 | Richard Brookes - 1839 - 828 ページ
...aromatic plants, and that circumstance enables us to account for the excellence of its honey; it is sweeter than that of other countries, retains its...thyme, serpillum and marjoram, the Albanian shepherds load their flocks in summer to these pastures. The breed of goats was improved in the time of the Byzantine... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1839 - 834 ページ
...aromatic plants, and that circumstance enables us to account for the excellence of its honey; it is sweeter than that of other countries, retains its...transparent. The same country might rival Spain in the ñncness of its wool ; the goat thrives on its hills, the uncultivated lands are over-run with thyme,... | |
 | James W. Redfield - 1857 - 348 ページ
...from history, and, as there is truth in poetry, from pastorals also. A certain writer says that Attica "might rival Spain in the fineness of its wool; the...shepherds lead their flocks in summer to these pastures." Now, the excellence of the honey that is bronght from that country is not the only excellence that... | |
 | James W. Redfield - 1866 - 334 ページ
...from history, and, as there is truth in poetry, from pastorals also. A certain writer says that Attica "might rival Spain in the fineness of its wool; the...shepherds lead their flocks in summer to these pastures." Now, the excellence of the honey that is brought from that country is not the only excellence that... | |
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sweeter than that of other countries, retains its aromatic fragrance, and, although of a red colour, is perfectly transparent. The same country might rival Spain in the fineness of its wool, the goat thrives on its hills, the uncultivated lands are over-run... 