 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 368 pàgines
...know, he says, that these Abraiaman are the best merchants in the world [an obvious misconception !] and the most truthful, for they would not tell a lie...merchant who does not know the ways of the country apply to them, and place his goods in their hands, they will take charge of them most loyally, selling... | |
 | 1882 - 1038 pàgines
...things were allowed which at other times were forbidden by the law. "You must know," Marco Polo says, " that these Abraiaman are the best merchants in the...they would not tell a lie for anything on earth." In the fourteenth century we have Friar Jordanus, who goes out of his way to tell us that the people... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1883 - 392 pàgines
...were allowed which at other times were forbidden by the laws. " You must know," Marco Polo says, " that these Abraiaman are the best merchants in the...they would not tell a lie for anything on earth." In the fourteenth century we have Friar Jordanus, who goes out of his way to tell us that the people... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1883 - 436 pàgines
...were allowed which at other times were forbidden by the laws. ' You must know," Marco Polo says, ' that these Abraiaman are the best merchants in the...they would not tell a lie for anything on earth.' In the fourteenth centurv we have Friar Jordanus, r * who goes out of his way to tell us that the people... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1902 - 198 pàgines
...PROVINCE OF GUZERAT, IN INDIA, AND THE BRAHMANS You must know that these Brahmans are the best (people) in the world, and the most truthful, for they would not tell a lie for anything on earth. They eat no flesh and drink no wine; nor would they on any account take what belongs to another; for... | |
 | Har Bilas Sarda (Diwan Bahadur) - 1906 - 506 pàgines
...neither death nor life."1 Marco Polo (thirteenth century) says : " You must know that these Brahmins are the best merchants in the world and the most truthful,...they would not tell a lie for anything on earth."" Kamal-ud-din Ibd-errazak Samarkand! (1413-1482), who went as ambassador of the Khakan to the prince... | |
 | William Crooke - 1906 - 568 pàgines
...honesty of the trading class. Marco Polo (1290) says that the Abraiaman or Brahmans of Western India "are the best merchants in the world, and the most...they would not tell a lie for anything on earth." This view is supported by Friar Jordanus (1323), and, following them, Frederic describes the perfect... | |
 | William Crooke - 1906 - 594 pàgines
...honesty of the trading class. Marco Polo (1290) says that the Abraiaman or Brahmans of Western India "are the best merchants in the world, and the most...they would not tell a lie for anything on earth." This view is supported by Friar Jordanus (1323), and, following them, Frederic describes the perfect... | |
 | Jirah Dewey Buck - 1911 - 266 pàgines
...Marco Polo, in the thirteenth century, " You must know, Marco Polo says, that these Abralaman (Hindoos) are the best merchants in the world, and the most...they would not tell a lie for anything on earth." " In the sixteenth century Abu Fazl, the minister of the Emperor Akbar, says in his ' Ayin Akbari,'... | |
 | Har Bilas Sarda (Diwan Bahadur) - 1922 - 498 pàgines
...neither death nor life" 5 Marco Polo (thirteenth century) says : " You must know that these Brahmins are the best merchants in the world and the most truthful, for they would not tell a lie for anything on earth."8 Kamal-ud-din Ibd-errazak Samarkand! (1413-1482), who went as ambassador of the Khakan to the... | |
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You must know," Marco Polo says, "that these Abraiaman are the best merchants in the world, and the most truthful, for they would not tell a lie for anything on earth. 
