The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East, Volume 1Scribner, 1903 - Asia |
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... Kashgar , M. de MAS LATRIE , the Historian of Cyprus , Mr. ARTHUR GROTE , Mr. EUGENE SCHUYLER of the U.S. Legation at St. Petersburg , Dr. BUSHELL and Mr. W. F. MAYERS , of H.M.'s Legation at Peking , Mr. G. PHILLIPS of Fuchau , Madame ...
... Kashgar , M. de MAS LATRIE , the Historian of Cyprus , Mr. ARTHUR GROTE , Mr. EUGENE SCHUYLER of the U.S. Legation at St. Petersburg , Dr. BUSHELL and Mr. W. F. MAYERS , of H.M.'s Legation at Peking , Mr. G. PHILLIPS of Fuchau , Madame ...
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... Kashgar . XXXIV . OF THE GREAT CITY OF SAMARCAN 183 NOTES . - I . Christians in Samarkand . 2. Chagatai's relation to Kúblái mis - stated . 3. The Miracle of the Stone . XXXV . OF THE PROVINCE OF YARCAN 187 NOTE . - Yarkand . Goître ...
... Kashgar . XXXIV . OF THE GREAT CITY OF SAMARCAN 183 NOTES . - I . Christians in Samarkand . 2. Chagatai's relation to Kúblái mis - stated . 3. The Miracle of the Stone . XXXV . OF THE PROVINCE OF YARCAN 187 NOTE . - Yarkand . Goître ...
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... KASHGAR . After Verchaguine . From the Tour du Monde . 181. View of KASHGAR . From Mr. R. Shaw's Tartary . 184. View of SAMARKAND . From a Sketch by Mr. D. IVANOFF , engraved in a Russian Illustrated Paper ( kindly sent by Mr. I. to the ...
... KASHGAR . After Verchaguine . From the Tour du Monde . 181. View of KASHGAR . From Mr. R. Shaw's Tartary . 184. View of SAMARKAND . From a Sketch by Mr. D. IVANOFF , engraved in a Russian Illustrated Paper ( kindly sent by Mr. I. to the ...
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... Kashgar , whence they proceeded by Yarkand and Khotan , and the vicinity of Lake Lob , and eventually across the Great Gobi Desert to Tangut , the name then applied by Mongols and Persians to territory at the extreme North - west of ...
... Kashgar , whence they proceeded by Yarkand and Khotan , and the vicinity of Lake Lob , and eventually across the Great Gobi Desert to Tangut , the name then applied by Mongols and Persians to territory at the extreme North - west of ...
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... Kashgar , escaping from the dominant Chinese , took refuge in Badakhshan ; one died of his wounds , the other was treacherously slain by Sultan Shah , who then ruled the country . The holy man is said in his dying moments to have ...
... Kashgar , escaping from the dominant Chinese , took refuge in Badakhshan ; one died of his wounds , the other was treacherously slain by Sultan Shah , who then ruled the country . The holy man is said in his dying moments to have ...
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Page 295 - 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, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
Page 376 - 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.
Page 133 - Go thou and slay So-and-so, and when thou returnest my angels shall bear thee into Paradise. And shouldst thou die, natheless even so will I send my angels to carry thee back into Paradise.
Page 360 - ... paces thick. And they are provided throughout with loop-holed battlements, which are all whitewashed. There are 12 gates, and over each gate there is a great and handsome palace, so that there are on each side of the square three gates and five palaces; for (I ought to mention) there is at each angle also a great and handsome palace. In those palaces are vast halls in which are kept the arms of the city...
Page 304 - Amir, and said something to him in Chinese. The Amir gave some order in reply, and our friend then took the lad's limbs, laid them together in their places, and gave a kick, when, presto ! there was the boy, who got up and stood before us ! All this astonished me beyond measure, and I had an attack of palpitation like that which overcame me once before in the presence of the Sultan of India, when he showed me something of the same kind.
Page 248 - They are excellent soldiers, and passing valiant in battle. They are also more capable of hardships than other nations ; for many a time, if need be, they will go for a month without any supply of food, living only on the milk of their mares and on such game as their bows may win them. Their horses -also will subsist entirely on the grass of the plains, so that there is no need to carry store of barley or straw or oats ; and they are very docile to their riders. These, in case of need, will abide...
Page 410 - Kaan smears the Seal entrusted to him with vermilion. and impresses it on the paper, so that the form of the Seal remains printed upon it in red ; the Money is then authentic. Any one forging it would be punished with death.] And the Kaan causes every year to be made such a vast quantity of this money, which costs him nothing, that it must equal in amount all the treasure in the world.
Page 424 - ... despatch speeds along from post to post, always at full gallop with regular change of horses. And the speed at which they go is marvellous. By night, however, they cannot go so fast as by day, because they have to be accompanied by footmen with torches, who could not keep up with them at full speed. Those men are highly prized; and they could never do it did they not bind hard the stomach, chest, and head with strong bands. And each of them carries with him a gerfalcon tablet, in sign that he...
Page 75 - Fairer than the sun at morning Was the star that told His birth, To the world its God announcing Seen in fleshly form on earth.