• Egypt – "Europe" 46
• Egypt – "Everything" 47
• Egypt – "Expedition" 48
• Egypt – "Fallen" 48
• Egypt – "Far" 49
• Egypt – "Father" 50
• Egypt – "Feels" 52
• Egypt – "Few" 52
• Egypt – "Follow" 53
• Egypt – "Former" 54
• Egypt – "Finds" 54
• Egypt – "French" 55
• Egypt – "God" 56
• Egypt – "Go" 57
• Egypt – "Great" 58
• Egypt – "Greeks" 62
• Egypt – "Heard" 64
• Egypt – "History" 64
• Egypt – "Ideas" 65
• Egypt – "India" 66
• Egypt – "Interesting" 67
• Egypt – "Israelites" 67
• Egypt – "Italy" 69
• Egypt – "Jacob" 69
• Egypt – "Jews" 70
• Egypt – "Joseph" 71
• Egypt – "Journey" 73
• Egypt – "Keep" 74
• Egypt – "Kindly" 74
• Egypt – "King" 74
• Egypt – "Land" 78
• Egypt – "Large" 80
• Egypt – "Late" 80
• Egypt – "Lead" 81
• Egypt – "Learned" 81
• Egypt – "Left" 82
• Egypt – "Let" 83
• Egypt – "Little" 84
• Egypt – "Made" 85
• Egypt – "Man" 87
• Egypt – "Modern" 91
• Egypt – "Moses" 91
• Egypt – "Name" 92
• Egypt – "Napoleon" 93
• Egypt – "New" 93
• Egypt – "Nile" 95
• Egypt – "Nothing" 96
• Egypt – "Officially" 97
• Egypt – "Old" 97
• Egypt – "Once" 98
• Egypt – "Orders" 99
• Egypt – "Part" 100
• Egypt – "People" 102
• Egypt – "Persia" 103
• Egypt – "Pharaoh" 104
• Egypt – "Place" 105
• Egypt – "Plagues" 106
• Egypt – "Political" 107
• Egypt – "Power" 107
• Egypt – "Priestesses" 108
• Egypt – "Prince" 109
• Egypt – "Ready" 110
• Egypt – "Reason" 110
• Egypt – "Remained" 111
• Egypt – "Return" 112
• Egypt – "River" 114
• Egypt – "Rule" 115
• Egypt – "Sea" 115
• Egypt – "Sent" 116
• Egypt – "Shall" 117
• Egypt – "Show" 118
• Egypt – "Slavery" 119
• Egypt – "Son" 119
• Egypt – "Soon" 120
• Egypt – "Spoke" 121
• Egypt – "Star" 122
• Egypt – "State" 123
• Egypt – "Statue" 124
• Egypt – "Sultan" 124
• Egypt – "Sun" 124
• Egypt – "Syria" 125
• Egypt – "Thebes" 127
• Egypt – "Things" 127
• Egypt – "Thinks" 128
• Egypt – "Thou" 129
• Egypt – "Thus" 130
• Egypt – "View" 131
• Egypt – "Village" 132
• Egypt – "Visited" 132
• Egypt – "Walls" 133
• Egypt – "West" 134
• Egypt – "Wish" 135
• Egypt – "Words" 135
• Egypt – "Work" 136
• Egypt – "Worshipped" 137
• Egypt – "Years" 138
• Nonfiction Usage 141
• Script Usage 141
• Historical Usage 141
• Spoken Usage 142
• Presidential Usage 142
• Bible Usage 142
• Qur'anic Usage 175
• Journalism Usage 175
• Encyclopedic Usage 395
• Lexicographic Usage 494
• Index 621