West India Customs and Manners: Containing Strictures on the Soil, Cultivation, Produce, Trade, Officers, and Inhabitants: with the Method of Establishing, and Conducting a Sugar Plantation. To which is Added, the Practice of Training New Slaves. By J. B. Moreton, Esq. A New EditionJ. Parsons; W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1793 - 192 من الصفحات |
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... coft not much , Tho ' all his fkill is a mere bubble , He lives luxurious and gets rich , And kills and cures with little trouble . The following odd relation concerning myself , will convince you further of the nature of quacks : When ...
... coft not much , Tho ' all his fkill is a mere bubble , He lives luxurious and gets rich , And kills and cures with little trouble . The following odd relation concerning myself , will convince you further of the nature of quacks : When ...
الصفحة 51
... coft fuch vaft labour and expence , go through hands in three or four months ; and good or bad management then may affect the proprietor very much . When I was one of the humble fraternity of book - keepers , or , as they are called in ...
... coft fuch vaft labour and expence , go through hands in three or four months ; and good or bad management then may affect the proprietor very much . When I was one of the humble fraternity of book - keepers , or , as they are called in ...
الصفحة 57
... coft about 6000l . more ; and if there is not the convenience of water to the mill , and the plantation is far from the fhipping - place , there will be forty good mules , and about one hundred oxen , always required on the estate ...
... coft about 6000l . more ; and if there is not the convenience of water to the mill , and the plantation is far from the fhipping - place , there will be forty good mules , and about one hundred oxen , always required on the estate ...
الصفحة 59
... coft 2500l . all which added , is 98201 .; but fuppofing the whole to coft 12,000l . which is not half the price of a fugar plantation , the interest of which is 960l . A colt will fell for 30 , 40 , 50 , or 60l . an ox for 201. a fat ...
... coft 2500l . all which added , is 98201 .; but fuppofing the whole to coft 12,000l . which is not half the price of a fugar plantation , the interest of which is 960l . A colt will fell for 30 , 40 , 50 , or 60l . an ox for 201. a fat ...
الصفحة 68
... coft : O what brought me here ! All merchandize now is at fuch a low rate , That , alafs ! I can't think which way for to cheat ; However , my apples I fold very well , Because I knew they were rotten as hell ; A Frenchman juft bought ...
... coft : O what brought me here ! All merchandize now is at fuch a low rate , That , alafs ! I can't think which way for to cheat ; However , my apples I fold very well , Because I knew they were rotten as hell ; A Frenchman juft bought ...
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