 | Luís de Camões - 1826 - 620 Seiten
...PAGE 408. Now Ceylon contemplate, where in the skies A soaring mountain shrouds his tow'ring head. high mountain, so rocky and precipitous, that the...of Adam, our first parent, is reported to be found. Such is the account given by the Saracens." Mr. Marsden has the following note on this passage. " It... | |
 | Luís de Camões - 1826 - 628 Seiten
...skies A soaring mountain shrouds his tow'ring head. high mountain, so rocky and precipitous, that tin ascent to the top is impracticable, as it is said,...of Adam, our first parent, is reported to be found. Such is the account given by the Saracens." Mr. Marsden has the following note on this passage. " It... | |
 | University magazine - 1848 - 792 Seiten
...Persia, and the Arabian Gulph, from Ceylon. We cannot trace, century by cen1848.] [Nor. tury, tlio course of the history or commerce of Ceylon, but will...persons attain the summit, where the tomb of Adam, o\ir first parent, is reported to be found." And yet this circumstantial account, with its veracity... | |
 | William Knighton - 1845 - 424 Seiten
...they drink wine drawn from trees." " The island produces more beautiful and valuable rubies than are found in any other part of the world, and likewise...of Adam, our first parent, is reported to be found. Such is the account given by the Saracens." The successors of Marco Polo from the fourteenth to the... | |
 | William Knighton - 1845 - 424 Seiten
...produces more beautiful and valuable rubies than are found in any other part of the world, and h'kewise sapphires, topazes, amethysts, garnets, and many other...of Adam, our first parent, is reported to be found. Such is the account given by the Saracens." The successors of Marco Polo from the fourteenth to the... | |
 | Charles Pridham - 1849 - 512 Seiten
...would not exchange it for the treasure of the world, as it had descended to him from his ancestors. In this island there is a very high mountain, so rocky...precipitous, that the ascent to the top is impracticable, except by the help of iron chains, by means of which some persons have attained the summit, where the... | |
 | WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, EDINBURGH - 1851 - 716 Seiten
...arm, without spot, shining like a fire, and not to be bought for money !" In another part he says—" In this island there is a very high mountain, so rocky...assistance of iron chains employed for that purpose. liy means of these, some persons attain the summit, where the tomb of Adam, our first parent, is reported... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 548 Seiten
...speaking of the island of Zeilan, and which I learned when I visited that country in my homeward -voyage. In this island there is a very high mountain, so rocky...of Adam, our first parent, is reported to be found. Such is the account .given by the Saracens. 1 But the idolaters assert that it contains the body of... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 586 Seiten
...speaking of the island of Zeilan, and which I learned when I visited that country in my homeward voyage. In this island there is a very high mountain, so rocky...of Adam, our first parent, is reported to be found. Such is the account .given by the Saracens.1 But the idolaters assert that it contains the body of... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 548 Seiten
...speaking of the island of Zeilan, and -which I learned when I visited that country in my homeward voyage. In this island there is a very high mountain, so rocky...of Adam, our first parent, is reported to be found. Such is the account given by the Saracens.1 But the idolaters assert that it contains the body of Sogomon-barchan,... | |
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In this island there is a very high mountain, so rocky and precipitous that the ascent to the top is impracticable, as it is said, excepting by the assistance of iron chains employed for that purpose. By means of these some persons attain the summit,... 
