The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East, Volum 1;Volum 155John Murray, 1871 |
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Pàgina xxxiii
... whilst our confidence in the man's veracity is such that we feel certain every puzzle has a solution . personal And such difficulties have not attached merely to the identification of places , the interpretation of outlandish terms , or ...
... whilst our confidence in the man's veracity is such that we feel certain every puzzle has a solution . personal And such difficulties have not attached merely to the identification of places , the interpretation of outlandish terms , or ...
Pàgina xxxvi
... whilst the first suits were by their orders cut up and divided among the servants . Then after partaking of some of the dishes they went out again and came back in robes of crimson velvet , and when they had again taken their seats ...
... whilst the first suits were by their orders cut up and divided among the servants . Then after partaking of some of the dishes they went out again and came back in robes of crimson velvet , and when they had again taken their seats ...
Pàgina xxxvii
... whilst the young men came daily to visit and converse with the ever polite and gracious Messer Marco , and to ask him questions about Cathay and the Great Can , all which he answered with such kindly courtesy that every man felt himself ...
... whilst the young men came daily to visit and converse with the ever polite and gracious Messer Marco , and to ask him questions about Cathay and the Great Can , all which he answered with such kindly courtesy that every man felt himself ...
Pàgina xxxviii
... whilst Ramusio's still on their travels , that Marco should marry as soon as they account of Marco's should get to Venice ; but now they found themselves in this liberation unlucky pass , with so much wealth and nobody to inherit it ...
... whilst Ramusio's still on their travels , that Marco should marry as soon as they account of Marco's should get to Venice ; but now they found themselves in this liberation unlucky pass , with so much wealth and nobody to inherit it ...
Pàgina xlii
... whilst his hordes of horsemen , force of character , and close neighbourhood brought the Kaans of Chagatai under his influence , and they generally acted in concert with him . The chief throne of the Mongol Empire had just been ascended ...
... whilst his hordes of horsemen , force of character , and close neighbourhood brought the Kaans of Chagatai under his influence , and they generally acted in concert with him . The chief throne of the Mongol Empire had just been ascended ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 263 - In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, io Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
Pàgina 168 - So geographers, in Afric maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er unhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns.
Pàgina 375 - All these pieces of paper are issued with as much solemnity and authority as if they were of pure gold or silver; and on every piece a variety of officials, whose duty it is, have to write their names, and to put their seals. And when all is prepared duly, the chief officer deputed by the...
Pàgina 208 - My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Pàgina cxxvi - ... times to give any distinct account of the secluded Christian Empire of Abyssinia, and the semi-Christian Island of Socotra; to speak, though indeed dimly, of...
Pàgina 272 - They then extended a sheet or curtain over the spot, and one of the men putting himself under the sheet, in a few minutes came from below, followed by the individual supposed to have been cut into joints, in perfect health and condition, and one might have safely sworn that he had never received wound or injury whatever.
Pàgina 187 - But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
Pàgina 131 - Ashishin to send on any mission, he would cause that potion whereof I spoke to be given to one of the youths in the garden, and then had him carried into his palace. So when the young man awoke he found himself in the castle, and no longer in that Paradise, whereat he was not over-well pleased.
Pàgina 361 - ... for the lodgment of merchants from different parts of the world, and a special hostelry is assigned to each description of people, as if we should say there is one for the Lombards, another for the Germans, and a third for the Frenchmen...
Pàgina 159 - Now, if we go on with our journey towards the eastnorth-east, we travel a good forty days, continually passing over mountains and hills, or through valleys, and crossing many rivers and tracts of wilderness. And in all this way you find neither habitation of man, nor any green thing, but must carry with you whatever you require.