 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1811 - 542 pages
...gradually became the principal mart of the East. merchants from the more remote countries of CHAP. Asia expected their arrival. The return of the^ "...river as far as Alexandria, it was poured, without delay, into the capital of the empire.1 The objects of oriental traffic were splendid and trifling... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 472 pages
...in those markets that the merchants from the more remote countries of Asia expected their arriva1. The return of the fleet of Egypt was fixed to the...river as far as Alexandria, it was poured, without delay, into the capital of the empire103. The objects of oriental traffic were splendid and trifling;... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1826 - 468 pages
...Asia expected their arrival. The return of the fleet of Egypt was fixed to the months of December 01 January ; and as soon as their rich cargo had been...river as far as Alexandria, it was poured, without delay, into the capital of the empire. ll>:! The objects of oriental traffic were splendid and trifling... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1837 - 1304 pages
...January ; and as soon as their rich cargo had been transported on the backs of camels, from the lied Sea to the Nile, and had descended that river as far as Alexandria, it was poured, without delay, into the capital of the empire. lul The objects of oriental traffic were splendid and trifling... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1840 - 564 pages
...expected their arrival. The return of the fleet of Egypt was fixed to the months of December or Jannary ; and as soon as their rich cargo had been transported...river as far as Alexandria, it was poured, without delay, into the capital of the empire.1 The objects of oriental traffic were splendid and trifling;... | |
 | Ann Hawkshaw - 1842 - 210 pages
...Asia expected their arrival. The return of the fleet was in December or January, and as soon as their cargo had been transported on the backs of camels...descended that river as far as Alexandria, it was poured into the capital of the empire. The objects of oriental traffic were splendid and trifling: silk, a... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1843 - 588 pages
...remote countries of Asia expected their arrival. The return of the flett of Egypt was fixed to the month of December or January ; and as soon as their rich...river as far as Alexandria, it was poured, without delay, into the capital of the empire. (3) The objects of oriental traffic were splendid and trifling... | |
 | D. Davidson - Christianity - 1844 - 284 pages
...coast of Malabar, or the island of Ceylon, was the usual term of their navigation, and it was in those markets that the merchants from the more remote countries...river as far as Alexandria, it was poured, without delay, into the capital of the empire. The objects of Oriental traffic were splendid and trifling ;... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 pages
...of Malabar, or the island of Ceylon,102 was the usual term of their navigation, and it was in those markets that the merchants from the more remote countries...river as far as Alexandria, it was poured, without delay, into the capital of the empire.103 The objects of oriental traffic were splendid and trifling... | |
 | David Davidson - 1857 - 804 pages
...coast of Malabar, or the island of Ceylon, was the usual term of their navigation, and it was in those markets that the merchants from the more remote countries...river as far as Alexandria, it was poured, without delay, into the capital of the empire. The objects of Oriental traffic were splendid and trifling ;... | |
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Ceylon, was the usual term of their navigation, and it was in those markets that the merchants from the more remote countries of Asia expected their arrival. The return of the fleet of Egypt was fixed to the months of December or January; and as soon... 
