 | Cherokee Nation, Richard Peters - Cherokee Indians - 1831 - 332 pages
...continent," say the court, "the great nations of Europe were' eager to appropriate to themselves so mur.h of it as they could respectively acquire. Its vast extent offered an ample field to the ambition and enterprize of all ; and the character and religion of its inhabitants afforded an apology for considering... | |
 | John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1839 - 762 pages
...On the discovery of this immense continent, the great nations of Europe were eager to appropriate to themselves so much of it as they could respectively...whom the superior genius of Europe might claim an ascendancy. The potentates of the old world found no difficulty in convincing themselves that they... | |
 | Charles Bishop Goodrich - United States - 1853 - 364 pages
...On the discovery of the American continent, the great nations of Europe were eager to appropriate to themselves so much of it as they could respectively...people over whom the superior genius of Europe might * Johnson v. Mclntosh, 8 Wheat. Rep. 543. -'-SfStw THE SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT. 79 claim an ascendency.... | |
 | History, Modern - 1851 - 610 pages
...On the discovery of this immense continent, the great nations of Europe were eager to appropriate to themselves so much of it as they could respectively...and the character and religion of its inhabitants afford an apology for considering them as a people over whom the superior genius of Europe might claim... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1873 - 598 pages
..."On the discovery of this immense continent, the great nations of Europe were eager to appropriate to themselves so much of it as they could respectively...offered an ample field to the ambition and enterprise ot all; and the character and religion of its inhabitants afforded an apology for considering them... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1873 - 542 pages
..."On the discoverv of this immense continent, the great nations of Europe were eager to appropriate to themselves so much of it as they could respectively acquire. Its vast extent offered an ample Held to the ambition and enterprise of all ; and the character and religion of its mhabitants afforded... | |
 | Charles Deane - Massachusetts - 1873 - 36 pages
..."On the discoverv of this immense continent, the great nations of Europe were eager to appropriate to themselves so much of it as they could respectively acquire. Its vast extent ottered an ample field to the ambition and enterprise of all ; and the character and religion of its... | |
 | Francis Wharton - International law - 1886 - 846 pages
...On the discovery of this immense continent, the great nations of Europe were eager to appropriate to themselves so much of it as they could respectively...considering them as a people over whom the superior genins of Europe might claim an ascendency. The potentates of the Old World found no difficulty in... | |
 | Edward Floyd De Lancey - Dutch - 1886 - 172 pages
...continent the great nations of Europe, eager to appropriate as much of it as possible and conceiving that the character and religion of its inhabitants afforded...considering them as a people, over whom the superior DAVID PIETEK8EN DE VRIES. genius of Europe might claim an ascendancy, adopted, as by a common consent,... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf - Bronx (New York, N.Y.) - 1886 - 650 pages
...continent the great nations of Europe, eager to appropriate as much of it as possible and conceiving that the character and religion of its inhabitants afforded...considering them as a people, over whom the superior DAVID PIETERSEX DE VRIES. genius of Europe might claim an ascendancy, adopted, as by a common consent,... | |
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On the discovery of this immense continent, the great nations of Europe were eager to appropriate to themselves so much of it as they could respectively acquire. Its vast extent offered an ample field to the ambition and enterprise of all ; and the character... 
