The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East, Volum 1John Murray, 1875 |
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Pàgina xxxvi
... chief Monarchies of Asia , in the latter part of the 13th century . " Map illustrating the geographical position of the CITY of SARAI . 6. Plan of part of the remains of the same city . Reduced from a Russian plan published by M ...
... chief Monarchies of Asia , in the latter part of the 13th century . " Map illustrating the geographical position of the CITY of SARAI . 6. Plan of part of the remains of the same city . Reduced from a Russian plan published by M ...
Pàgina 1
... chief circumstances of the Traveller's life and authorship . The time of the dictation of his Book and of the execution of his Last Will have been almost the only undisputed epochs in his biography . The year of his birth has been ...
... chief circumstances of the Traveller's life and authorship . The time of the dictation of his Book and of the execution of his Last Will have been almost the only undisputed epochs in his biography . The year of his birth has been ...
Pàgina 10
... degenerate , and when the value of Khan had sunk , a new form , Khán - khánán , was devised at the court of Dehli , and applied to one of the high officers of state . The chief throne of the Mongol Empire had just been 10 INTRODUCTION .
... degenerate , and when the value of Khan had sunk , a new form , Khán - khánán , was devised at the court of Dehli , and applied to one of the high officers of state . The chief throne of the Mongol Empire had just been 10 INTRODUCTION .
Pàgina 11
Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East Marco Polo Sir Henry Yule. The chief throne of the Mongol Empire had just been ascended by Kublai , the most able of its occupants after the Founder . Before the death of his brother and ...
Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East Marco Polo Sir Henry Yule. The chief throne of the Mongol Empire had just been ascended by Kublai , the most able of its occupants after the Founder . Before the death of his brother and ...
Pàgina 18
... chief points of arrival and departure for the inland trade of Asia , when they were overtaken by the news that a Pope was at last elected , and that the choice had fallen upon their friend Archdeacon Tedaldo . They imme- diately ...
... chief points of arrival and departure for the inland trade of Asia , when they were overtaken by the news that a Pope was at last elected , and that the choice had fallen upon their friend Archdeacon Tedaldo . They imme- diately ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 268 - 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 168 - So geographers, in Afric maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er unhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns.
Pàgina 210 - 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 324 - ... as it is.] As regards the size of this (new) city you must know that it has a compass of 24 miles, for each side of it hath a length of 6 miles, and it is four-square.
Pàgina 214 - 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 188 - 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 284 - ... They produced a chain of fifty cubits in length, and in my presence threw one end of it towards the sky, where it remained as if fastened to something in the air. A dog was then brought forward, and being placed at the lower end of the chain, immediately ran up, and reaching the other end, immediately disappeared in the air.
Pàgina 324 - My brother shal be warisshed hastily; For I am siker that ther be sciences By whiche men make diverse apparences Swiche as thise subtile tregetoures pleye; For ofte at feestes have I wel herd seye That tregetours withinne an halle large Have maad come in a water and a barge, And in the halle rowen up and doun.
Pàgina 188 - 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.