 | William Mitford - 1814 - 478 páginas
...assures ys, such had been the excesses of piracy, that all the shores, both of the continent and ilands of Greece, were nearly deserted : the ground was cultivated...robbery, was turned to commerce ; and, as wealth accrued, l- *•• c & towns were fortified, so as to secure them against a renewal of former evils. In earlier... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 356 páginas
...prince, such had been the excesses of piracy, that all the shores, both of continental and insular Greece, were nearly deserted; the ground was cultivated...no sooner was the evil repressed, than the active disposition of the Greeks led them again to the VoL. III. 11 coast. The spirit of adventure and industry,... | |
 | William Mitford - 1835 - 410 páginas
...power. Before the reign of this great prince, as that early and able historian Thucydides assures us, such had been the excesses of piracy, that all the...industry, which had before been exerted in robbery, was now turned to commerce; and, as wealth accrued, towns were fortified, so as to secure them against... | |
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Thucydides assures us, such had been the excesses of piracy, that all the shores both of the continent and islands of Greece were nearly deserted : the ground was cultivated only at a secure distance from the sea ; and there only towns and villages were... 