transmarine

Example Sentences

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There are many instances of the desirableness and the necessity of the transmarine steam post on important lines of foreign communication where we have a large trade, and yet no postal means of conducting it.

From Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post by Rainey, Thomas

Invasion of the British Islands, or of any transmarine possession of Great Britain—save Canada—was denied to the United States by the immeasurable inferiority of her navy.

From Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

Some historians have attributed to the influence of Richelieu this policy of creating a seigneurial class in the transmarine dominions of France.

From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett

After his death, that sword was broken; and these transmarine possessions were neglected, evacuated, or lost, under the troubled reign of his successor.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 by Milman, Henry Hart

On the other hand, transmarine competition in food materially contributes toward reducing prices: this reduces incomes: the same can be counterbalanced only by improved management: and nine-tenths of the farmers lack the means thereto.

From Woman under socialism by De Leon, Daniel