 Of this last the traces still remain, for although some of the mountains now only afford sustenance to bees, not so very long ago there were still to be seen roofs of timber cut from trees growing there, which were of a size sufficient to cover the largest...  Sustainable Land Management Sourcebook - Page 6by World Bank - 2008 - 212 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Plato - 1875 - 738 pages
...the close clay soil the streams which descended from the heights, it let them off into the hollows, providing everywhere abundant fountains and rivers, of which there may still be observed indications in ancient sacred places, where fountains once existed ; and this proves the truth of what... | |
 | Plato - 1892 - 794 pages
...fallen away all round and sunk out of sight. The consequence is, that in comparison of what then was, there are remaining only the bones of the wasted body,...existed; and this proves the truth of what I am saying. Such was the natural state of the country, which was culThe arrangement of the Acropolis. 533 rivated,... | |
 | Plato - 1924 - 796 pages
...plains, as they are termed by us, of Phelleus were full of rich earth, and there was abundance of wood.in the mountains. Of this last the traces still remain,...existed ; and this proves the truth of what I am saying. Such was the natural state of the country, which was culThe arrangement of the Acropolis. 533 tivated,... | |
 | Plato - 1892 - 796 pages
...Moreover, the land reaped the benefit of the annual rainfall, not as now losing the water which flows oft" the bare earth into the sea, but, having an abundant...existed ; and this proves the truth of what I am saying. Such was the natural state of the country, which was culThe arrangement of the Acropolis. 533 tivated,... | |
 | Napier Shaw - 1926 - 394 pages
...the close clay soil the streams which descended from the heights, it let them off into the hollows, providing everywhere abundant fountains and rivers, of which there may still be observed indications in ancient sacred places, where fountains once existed; and this proves the truth of what... | |
 | Garrett Hardin - 1995 - 350 pages
...the plains were full of rich earth, and there was abundance of wood in the mountains. Of this last traces still remain, for although some of the mountains...existed; and this proves the truth of what I am saying. The wisdom of this should be obvious, but to many it is not, in our predominantly urban times. As the... | |
 | Ivor MacDonald - 2005 - 257 pages
...long ago there were still to be seen roofs of timber cut from trees growing there, which were of such a size sufficient to cover the largest houses; and...existed; and this proves the truth of what I am saying. 5 The devastation of Greece had two principal causes: deforestation for the sake of fuel and construction,... | |
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