 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1875 - 466 pàgines
...immense brazier in the winter, heedless of the cinders and sparks that fell on his body, and, on awaking, would mistake the burns merely for the bites of insects. He ate a sheep a day, and drank an immense quantity of kumiss. He seems to have subjected all the surrounding tribes, and to have ruled... | |
 | Pringle Kennedy - 1905 - 334 pàgines
...Mongols deemed their beau ideal of a hero.f " Kutulakhan' s voice is compared to the thunder in the mountains, his hands were strong like bear's paws,...ate a sheep a day, and drank immense quantities of Kermis (fermented mare's milk)." Such is the man the Mongols delighted to honour. Great strength, great... | |
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Khan's voice is compared to thunder in the mountains, his hands were strong like bear's paws, and with them he could break a man in two, as easily as an arrow may be broken. He would lie naked near an immense brazier in the winter heedless of the cinders... 