| Marco Polo - 1871 - 590 pągines
...every man should follow his father's business and no other, no matter if he possessed 100,000 bezants.' Inside the city there is a Lake which has a compass...style as to seem fit for the palace of an Emperor. And when any one of the citizens desired to hold a marriage feast, or to give any other entertainment,... | |
| Marco Polo - 1875 - 884 pągines
...that there were in this city twelve guilds of the different crafts, and that each guild had 12,000 houses in the occupation of its workmen. Each of these...style as to seem fit for the palace of an Emperor. And when any one of the citizens desired to hold a marriage feast, or to give any other entertainment,... | |
| Marco Polo - 1875 - 668 pągines
...the bridges be so high the approaches are so well contrived that carts and horses do cross them.2] workmen. Each of these houses contains at least 12...style as to seem fit for the palace of an Emperor. And when any one of the citizens desired to hold a marriage feast, or to give any other entertainment,... | |
| Samuel Wells Williams - 1882 - 896 pągines
...Polo, who says, " Inside the city there is a lake which has a compass of some 30 miles ; and all around it are erected beautiful palaces and mansions, of...beautiful and spacious edifice, furnished in such a style as to seem fit for the palace of an emperor. And when any one of the citizens desired to hold... | |
| 1885 - 906 pągines
...the words of the Venetian traveller, which are as true now as they were in the thirteenth century, " are erected beautiful palaces and mansions, of the...can imagine, belonging to the nobles of the city." On summer evenings it is the habit of these noble citizens to take their pleasure on the lake in barges,... | |
| Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas - 1893 - 448 pągines
...temples, palaces, and pavilions which adoru the islands scattered over its surface ; while all around it are erected beautiful palaces and mansions, of the richest and most exquisite structure. On summer evenings it is the habit of these noble citizens to take their pleasure on the lake in barges,... | |
| Noah Brooks, Marco Polo - 1897 - 308 pągines
...possessed one hundred thousand bezants. Inside the city there is a lake which has a compass of some thirty miles : and all round it are erected beautiful palaces...style as to seem fit for the palace of an emperor. And when any one of the citizens desired to hold a marriage feast, or to give any other entertainment,... | |
| American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society - 1913 - 956 pągines
...Polo: " Inside the City (Hangchow) there is a Lake which has a compass of some 30 miles; and all around it are erected beautiful palaces and mansions of the richest and most exquisite structure that yon can imagine, belonging to the nobles of the City. There are also on its shores many abbeys and... | |
| Archibald John Little - 1905 - 376 pągines
...says of it : ' Inside the city there is a lake which has a compass of thirty miles ; and all around it are erected beautiful palaces and mansions, of...beautiful and spacious edifice, furnished in such a style as to seem fit for the palace of an emperor '.' The notorious effeminacy of the people of Kiangsu... | |
| Samuel Wells Williams - 1907 - 910 pągines
...Polo, who says, " Inside the city there is a lake which has a compass of some 30 miles ; and all around it are erected beautiful palaces and mansions, of...and churches of the idolaters. In the middle of the laice are two islands, on each of which stands a rich, beautiful and spacious edifice, furnished in... | |
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