The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East, Volum 1John Murray, 1875 - 606 pàgines |
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Pàgina vi
... control ) ; by Mr. Ney Elias in the fact of his having carried these ponderous volumes with him on his solitary journey across the Mongolian wilds ! FORSYTH , C.B. lately Envoy to Kashgar , M. de vi PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION .
... control ) ; by Mr. Ney Elias in the fact of his having carried these ponderous volumes with him on his solitary journey across the Mongolian wilds ! FORSYTH , C.B. lately Envoy to Kashgar , M. de vi PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION .
Pàgina xxi
... fact is , that the Shah reminded Ranjit of a prophecy that foreboded the downfall of the Sikh Empire on the removal of the Ghazni Gates . This is quoted from a report of Captain Wade's , dated 21st November , 1831 . The gates were ...
... fact is , that the Shah reminded Ranjit of a prophecy that foreboded the downfall of the Sikh Empire on the removal of the Ghazni Gates . This is quoted from a report of Captain Wade's , dated 21st November , 1831 . The gates were ...
Pàgina 1
... fact that he did not go down mute to the tomb of his fathers , has been made the subject of chronological difficulties ; there are in the various texts of his story variations hard to account for ; the very tongue in which it was ...
... fact that he did not go down mute to the tomb of his fathers , has been made the subject of chronological difficulties ; there are in the various texts of his story variations hard to account for ; the very tongue in which it was ...
Pàgina 2
... fact which was unknown in the days of Strabo and Pliny , though the Romans were already lords of the world . But though his know- ledge extends so far , a tract of 15 degrees beyond that sea he can describe only as Terra Incognita ; and ...
... fact which was unknown in the days of Strabo and Pliny , though the Romans were already lords of the world . But though his know- ledge extends so far , a tract of 15 degrees beyond that sea he can describe only as Terra Incognita ; and ...
Pàgina 5
... fact . For when they took leave of the Great Can they had changed all the wealth that he had bestowed upon them into this mass of rubies , emeralds , and other jewels , being well aware of the impossi- bility of carrying with them so ...
... fact . For when they took leave of the Great Can they had changed all the wealth that he had bestowed upon them into this mass of rubies , emeralds , and other jewels , being well aware of the impossi- bility of carrying with them so ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 254 - 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 153 - So geographers, in Afric maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er unhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns.
Pàgina 194 - 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 198 - Go and wait upon your Lord in the other world ! " For they do in sooth believe that all such as they slay in this manner do go to serve their Lord in the other world. They do the same too with horses ; for when the Emperor dies, they kill all his best horses, in order that he may have the use of them in the other world, as they believe.
Pàgina 173 - And you must know that in the same mountain there is a vein of the substance from which Salamander is made. For the real truth is that the Salamander is no beast, as they allege in our part of the world, but is a substance found in the earth ; and I will tell you about it.
Pàgina 364 - 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 xli - ... 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, the second suits were divided as before. When dinner was over they did the like with the robes of velvet, after they had put on dresses of the ordinary fashion worn by the rest of the company.
Pàgina 172 - 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 138 - In leaving Badashan you ride twelve days between east and north-east, ascending a river that runs through land belonging to a brother of the Prince of Badashan, and containing a good many towns and villages and scattered habitations. The people are Mahommetans, and valiant in war. At the end of those twelve days you come to a province of no great size, extending indeed no more than three days' journey in any direction, and this is called VOKHAN.