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 xx
... head of the Foreign Office , to inspect Mr. Abbott's valuable un- published Report upon some of the Interior Provinces of Persia ; and to Mr. T. T. COOPER , one of the most adventurous travellers of modern times , for leave to quote ...
... head of the Foreign Office , to inspect Mr. Abbott's valuable un- published Report upon some of the Interior Provinces of Persia ; and to Mr. T. T. COOPER , one of the most adventurous travellers of modern times , for leave to quote ...
Pàgina xxi
... head . But a remarkable fact is , that the Sháh 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 ...
... head . But a remarkable fact is , that the Sháh 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 ...
Pàgina xxxix
... Head of a native of KASHGAR . After Verchaguine ( from the Tour du Monde ) . 190. View of KASHGAR . From Mr. R. Shaw's Tartary . 193. View of SAMARKAND , from a Sketch by Mr. D. IVANOFF , engraved in a Russian Illustrated Paper ( kindly ...
... Head of a native of KASHGAR . After Verchaguine ( from the Tour du Monde ) . 190. View of KASHGAR . From Mr. R. Shaw's Tartary . 193. View of SAMARKAND , from a Sketch by Mr. D. IVANOFF , engraved in a Russian Illustrated Paper ( kindly ...
Pàgina 9
... head in the ties in Asia Great Kaan , but practically it was splitting up into Europe . several great monarchies under the descendants of the four * See Heyd , Le Colonie Commerciali degli Italiani & c . , passim . Sovereign- + We ...
... head in the ties in Asia Great Kaan , but practically it was splitting up into Europe . several great monarchies under the descendants of the four * See Heyd , Le Colonie Commerciali degli Italiani & c . , passim . Sovereign- + We ...
Pàgina 21
... heads safe home to the Lagoons . The aged Emperor growled refusal to all their hints , and but for a happy chance we should have lost our medieval Herodotus . stances of the Depar Polos from ture of the the Kaan's 21. Arghun Khan of ...
... heads safe home to the Lagoons . The aged Emperor growled refusal to all their hints , and but for a happy chance we should have lost our medieval Herodotus . stances of the Depar Polos from ture of the the Kaan's 21. Arghun Khan of ...
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The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and ... Marco Polo Visualització completa - 1875 |
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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.