10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GIPPIES»
Discover the use of
gippies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gippies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
A dozen Gippies ran out, dragged him in, and closed the gate. The last thing
Wyndham did before he died in the grey of dawn—and this is told of him by the
Gippies themselves-was to cough up the bullet from his throat, and spit it out
upon the ...
The following day they toured Aswan and the darn that prevented the Nile from
flooding lower Egypt. “Have you noticed the whiteness of the Gippies teeth?”
Peter asked. He always called Egyptians, “Gippies.” “Yes.” “We have to find out
what ...
3
Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan:
The "Gippies"looked withoutflinching straight intotheeyes ofthe dervishes, and
fired volleys that wouldhave done credit toaBritish regiment. The hulking,
physically strong "Fellah" had at last takenthe measure of his enemy, and meant
to prove ...
Wyndham Bimbashi hesitated an instant; then, as the first trickle of water entered
the garden of the house where his Gippies and the friendlies were, his voice rose
in the Song of the Sakkia : — “ Turn, O Sakkia, turn to the right, and turn to the ...
5
Donovan Pasha, and some people of Egypt
A dozen Gippies ran out, dragged him in, and closed the gate. The last thing
Wyndham did before he died in the gray of dawn — and this is told of him by the
Gippies themselves — was to cough up the bullet from his throat, and spit it out
upon ...
6
The Works of Gilbert Parker: Donovan Pasha and some people ...
A dozen Gippies ran out, dragged him in, and closed the gate. The last thing
Wyndham did before he died in the grey of dawn — and this is told of him by the
Gippies themselves — was to cough up the bullet from his throat, and spit it out
upon ...
A dozen Gippies ran out, dragged him in, and closed the gate. The last thing
Wyndham Bimbashi did before he died in the grey of dawn —and this is told of
him by the 'Gippies themselves—was to cough up the bullet from his throat, and
spit it ...
J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish, 1899
8
The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art and Literature
A dozen Gippies ran out, dragged him in, and closed the gate. The last thing
Wyndham Bimbashi did before he died in the grey of dawn —and this is told of
him by the Gippies themselves—was to cough up the bullet from his throat, and
spit it ...
J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish, 1899
The Gippies thought it a miraculous feat, and that he had done it in scorn of the
Hadendowas. Before another sunrise and sunset had come, Wyndham
Bimbashi's men were relieved bythe garrison of Berber, after a hard fight. There
are ...
He held the bowl in the hollow of his hand almost tenderly. He seemed
unconscious of the scowling' looks around him. At last he sat down pn the ledge
of the rude fountain, with his face towards the Gippies and the Arabs squatted on
the ...
