transmarine

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The Government quarries situated upon it were subsequently worked almost entirely by transmarine convicts, of which more will be said hereafter.

From Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 by McNair, John Frederick Adolphus

Hides her red hands in gloves, pinches up her lithe waist, And makes herself wretched with transmarine taste; She loses her fresh country charm when she takes Any mirror except her own rivers and lakes.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

It is, however, much otherwise with all her transmarine mail communications.

From A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World by MacQueen, James

The laws and language, the manners and titles, of the French nation and Latin church, were introduced into these transmarine colonies.

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

Joaquin Jose Monteiro Torres, minister of marine, and secretary for transmarine affairs.

From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria