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 limbs. His complexion is white and red, the eyes black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on." His conquest... The History of China - Pàgina 356per Demetrius Charles Boulger - 1898Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Marco Polo - 1871 - 624 pàgines
...appearance of the Great Kaan, Lord of Lord-. I whose name is Cublay, is such as I shall now tell you. He I is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but of a middk I height. He has a becoming amount of flesh, and is very I shapely in all his limbs. His complexion... | |
| 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 next... | |
| 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...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 - 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...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 legitimate... | |
| Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth - 1876 - 800 pàgines
...height, with a becoming amount of flesh, and shapely in all his limbs. His complexion white and red, his eyes black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on. He was of a benevolent and kindly disposition. Polo says he sent messengers about the empire to relieve... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1877 - 416 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... | |
| 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 - 456 pàgines
...personal appearance \till 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... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 612 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... | |
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