Forming an opinion of our people and their manners by what is seen among the inhabitants of the seaports, is judging from an improper sample. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
Genoa and her rival, Venice, were the great trading seaports of this time; their noble palaces, their lordly paintings, still win our admiration. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.