 | Ezra Sampson - 1813 - Liczba stron: 434
...the principal of the Moluccas, or Spice Islands. In this Island, (belonging to the Dutch,) which has been long celebrated for its beauty and healthfulness,...and thus to raise the price of the commodity. But they soon had reason to repent of their avarice ; for such a change ensued by cutting down the trees,... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1816 - Liczba stron: 432
...the principal of the Moluccas, or Spice Islands. In this Island, (belonging to the Dutch,) which has been long celebrated for its beauty and healthfulness,...and thus to raise the price of the commodity. But they soon had reason to repent of their avarice ; for such a change ensued by cutting down the trees,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1834 - Liczba stron: 1028
...or Spice Islands. In this Island, which has been long celebrated for its beauty anil healthfuluess, the clove trees grew in such plenty, that they, in...and thus to raise the price of the commodity. But they soon had reason to repent of their avarice ; for such a change ensued by cutting down the trees,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - Liczba stron: 674
...heats of the season. This advantage which arises from shade in torrid climates, may probably afford a solution for that extraordinary circumstance related...place that had been long celebrated for its beauty and hcalthfulness, the clove-trees grew in such plenty, that they in some measure lessened their own value... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1857 - Liczba stron: 508
...the Indian Ocean, being the principal of the Moluccas, or Spice Islands. In this island, which has been long celebrated for its beauty and healthfulness,...and thus to raise the price of the commodity. But they soon had reason to repent of their avarice ; for such a change ensued by cutting down the trees,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - Liczba stron: 712
...heats of the season. This advantage which arises from shades in torrid climates, may probably afford a solution for that extraordinary circumstance related...he imputes to a different cause. In the island of Témate, belonging to the Dutch, a place that had been long celebrated for its beauty and healthfulness,... | |
 | Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1886 - Liczba stron: 1000
...State is great. The philosopher Boyle long since stated that in the Dutch East India Island of Ternate, long celebrated for its beauty and healthfulness, the clove trees grew in such plenty as to render their product almost valueless. To raise the price of the commodity, most of the spice... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1862 - Liczba stron: 702
...heats of the season. This advantage which arises from shades in torrid climates, may probably afford a solution for that extraordinary circumstance related...and thus to raise the price of the commodity: but they had soon reason to repent of their avarice ; for such a change ensued, by cutting down the trees,... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Senate - 1873 - Liczba stron: 738
...great. The philosopher, Boyle, long since remarked that in the Dutch East Indian' island of Ternate, long celebrated for its beauty and healthfulness, the clove trees grew in such plenty as to render their product almost valueless. To raise the price of the commodity, most of the spice... | |
 | John Bradley Peaslee - 1884 - Liczba stron: 76
...great. The philosopher, Boyle, long since stated that in. the Dutch East Indian island of Ternate, long celebrated for its beauty and healthfulness, the clove trees grew in such plenty as to render their product almost valueless. To raise the price of the commodity most of the spice... | |
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Ternate, belonging to the Dutch, a place that had been long celebrated for its beauty and healthfulness, the clove trees grew in such plenty that they in some measure lessened their own value ; for this reason the Dutch resolved to cut down the forests,... 
