 ... and the windows also have golden ornaments. So vast, indeed, are the riches of the palace, that it is impossible to convey an idea of them. In this island there are pearls also in large quantities, of a red color, round in shape, and of great size...  Japan In Our Day - Page 2by Bayard Taylor - 1893Full view - About this book
 | Talbot Watts - Japan - 1852 - 406 pages
...to convey an idea of them. In this island there are pearls also in large quantities, of a red (pink) color, round in shape, and of great size; equal in...It is customary with one part of the inhabitants*^ bury their dead, and with another part to burn them. The former have a practice of putting one of these... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1854 - 544 pages
...an idea of them. In this island there are pearls also, in large quantities, of a red (pink) colour, round in shape, and of great size, equal in value to, or even exceeding that of the •white pearls. 2 It is customary with one part of the inhabit^ ants to bury their dead, and with another part to bura... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1854 - 548 pages
...an idea of them. In this island there are pearls also, in large quantities, of a red (pink) colour, round in shape, and of great size, equal in value to, or even exceeding that of the white pearls. 2 It is customary with one part of the inhabitants to bury their dead, and with another part to burn... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1854 - 586 pages
...an idea of them. In this island there are pearls also, in large quantities, of a red (pink) colour, round in shape, and of great size, equal in value to, or even exceeding that of the white pearls.2 It is customary with one part of the inhabitants to bury their dead, and with another part... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - Literary Criticism - 1855 - 624 pages
...impossible to convey an idea of them. In this Island there arc pearls, also, in large quantities, of a pink color, round in shape, and of great size, equal in value to white pearls, or even exceeding them. It is customary with one part of the inhabitants to bury their... | |
 | Japan - 1892 - 568 pages
...travels of Marco Polo, who heard of the country, under the name of Zipangu, at the court of Knblai Khan (in Peking), at the close of the thirteenth century....a practice of putting one of these pearls into the month of the corpse. There are also found there a number of precious stones. " Of so great celebrity... | |
 | Edward John Payne - America - 1892 - 648 pages
...them. In this island there are pearls also, in large quantities, of a red colour, round in shape, and equal in value to or even exceeding that of the white pearls '.' Of Little Cathay, Argyre, Candym, and Anjama, it is hardly necessary to speak. The number of islands... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - Pacific Area - 1899 - 758 pages
...an idea of them. In this island there are pearls also, in large quantities, of a red or pink colour, round in shape and of great size, equal in value to or even exceeding that of the white pearls." The causes given of this great concentration of wealth in this island are that few merchants visit... | |
 | Japan - 1903 - 368 pages
...the world is found in the travels of Marco Polo, who heard of the country, nnder the name of Zipangu, at the court of Kublai Khan (in Peking), at the close...a practice of putting one of these pearls into the month of the corpse. There are also found there a number of precious stones. " Of so great celebrity... | |
 | Charles Morris - China - 1904 - 392 pages
...impossible to convey an idea of them. In this island there are pearls also, in large quantities, of a pink color, round in shape and of great size, equal in...value to, or even exceeding, that of the white pearls. There are also found there a number of precious stones." This story is as remote from truth as some... | |
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