 There was a Fortress at the entrance to the Garden, strong enough to resist all the world, and there was no other way to get in. He kept at his Court a number of the youths of the country, from twelve to twenty years of age, such as had a taste for soldiering,...  The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrinesby Farhad Daftary - 2007 - 772 pagesNo preview available - About this book
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1875 - 862 pages
...world, who could play on all manner of instruments, and sung most sweetly, and danced in a VOL. i. L manner that it was charming to behold. For the Old...Court a number of the youths of the country, from xa to 20 years of age, such as had a taste for soldiering, and to these he used to tell tales about... | |
 | Henry Cadwallader Adams - Geographical myths - 1883 - 412 pages
...Paradise ! " Now no man was allowed to enter the garden save those whom he intended to be his as/iis/iin. There was a fortress at the entrance to the garden,...all the world, and there was no other way to get in by, but that. He kept at his court a number of the youths of the country, from twelve to twenty years... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1902 - 198 pages
...Paradise. Now no man was allowed to enter the Garden save those whom he intended to be his Assassins. There was a Fortress at the entrance to the Garden,...there was no other way to get in. He kept at his Court (that is, outside of the garden) a number of the youths of the country, from twelve to twenty years... | |
 | Marco Polo, Sir Henry Yule, Henri Cordier - Travel - 1993 - 788 pages
...that it was Paradise ! Now no man was allowed to enter the Garden save those whom he intended to he his ASHISHIN. There was a Fortress at the entrance...was no other way to get in. He kept at his Court a numher of the youths of the country, from 12 to 20 years of age, such as had a taste for soldiering,... | |
 | Bernard Lewis - History - 2003 - 194 pages
...the most beautiful damsels in the world, who could play on all manner of instruments, and sung [sic] most sweetly, and danced in a manner that it was charming...Court a number of the youths of the country, from twelve to twenty years of age, such as had a taste for soldiering, and to these he used to tell tales... | |
 | Bettina Liebowitz Knapp - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 348 pages
...actually Paradise. So he had fashioned it after the description that Mahommet gave of his Paradise. . . . And sure enough the Saracens of those parts believed...other way to get in. He kept at his court a number of youths of the country, from twelve to twenty years of age, such as had a taste for soldiering, and... | |
 | Children's literature - 1882 - 708 pages
...believe that this was actually Paradise. So he had fashioned it after the description that Mahomet gave of his Paradise, to wit, that it should be a...all the world, and there was no other way to get in by, but that. He kept at his court a number of the youths of the country, from twelve to twenty years... | |
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