Lousiana had a long history of European colonization before it became a state, being controlled by the French and the Spanish before being aquired by the United States as a part of the Lousiana Purchase in 1803.

在成为州之前，路易斯安那有很长一段时间的欧洲殖民史，在被美国进行路易斯安那收购案前，也就是1803年以前，一直在法国和西班牙的控制下。

Frequently a man of great, sometimes even a man of small fortune, is willing to purchase a thousand pounds share in India stock, merely for the influence which he expects to aquire by a vote in the court of proprietors.

通常，一位大人物，有时甚至是一位小人物，愿意购买 1000 英镑的印度股票，仅仅是为了他希望通过业主法庭的投票获得的影响力。