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 2
... told by Sign . John De Barros , a Portuguese gentleman , in his Fracastorius died in the same Ramusio himself died in The Preface is dated Venice , 7th July , 1553 . year , and Ramusio erected a statue of him at Padua . July , 1557 ...
... told by Sign . John De Barros , a Portuguese gentleman , in his Fracastorius died in the same Ramusio himself died in The Preface is dated Venice , 7th July , 1553 . year , and Ramusio erected a statue of him at Padua . July , 1557 ...
Pàgina 15
... told . Nicolo had left his wife there behind him ; Maffeo apparently was a bachelor . In the year named they started on a trading venture to the Crimea , whence a succès- sion of openings and chances , recounted in the Introductory ...
... told . Nicolo had left his wife there behind him ; Maffeo apparently was a bachelor . In the year named they started on a trading venture to the Crimea , whence a succès- sion of openings and chances , recounted in the Introductory ...
Pàgina 22
... told by one who knew both the princes well that Arghun was one of the handsomest men of his time , whilst Gházán was , among all his host , one of the most insignificant in appearance . But in other respects * Persian history seems to ...
... told by one who knew both the princes well that Arghun was one of the handsomest men of his time , whilst Gházán was , among all his host , one of the most insignificant in appearance . But in other respects * Persian history seems to ...
Pàgina 23
... told him she had given it away to a poor man , whom she did not know . Now , the stratagem he employed to recover it was this . He went to the Bridge of Rialto , and stood there turning a wheel , to no apparent purpose , but as if he ...
... told him she had given it away to a poor man , whom she did not know . Now , the stratagem he employed to recover it was this . He went to the Bridge of Rialto , and stood there turning a wheel , to no apparent purpose , but as if he ...
Pàgina 44
... told heavily upon the Venetian sources of enlistment , and it is stated that many of the complements were made up of rustics swept in haste . from the Euganean hills . To this the Genoese poet seems to allude , alleging that the ...
... told heavily upon the Venetian sources of enlistment , and it is stated that many of the complements were made up of rustics swept in haste . from the Euganean hills . To this the Genoese poet seems to allude , alleging that the ...
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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...