Venezuela: A Land where It's Always Summer, Zväzok 10Harper & brothers, 1896 - 315 strán (strany) |
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... side , white , fleecy clouds hung motionless in the burning air , increasing the impres- sion of vastness and of solemn rest which was overpower- ing . " And now the last point is rounded , and they are full in sight of the spot in ...
... side , white , fleecy clouds hung motionless in the burning air , increasing the impres- sion of vastness and of solemn rest which was overpower- ing . " And now the last point is rounded , and they are full in sight of the spot in ...
Strana 16
... side , stood a large , low , long , white house , embosomed in trees and gardens . There was no other house of similar size near by . There was no room for one . And was not that the royal flag of Spain that flaunted before it ? That ...
... side , stood a large , low , long , white house , embosomed in trees and gardens . There was no other house of similar size near by . There was no room for one . And was not that the royal flag of Spain that flaunted before it ? That ...
Strana 17
... side , are perfectly harmless unless an assailant will be so considerate as to remain within the narrow range of the guns . They can protect the shipping in the harbor , and a good portion of the town , but there is nothing to prevent a ...
... side , are perfectly harmless unless an assailant will be so considerate as to remain within the narrow range of the guns . They can protect the shipping in the harbor , and a good portion of the town , but there is nothing to prevent a ...
Strana 19
... side , in which the inhabi- tants up to a recent date had been accustomed to gather every Sunday afternoon and on religious feast - days to wit- ness the delectable sport which has degraded the Spanish race . But bull - fighting of late ...
... side , in which the inhabi- tants up to a recent date had been accustomed to gather every Sunday afternoon and on religious feast - days to wit- ness the delectable sport which has degraded the Spanish race . But bull - fighting of late ...
Strana 23
... side for the vultures to fatten upon . Nor is there any danger ever to the traveller on the high- ways as in the case of some of the Latin - American coun- tries . It is not uncommon to meet a drunken and quarrel- some fellow on the ...
... side for the vultures to fatten upon . Nor is there any danger ever to the traveller on the high- ways as in the case of some of the Latin - American coun- tries . It is not uncommon to meet a drunken and quarrel- some fellow on the ...
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Strana 251 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America. This difference proceeds from that which exists in their respective governments.
Strana 250 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities. Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course.
Strana 251 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Strana 270 - That distance and three thousand miles of intervening ocean make any permanent political union between an European and an American state unnatural and inexpedient will hardly be denied.
Strana 258 - To-day the United States is practically sovereign on this continent, and its fiat is law upon the subjects to which it confines its interposition. Why? It is not because of the pure friendship or good will felt for it. It is not simply by reason of its high character as a civilized state, nor because wisdom and justice and equity are the invariable characteristics of the dealings of the United States. It is because, in addition to all other grounds, its infinite resources, combined with its...
Strana 267 - Monroe are generally inapplicable " to the state of things in which we live at the present day," and especially inapplicable to a controversy involving the boundary line between Great Britain and Venezuela.
Strana 238 - When such report is made and accepted, it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States to resist by every means in its power, as a wilful aggression upon its rights and interests, the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which after investigation we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela. In making these recommendations I am fully alive to the responsibility incurred, and keenly realize all the consequences that...
Strana 252 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting in all instances the just claims of every power, submitting to...
Strana 258 - It Is because In addition to all other grounds, Its Infinite resources combined with Its Isolated position render It master of the situation and practically Invulnerable as against any or all other powers. All the advantages of this superiority are at once Imperilled If the principle be admitted that European powers may convert American states Into colonies or provinces of their own.
Strana 264 - I add for your better information that the same statement is found in the British Colonial Office List, a government publication. In the issue for 1885 the following passage occurs, on page 24, under the head of British Guiana : "It is impossible to specify the exact area of the Colony, as its precise boundaries between Venezuela and Brazil respectively are undetermined, but it has been computed to be 76,000 square miles." In the issue of the same List for 1886 the same statement occurs, on page...