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 Edition |
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الصفحة 105
... sweetmeats and sweet liquors : cool drink or * mauby is a delicious nectar to them in the morning : - I often laughed heartily at hearing a Creole master or miss say , “ Do , momma , get me some mauby , mine head ' no ' tand good .
... sweetmeats and sweet liquors : cool drink or * mauby is a delicious nectar to them in the morning : - I often laughed heartily at hearing a Creole master or miss say , “ Do , momma , get me some mauby , mine head ' no ' tand good .
الصفحة 111
Says the little wanton miss with Rochester , Marriage ! O hell and furies , name it not . " . Or , with Pope , “ Not Cæsar's empress would I deign to prove , « No -- make me mistress of the man I love . " + 1 A man who enters into the ...
Says the little wanton miss with Rochester , Marriage ! O hell and furies , name it not . " . Or , with Pope , “ Not Cæsar's empress would I deign to prove , « No -- make me mistress of the man I love . " + 1 A man who enters into the ...
الصفحة 112
When a little miss makes a Nip , it is soon overlooked by her indulgent parents or fond friends ; she will love a man dearly for making her a mother , till which time she is a maid ; and the dear little pledge of their stolen bliss will ...
When a little miss makes a Nip , it is soon overlooked by her indulgent parents or fond friends ; she will love a man dearly for making her a mother , till which time she is a maid ; and the dear little pledge of their stolen bliss will ...
الصفحة 116
Presently Miss Louisa and Miss Laura ( as I fhall call them ) made their appearance ; they were gaudy and elegantly dressed , and extremely tight laced ; their cheeks had been artfully scorched with red peppers , which gave them ...
Presently Miss Louisa and Miss Laura ( as I fhall call them ) made their appearance ; they were gaudy and elegantly dressed , and extremely tight laced ; their cheeks had been artfully scorched with red peppers , which gave them ...
الصفحة 118
After the gentlemen were all departed , miss Louila and miss Laura took off their stays , and put on their romping frocks , and asked me to take a walk with them , as usual ; during the excursion through a spacious and delightful garden ...
After the gentlemen were all departed , miss Louila and miss Laura took off their stays , and put on their romping frocks , and asked me to take a walk with them , as usual ; during the excursion through a spacious and delightful garden ...
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almoſt alſo appear attend attorney beſt better book-keepers buſineſs called canes carry cattle cent commonly corn cowſkin Creole cure drink eight eſtate eyes favour feet field firſt five follows fond four frequently friends gentlemen give ground hands heart hero himſelf houſe human hundred ignorant iſland Jamaica juſtice keep kind known ladies leaſt liquor live manager manner maſter means merchants mind miſs Mongrel morning moſt muſt nature Naves negroes never night obliged obſerve once overſeers pain particularly perſon plantation planting pleaſe poor reſpect ſame ſay ſee ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſoon ſtock ſuch ſugar taken themſelves theſe thing thoſe thouſand till town turn uſe waſhed Weſt Indies whole wine wiſh women woods young yourſelf