 The power of this republic, at the present moment, is spread over a region one of the richest and most fertile on the globe, and of an extent in comparison with which the possessions of the house of Hapsburg are but as a patch on the earth's surface.  Political Science Quarterly - Page 2651895Full view - About this book
 | Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - 1905 - 596 pages
...sympathy of the people of this country. . . . The power of this republic, at the present moment, is spread over a region, one of the richest and most...with which the possessions of the House of Hapsburg are but as a patch on the earth's surface." The American diplomat fortified this statement by a digression... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 768 pages
...stump-speech in disguise," Webster asserted the right of the United States, compared with which " all the possessions of the house of Hapsburg were but as a patch on the earth's surface," to "watch" revolutions wherever they occurred, declared the sympathy of America for any people "struggling... | |
 | Enoch Walter Sikes, William Morse Keener - 1905 - 560 pages
...sympathy of the people of this country. . . . The power of this republic, at the present moment, is spread over a region, one of the richest and most...with which the possessions of the House of Hapsburg are but as a patch on the earth's surface." The American diplomat fortified this statement by a digression... | |
 | John Bassett Moore - 1906 - 1036 pages
...of its equanimity. This was thirty years ago. "The power of this Republic, at the present moment, is spread over a region, one of the richest and most...with which the possessions of the house of Hapsburg are but as a patch on the earth's surface. Its population, already 25,000,000, will exceed that of... | |
 | Theodore Clarke Smith - 1906 - 384 pages
...between Austria and the United States: "The power of this republic," he said, " at the present moment is spread over a region one of the richest and most fertile...with which the possessions of the House of Hapsburg are but a patch on the earth's surface. . . . Life, liberty, property, and personal rights are amply... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1906 - 758 pages
...of the President, he wound up by saying that " the power of this republic at the present moment is spread over a region one of the richest and most fertile...with which the possessions of the house of Hapsburg are but as a patch on the earth's surface." This spread-eagle communication created 1853-1857 something... | |
 | Chauncey Mitchell Depew - 1910 - 434 pages
...time he reminded the Austrian Minister that "the power of this Republic, at the present moment, is spread over a region one of the richest and most fertile...with which the possessions of the House of Hapsburg are but a patch on the earth's surface." When charged with the brutal frankness of this letter, Webster... | |
 | Marion Mills Miller - 1913 - 582 pages
...remarks offensive to the dignity of Austria. "The power of this Republic, at the present moment, is spread over a region one of the richest and most fertile...with which the possessions of the house of Hapsburg are but as a patch on the earth 'a surface." In a letter to his friend, George Ticknor, Webster gave... | |
 | William MacDonald - 1913 - 266 pages
...with struggling people anywhere. "The power of this republic," he wrote, "at the present moment is spread over a region one of the richest and most fertile...with which the possessions of the House of Hapsburg are but a patch on the earth's surface. . . . Nothing will deter either the Government or the people... | |
 | William MacDonald - 1913 - 288 pages
...with struggling people anywhere. "The power of this republic,"* he wrote, "at the present moment is spread over a region one of the richest and most fertile on the globe, and of an extent in comparison 9 with which the possessions of the House of Hapsburg are but a patch on the earth's surface. . . .... | |
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