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 xvii
... whole , but it may be allowable , in these days of scanty leisure , to indicate below a few instances of what is believed to be new matter in an edition of Marco Polo ; by which however it is by no means intended that all such matter is ...
... whole , but it may be allowable , in these days of scanty leisure , to indicate below a few instances of what is believed to be new matter in an edition of Marco Polo ; by which however it is by no means intended that all such matter is ...
Pàgina 4
... whole of the preliminary narrative until the final return of the travellers to Venice : - the travel- lers ' return to Venice . " And when they got thither the same fate befel them as befel Ulysses , who , when he returned , after his ...
... whole of the preliminary narrative until the final return of the travellers to Venice : - the travel- lers ' return to Venice . " And when they got thither the same fate befel them as befel Ulysses , who , when he returned , after his ...
Pàgina 5
... whole city , gentle and simple , flocked to the house to embrace them , and to make much of them , with every conceivable demonstration of affection and respect . On Messer Maffio , who was the eldest , they conferred the honours of an ...
... whole city , gentle and simple , flocked to the house to embrace them , and to make much of them , with every conceivable demonstration of affection and respect . On Messer Maffio , who was the eldest , they conferred the honours of an ...
Pàgina 6
... whole city gathered to see him and to speak with him , and he was no longer entreated as a prisoner but as a dear friend and honoured gentle- Indeed they showed him such honour and affection that at all hours of the day he was visited ...
... whole city gathered to see him and to speak with him , and he was no longer entreated as a prisoner but as a dear friend and honoured gentle- Indeed they showed him such honour and affection that at all hours of the day he was visited ...
Pàgina 7
... whole city , was discharged from prison and set free . Re- turning home he found that his father had in the meantime had those three other sons . Instead of taking this amiss , wise and discreet man that he was , he agreed also to take ...
... whole city , was discharged from prison and set free . Re- turning home he found that his father had in the meantime had those three other sons . Instead of taking this amiss , wise and discreet man that he was , he agreed also to take ...
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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.