 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1871 - 592 pages
...which is entirely roofed with fine gold, just as our churches are roofed with lead, insomuch that it would scarcely be possible to estimate its value....good two fingers thick ; and the windows also are of gold, so that altogether the richness of this Palace is past all bounds and all belief' They have also... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1875 - 668 pages
...which is entirely roofed with fine gold, just as our churches are roofed with lead, insomuch that it would scarcely be possible to estimate its value....good two fingers thick ; and the windows also are of gold, so that altogether the richness of this Palace is past all bounds and all belief.3 They have... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1875 - 884 pages
...which is entirely roofed with fine gold, just as our churches are roofed with lead, insomuch that it would scarcely be possible to estimate its value....pavement of the Palace, and the floors of its chambers, Anc.ent Japanese Knipcror. (After n Nalivc Drawing ; from Humbert } are entirely of gold, in plates... | |
 | United States - 1892 - 60 pages
...which is entirely roofed with fine gold, just as our churches are roofed wiih lead, insomuch that it would scarcely be possible to estimate its value....good two fingers thick ; and the windows also are of gold, so that altogether the richness of this palace is past all bounds and all belief. They have also... | |
 | Johannes Justus Rein - Agriculture - 1889 - 662 pages
...lead, insomuch that it would scarcely be possible to estimate its value. Moreover all the pavements of the palace and the floors of its chambers are entirely of gold, in plates like slabs of stone, a good two-fingers thick ; and the windows also are of gold, so that altogether the richness of the Palace... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes, Earl Barnes - United States - 1891 - 482 pages
...that Island. You must know that he hath a great Palace which is entirely roofed with fine gold . . . Moreover, all the pavement of the Palace, and the...good two fingers thick ; and the windows also are of gold, so that . . . the richness of this Palace is past ... all belief. . . . They have also pearls... | |
 | 1892 - 120 pages
...which is entirely roofed with fine gold, just as our churches are roofed with lead, insomuch that it would scarcely be possible to estimate its value....good two fingers thick; and the windows also are of gold, so that altogether the richness of this palace is past all bounds and all belief. They have also... | |
 | Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore - China - 1892 - 70 pages
...sighting Cuba, the great admiral was sure that Zipangu's palace, with its roof, floors and windows " of gold, in plates like slabs of stone, a good two fingers thick," was near at hand. Fortunately for us, Japan was held in reserve for this century and this generation,... | |
 | Christopher Columbus - America - 1893 - 364 pages
...island it is. The Lord of that island hath a great palace which is entirely roofed with fine gold. Moreover, all the pavement of the palace, and the...stone, a good two fingers thick ; and the windows are also of gold, so that altogether the richness of this palace is past all bounds and all belief.... | |
 | George Edward Weare - America - 1897 - 392 pages
...roofed with fine gold, just as our churches are roofed with lead, insomuch that it would be scarcely possible to estimate its value. Moreover, all the...chambers, are entirely of gold, in plates like slabs of stones a good two fingers thick ; and the windows also are of gold, so that altogether the richness... | |
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I will tell you a wonderful thing about the Palace of the Lord of that Island. You must know that he hath a great Palace which is entirely roofed with fine gold, just as our churches are roofed with lead, insomuch that it would scarcely be possible to... 
