 | John Lothrop Motley - 1868 - 656 lehte
...twothirds of the world, both land and sea." "'Tis strange," replied the Spaniards, "that you wish to have more than other powers — kings or republics —...the world, quitting all claims upon it. We know very wejl that you deny receiving it from us ; but to give you a quit claim, and to permit free trade besides,... | |
 | John Lothrop Motley - 1874 - 658 lehte
...twothiids of the world, both land and sea." "'Tis strange," replied the 'Spaniards, "that you wish to have more than other powers — kings or republics —...the world, quitting all claims upon it. We know very wejl that you deny receiving it from us ; but to give you a quit claim, and to permit free trade besides,... | |
 | Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall - 1893 - 320 lehte
...European port except their own to exist upon the Indian sea-board. ' The Indies,' they declared, ' East and West, are our house, privately possessed by us for more than too years ; and no one has a right to enter without our permission ; ' they claimed over these vast... | |
 | John Lothrop Motley - 1900 - 526 lehte
...have more than other powers — kings or republies—who never make any such pretensions. The lndies, East and West, are our house, privately possessed...that you deny receiving it from us; but to give you a quitclaim and to permit free trade besides would be a little more than you have a right to expect."1... | |
 | Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson - 1907 - 580 lehte
...no European port except their own to exist upon the Indian seaboard. " The Indies," they declared, " East and West, are our house, privately possessed...more than a hundred years; and no one has a right to enter without our permission; " they claimed over these vast regions the same sovereign jurisdiction... | |
 | George Devereux Oswell - 1908 - 236 lehte
...part of her sovereignty, and Indian Seas as her territorial waters. The decree was thus worded : ' The Indies, East and West, are our house, privately possessed by us for more than 100 years : and no one has a right to enter without our permission.' The Dutch, however, took advantage... | |
 | Sir Alfred C. Lyall - 1920 - 438 lehte
...no European port except their own to exist upon the Indian seaboard. ' The Indies,' they declared, ' East and West, are our house, privately possessed...more than a hundred years ; and no one has a right to enter without our permission ' ; they claimed over these vast regions the same sovereign jurisdiction... | |
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Spaniards, "that you wish to have more than other powers — kings or republics — who never make any such pretensions. The Indies, East and West, are our house, privately possessed by us for more than a hundred years, and no one has a right to come... 