 | Marco Polo - 1871 - 592 pàgines
...his own part of the city, and his own share of the kingdom, and each of them in fact was a great and wealthy King. But the Great Kaan conquered the kingdom...big, that it seems to be a Sea rather than a River ! 2 Let us now speak of a great Bridge which crosses this River within the city. This bridge is of... | |
 | William John Gill - 1880 - 498 pàgines
...so vast that no one who should read or hear the tale would believe it. The quantities of merchandise also which merchants carry up and down this river...river being that much in width as I told you), and along its length, on either side, there are columns of marble to bear the roof—for the bridge is... | |
 | William John Gill - 1883 - 510 pàgines
...so vast that no one who should read or hear the tale would believe it. The quantities of merchandise also which merchants carry up and down this river are past all 142 THE MODERN CITY. CH. belief. In fact it is so big that it seems to be a sea rather than a river.... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1903 - 768 pàgines
...his own part of the city, and his own share of the kingdom, and each of them in fact was a great and wealthy King. But the Great Kaan conquered the kingdom...big, that it seems to be a Sea rather than a River ! J Let us now speak of a great Bridge which crosses this River within the city. This bridge is of... | |
 | Robert John Davidson, Isaac Mason - 1905 - 276 pàgines
...so vast that no one who should read or hear the tale would believe it. The quantities of merchandise also which merchants carry up and down this river...past all belief. In fact it is so big that it seems more like a sea than a river. Let us now speak of a great bridge which crosses this river within the... | |
 | Lawrence John Lumley Dundas Marquis of Zetland - 1908 - 444 pàgines
...vast, that no one who should read or hear the tale would believe it. The quantities of merchandise also which merchants carry up and down this river...all belief. In fact, it is so big that it seems to be'a sea rather than a river ! " — The Book of Ser Marco Polo. VOL. I. CHAPTER II. SHANGHAI TO ICHANG.... | |
 | Lawrence John Lumley Dundas Marquis of Zetland - 1908 - 466 pàgines
...believe it. The quantities of merchandise also which merchant* carry up and down this river are ]*»t all belief. In fact, it is so big that it seems to be a sea nther than a rirer!"—Tlu Boot o/Ser Marco Palo. VOL. L CHAPTER II. SHANGHAI TO ICHANO. SHANGHAI is... | |
 | Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston - 1908 - 564 pàgines
...39 vast that no one who should read or hear the tale would believe it. The quantities of merchandise also which merchants carry up and down this river are past all belief."1 Ch'eng-tu is a city of less importance now, but it is still one of the greatest and most... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1912 - 492 pàgines
...so vast that no one who should read or hear the tale would believe it. The quantities of merchandise also which merchants carry up and down this river are past all belief." Ch'eng-tu is a city of less importance now, but it is still one of the greatest and most prosperous... | |
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Sea, — a very long way, equal to 80 or 100 days' journey. And the name of the River is KIAN-SUY. The multitude of vessels that navigate this river is so vast, that no one who should read or hear the tale would believe it. The quantities of merchandize... 