 | William Desborough Cooley - 1830 - 426 Seiten
...extraordinary abundance. The roof of the king's palace is covered with a plating of gold, just as we cover houses, or more properly churches, with lead. The...of the apartments have small tables of pure gold, and of considerable thickness ; and the windows also are loaded with golden ornaments." The fame of... | |
 | Historical account - 1836 - 510 Seiten
...access to the place. The entire roof is covered with a plating of gold, in the same manner as we cover houses, or more properly churches, with lead. The...windows also have golden ornaments. So vast, indeed," exclaims the Venetian, " are the riches of the palace, that it is impossible to convey an idea of them... | |
 | ACCOUNT. - 1837 - 392 Seiten
...access to the place. The entire roof is covered with a plating of gold, in the same manner as we cover houses, or more properly churches, with lead. The...windows also have golden ornaments. So vast, indeed," exclaims the Venetian, " are the riches of the palace, that it is impossible to convey an idea of them... | |
 | 1840 - 326 Seiten
...covered with a plating of gold, in the some manner as we cover houses, or, more properly speaking, churches, with lead. The ceilings of the halls are of the same precious metals ; many of the apartments have small taUes of pure gold, considerably thick, and the windows... | |
 | William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1840 - 616 Seiten
...covered with a plating of gold, in the same manner as we cover houses, or, more properly speaking, churches, with lead. The ceilings of the halls are of the same precious metals; many of the apartments have small tables of pure gold, considerably thick, and the windows... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 340 Seiten
...entire roof covered with a plating of gold, in the same manner as we cover churches and other buildings with lead. The ceilings of the halls are of the same...metal : many of the apartments have small tables of gold, and the windows have golden ornaments. So vast, indeed, are the riches of the palace, that it... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 586 Seiten
...access to the place. The entire roof is covered with a plating of gold, in the same manner as we cover houses, or more properly churches, with lead. The...of the apartments have small tables of pure gold, of considerable thickness; 1 The name which ia here, as well as in the BM and Berlin manuscripts, written... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 548 Seiten
...access to the place. The entire roof is >covered with a plating of gold, in the same manner as we cover houses, or more properly churches, with lead. The...of the apartments have small tables of pure gold, of considerable thickness; 1 The name which is here, as well as in the BM and Berlin manuscripts, written... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1854 - 544 Seiten
...access to the place. The entire roof is covered with a plating of gold, in the same manner as we cover houses, or more properly churches, with lead. The...of the apartments have small tables of pure gold, of considerable thickness; 1 The name which is here, as well as in the BM and Berlin manuscripts, written... | |
 | 1854 - 798 Seiten
...the same manner as houses elsewhere are covered with lead. The ceilings of the halls are of the same metal. Many of the apartments have small tables of...thick, and the windows also have golden ornaments. The myth of the nation supposes, that from primeval chaos arose a selfcreated supreme God, throned... | |
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The entire roof is covered with a plating of gold, in the same manner as we cover houses, or more properly churches, with lead. The ceilings of the halls are of the same precious metal ; many of the apartments have small tables of pure gold, of considerable... 
