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 xxv
... hand . 6o . Fourth , Ramusio's Italian . 61. Injudicious Tamperings in Ramusio . 62 . Genuine Statements peculiar to Ramusio . 63. Hypothesis of the Sources of the Ramusian Version . 64. Summary in regard to Text of Polo . 65. Notice of ...
... hand . 6o . Fourth , Ramusio's Italian . 61. Injudicious Tamperings in Ramusio . 62 . Genuine Statements peculiar to Ramusio . 63. Hypothesis of the Sources of the Ramusian Version . 64. Summary in regard to Text of Polo . 65. Notice of ...
Pàgina 3
... hand , going by sea , readily carried with him all necessary provision ; and after a voyage of some 30 or 40 days was conveyed by the wind whither he desired to go , whilst the Venetians again took a whole year's time to pass all those ...
... hand , going by sea , readily carried with him all necessary provision ; and after a voyage of some 30 or 40 days was conveyed by the wind whither he desired to go , whilst the Venetians again took a whole year's time to pass all those ...
Pàgina 4
... hands had been served , and the guests were set , they took off those robes and put on others of crimson damask , whilst the first suits were by their orders cut up and divided among the servants . Then after partaking of some of the ...
... hands had been served , and the guests were set , they took off those robes and put on others of crimson damask , whilst the first suits were by their orders cut up and divided among the servants . Then after partaking of some of the ...
Pàgina 7
... hand as you enter , with an inscription denoting it to be the tomb of Messer Nicolo Polo of the contrada of S. Gio . Chrisostomo . The arms of his family consist of a Bend with three birds on it , and the colours , according to certain ...
... hand as you enter , with an inscription denoting it to be the tomb of Messer Nicolo Polo of the contrada of S. Gio . Chrisostomo . The arms of his family consist of a Bend with three birds on it , and the colours , according to certain ...
Pàgina 11
... hands of the native dynasty of the Sung , who had their capital at the great city now well known as Hangchau - fu . Their dominion was still substantially untouched , but its subjugation was a task to 64 China is a sea that salts all ...
... hands of the native dynasty of the Sung , who had their capital at the great city now well known as Hangchau - fu . Their dominion was still substantially untouched , but its subjugation was a task to 64 China is a sea that salts all ...
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Pàgina 294 - 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 i - Much have I seen and known ; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but honour'd of them all; And drunk delight of battle with my peers, Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy. I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move.
Pàgina 192 - So geographers, in Afric maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er unhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns.
Pàgina 144 - Mahommet gave of his Paradise, to wit, that it should be a beautiful garden running with conduits of wine and milk and honey and water, and full of lovely women for the delectation of all its inmates. And sure enough the Saracens of those parts believed that it was Paradise ! Now no man was allowed to enter the Garden save those whom he intended to be his ASHISHIN.
Pàgina 236 - 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 388 - Sea, which is within two days' journey of his capital city Cambaluc, and as he goes there is many a fine sight to be seen, and plenty of the very best entertainment in hawking; in fact, there is no sport in the world to equal it! The Emperor himself is carried upon four elephants in a fine chamber made of timber, lined inside with plates of beaten gold, and outside with lions' skins, for he always travels in this way on his fowling expeditions because he is troubled with gout. He always keeps beside...
Pàgina 213 - 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 19 - Kublai is said to have asked for, the new Pope, Gregory X., could supply but two Dominicans; and these lost heart and drew back when they had barely taken the first step of the journey. Judging from certain indications we conceive it probable that the three Venetians, whose second start from Acre took place about November 1271, proceeded by Ayas and Sivas, and then by Mardin, Mosul, and Baghdad, to Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, with the view of going on by sea, but that some obstacle arose...
Pàgina 212 - 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 396 - ... for the lodgment of merchants from different parts of the world, and a special hostelry is assigned to each description of people, as if we should say there is one for the Lombards, another for the Germans, and a third for the Frenchmen...