"Kahn" Quotes from Famous Books
... Nahrung, neues Blut Saug' ich aus freier Welt; Wie ist Natur so hold und gut, Die mich am Busen haelt! Die Welle wieget unsern Kahn 5 Im Rudertakt hinauf, Und Berge, wolkig himmelan, ... — A Book Of German Lyrics • Various
... are antipodal to Philippine realities and with the semblance of the real and true being from unknown lands and prodigious races. The same is true with the scene of activities; wonderful lands, Palestine, the kingdom of Navarra, the Empire of Great Kahn, the Palace of Macedonia, and not only are they ignorant of, and do they falsify, the face of the earth, but the planetary system itself suffers a radical change. Palms and tamarind grow in the vicinities of Moscow; Palestine and Macedonia are covered with prairies ... — The Legacy of Ignorantism • T.H. Pardo de Tavera |