...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...

...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,...

...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...