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 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 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 , 1831 . The gates were ...
... 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 , 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 27
... fact exhibits , at least as the prominent feature , an embellished representation of a small house which exists on the west side of the Sabbionera , and which had at one time perhaps that pointed style of architecture which his ...
... fact exhibits , at least as the prominent feature , an embellished representation of a small house which exists on the west side of the Sabbionera , and which had at one time perhaps that pointed style of architecture which his ...
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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.