| Marco Polo - 1871 - 624 pagina’s
...not hold the whole of them, big 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...than 10 paces;2 but they are not so thick at top, for rhr diminish in thickness as they rise, so that at top th: are only about 3 paces thick. And they are... | |
| Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. North China Branch, Shanghai - 1876 - 704 pagina’s
...it has a * See Yiifn shi, on the empresses, and also Yuen cKao pi shi. t See Yuen shi, — Fen ki. compass of 24 miles, for each side of it hath a length...full ten paces at bottom, and a height of more than ten paces ; but they are not so thick at top, for they diminish in thickness as they rise, so that... | |
| Noah Brooks, Marco Polo - 1897 - 318 pagina’s
...you must know that it has a compass of twenty-four miles, for each side of it hath a length of six miles, and it is four-square. And it is all walled...earth, which have a thickness of full ten paces at the bottom, and a height of more than ten paces ; but they are not so thick at the top, for they diminish... | |
| 1901 - 800 pagina’s
...how many rooms there are besides. As regards the size of the city, it has a compass of twenty-four miles, and it is four-square. And it is ,all walled round with walls of earth, with a height of more than ten paces. The streets are so straight and wide that you can see right along... | |
| Marco Polo - 1902 - 198 pagina’s
...you must know that it has a compass of twenty-four miles, for each side of it hath a length of six miles, and it is four-square. And it is all walled...earth, which have a thickness of full ten paces at the bottom, and a height of more than ten paces; but they are not so thick at the top, for they diminish... | |
| Marco Polo - 1903 - 822 pagina’s
...So he caused the present city to be built close beside the old one, with only a river between them.2 And he caused the people of the old city to be removed...full ten paces at bottom, and a height of more than ID paces;8 but they are not so thick at top, for they diminish in thickness as they rise, so that at... | |
| Marco Polo - 1903 - 918 pagina’s
...not hold the whole of them, big 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...full ten paces at bottom, and a height of more than lo paces;3 but they arc not so thick at top, for they diminish in thickness as they rise, so that at... | |
| Marco Polo - 1903 - 812 pagina’s
...not hold the whole of them, big 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...four-square. And it is all walled round with walls of earth svhich have a thickness of full ten paces at bottom, and a height of more than 10 paces;3 but they... | |
| Nakaba Yamada - 1916 - 354 pagina’s
...of earth, which have a thickness of full ten paces at bottom, and a height of more than ten paces ; but they are not so thick at top, for they diminish...thickness as they rise, so that at top they are only about three paces thick. And they are provided throughout with loop-holed battlements, which are all whitewashed.... | |
| Allan H. Gilbert - 1919 - 344 pagina’s
...one, with only a river between them. ... As regards the size of this (new) city you must know that it has a compass of 24 miles, for each side of it...ten paces at bottom, and a height of more than 10 paces; but they are not so thick at top, for they diminish in thickness as they rise, so that at top... | |
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