 | David Ricks, Michael Silk - 2000 - 172 sider
...place above all others was suited to be a focus of commerce: But when the passages of the Streights were thrown open for trade. they alternately admitted...and artificial riches of the north and south. of the Eoxine and of the Mediterranean. Whatever rude commodities were collected in the forests of Germany... | |
 | 1890 - 340 sider
...most exquisite fish, that are taken in their stated seasons, without skill, and almost without labour. But when the passages of the straits were thrown open...was manufactured by the skill of Europe or Asia; the corn of Egypt, and the gems and spices of the farthest India, were brought by the varying winds into... | |
 | E. Derry Evans - 1930 - 124 sider
...most exquisite fish, that are taken in their stated seasons, without skill, and almost without labour. But when the passages of the straits were thrown open...were collected in the forests of Germany and Scythia ; whatsoever was manufactured by the skill of Europe or Asia ; the corn of Egypt, and the gems and... | |
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Turkish oppression, still exhibit a rich prospect of vineyards, of gardens, and of plentiful harvests; and the Propontis has ever been renowned for an inexhaustible store of the most exquisite fish, that are taken in their stated seasons, without skill,... 
