 He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but of a middle height. He has a becoming amount of flesh, and is very shapely in all his limbs. His complexion is white and red, the eyes black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on." His conquest...  The History of China - Pàgina 356per Demetrius Charles Boulger - 1898Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Modern Language Association of America - 1896 - 640 pàgines
...let us complete Dr. Skeat's first quotation about Kublai (in, 471); immediately after the sentence, " His complexion is white and red, the eyes black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on,"—to which I need hardly remind you nothing in Chaucer corresponds—Polo continues, " He has... | |
 | Modern Language Association of America - 1896 - 600 pàgines
...us complete Dr. Skeat's first quotation about Kublai (ill, 471); immediately after the sentence, " His complexion is white and red, the eyes black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on,"—to which I need hardly remind you nothing in Chaucer corresponds—Polo continues, " He has... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1897 - 428 pàgines
...Marco Polo refer to Kublai Khan, who died in 1294. Marco describes his person with some minuteness :— of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but of...black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on:' ed. Yule, i. 318. A portrait of him, from a Chinese engraving, is given by Colonel Yule on the next... | |
 | Demetrius Charles de Kavanagh Boulger - 1900 - 470 pàgines
...personal appearance will be read with interest as a conclusion to this record of his idiosyncrasies. " He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but...black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on." The most fortunate and successful monarch rarely escapes without some misfortune, and Kublai was not... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1900 - 620 pàgines
...appearance of the Great Kaan, Lord of Lords, whose name is Cublay, is such as I shall now tell you. He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but...black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on': ed. Yule, i. 318. A portrait of him, from a Chinese engraving, is given by Colonel Yule on the next... | |
 | 1903 - 1122 pàgines
...advanced in years when Marco Polo entered his service. And thus it is that the Venetian describes him: “He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short,...and fine, the nose well formed and well set on.” Such was the great emperor, whose palace, the greatest that ever was, stood in Cambaluc, the capital... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1903 - 812 pàgines
...appearance of the Great Kaan, Lord of Lords, whose name is Cublay, is such as I shall now tell you. He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but...complexion is white and red, the eyes black and fine, 1 the nose well formed and well set on. He has four wives, whom he retains permanently as his legitimate... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1903 - 828 pàgines
...appearance of the Great Kaan, Lord of Lords, whose name is Cublay, is such as I shall now tell you. He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but...complexion is white and red, the eyes black and fine, 1 the nose well formed and well set on. He has four wives, whom he retains permanently as his legitimate... | |
 | Nakaba Yamada - 1916 - 354 pàgines
...height, with a becoming amount of flesh, shapely in all his limbs. His complexion white and red, his eyes black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on. He was of a benevolent and kindly disposition." Secondly, we are told by the Mongol annalist how Genghis... | |
 | Mary Evelyn Monckton Jones - 1922 - 220 pàgines
...for 17 years. They are then sent by sea via Java and Trebizond to the Levant]. Account of Kublal Khan He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but...black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on (p. 318). I shall tell you of the great and wonderful magnificence of the Great Khan now reigning,... | |
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