 | Jacob Abbott - China - 1835 - 272 pages
...have just been mentioned, together with gold tissues, which they lay before his majesty. He therefore calls together twelve experienced and skilful persons,...commands to examine the articles with great care, and fix the value at which they should be purchased. Upon the sum at which they have been thus conscientiously... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1854 - 586 pages
...articles as have just been mentioned, together with gold tissues, which they lay before the grand khan. He thereupon calls together twelve experienced and...objection, because, as has been observed, it answers the purpose of their own disbursements; and even though they should be inha1 According to P. Gaubil, paper... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1854 - 544 pages
...articles as have just been mentioned, together with gold tissues, which they lay before the grand khan. He thereupon calls together twelve experienced and...objection, because, as has been observed, it answers the purpose of their own disbursements; and even though they should be inha1 According to P. Gaubil, paper... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1854 - 548 pages
...articles as have just been mentioned, together with gold tissues, which they lay before the grand khan. He thereupon calls together twelve experienced and...objection, because, as has been observed, it answers the purpose of their own disbursements; and even though they should be inha1 According to P. Gaubil, paper... | |
 | Marco Polo - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 324 pages
...articles as have just been mentioned, together with gold tissues, which they lay before the Grand Khan. He thereupon calls together twelve experienced and...objection, because, as has been observed, it answers the purpose of their own disbursements; and even though they should be inhabitants of a country where this... | |
 | Marco Polo - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 492 pages
...articles as have just been mentioned, together with gold tissues, which they lay before the Great Khan. He thereupon calls together twelve experienced and...and immediately pays for them with this paper. To this the owners can have no objection, because, as has been observed, it answers the purpose of their... | |
 | Marco Polo - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 484 pages
...articles as have just been mentioned, together with gold tissues, which they lay before the Great Khan. He thereupon calls together twelve experienced and...and immediately pays for them with this paper. To this the owners can have no objection, because, as has been observed, it answers the purpose of their... | |
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... khan. He thereupon calls together twelve experienced and skilful persons, selected for this purpose, whom he commands to examine the articles with great care, and to fix the value at which they should be purchased. Upon the sum at which they have... 