 THE personal appearance of the Great Kaan, Lord of Lords, whose name is Cublay, is such as I shall now tell you. He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but of a middle height. He has a becoming amount of flesh, and is very shapely in all his...  The History of China - Pàgina 360per Demetrius Charles Boulger - 1898Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Marco Polo - 1871 - 624 pàgines
...Cublay, is such as I shall now tell you. H: is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but of a middl: height. He has a becoming amount of flesh, and is...shapely in all his limbs. His complexion is white and reci. the eyes black and fine,1 the nose well formed and \velJ xr on. He has four wives, whom he retains... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1874 - 406 pàgines
...appearance of the Great Kaan, Lord of Lords, whose name is Cublay, is such as I shall now tell you. He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but...black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on : ' ed. Yule, i. 318. A portrait of him, from a Chinese engraving, is given by Colonel Yule on the... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1875 - 672 pàgines
...appearance of the Great Kaan, Lord of Lords, whose name is Cublay, is such as I shall now tell you. He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but...black and fine,' the nose well formed and well set on. He has four wives, whom he retains permanently as his legitimate consorts ; and the eldest of his sons... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1875 - 730 pàgines
...appearance of the Great Kaan, Lord of Lords, whose name is Cublay, is such as I shall now tell you. He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but...His complexion is white and red, the eyes black and fine,1 the nose well formed and well set on. He has four wives, whom he retains permanently as his... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1875 - 862 pàgines
...appearance of the Great Kaan, Lord of Lords, whose name is Cublay, is such as I shall now tell you. He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but...His complexion is white and red, the eyes black and fine,1 the nose well formed and well set on. He has four wives, whom he retains .permanently as his... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. North China Branch, Shanghai - 1876 - 704 pàgines
...appearance of the Great Kaan, Lord of Lords, whose name is Cublay, is such as I shall now tell you. He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but...black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on. He has four wives, whom he retains permanently as his legitimate consorts ; and the eldest of his sons... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1880 - 442 pàgines
...Marco Polo refer to Kublai Khan, who died in 1294. Marco describes his person with some minuteness:— of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but of...black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on:' ed. Yule, i. 318. A portrait of him, from a Chinese engraving, is given by Colonel Yule on the next... | |
 | Demetrius Charles Boulger - 1893 - 450 pàgines
...personal appearance will be read with interest as a conclusion to this record of his idiosyncrasies. " He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but...black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on." The most fortunate and successful monarch rarely escapes without some misfortune, and Kublai was not... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 610 pàgines
...appearance of the Great Kaan, Lord of Lords, whose name is Cublay, is such as I shall now tell you. He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but...black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on': ed. Yule, i. 318. A portrait of him, from a Chinese engraving, is given by Colonel Yule on the next... | |
 | Noah Brooks, Marco Polo - 1897 - 308 pàgines
...Great Khan is •*• thus described by Marco : " He is of good stature, neither tall nor short, but of middle height. He has a becoming amount of flesh,...black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on." But the portrait of Kublai Khan, drawn by a Chinese artist, does not exactly correspond with the pen... | |
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