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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... passed that way before ; and though they are not fond of rum or brandy , yet they are fond to see strong liquors given in generous portions to the sailors ; and when they meet with griping lowlife passengers , woe becide them !
... passed that way before ; and though they are not fond of rum or brandy , yet they are fond to see strong liquors given in generous portions to the sailors ; and when they meet with griping lowlife passengers , woe becide them !
الصفحة 24
Should you enter into business in the country , when you see an impenda ing shower , hasten to your home , or to some hut , or place of thelter , till it is over ; and at working hours , when thus obliged to Thun the weather , do not ...
Should you enter into business in the country , when you see an impenda ing shower , hasten to your home , or to some hut , or place of thelter , till it is over ; and at working hours , when thus obliged to Thun the weather , do not ...
الصفحة 35
... get his bones broke ; the streets are sandy , and when ic blows strong the dust rarifies so abundantly , chac a person palling cannot see the houses nor palsengers , nor can he , but with much difficulty , preserve his eye - light .
... get his bones broke ; the streets are sandy , and when ic blows strong the dust rarifies so abundantly , chac a person palling cannot see the houses nor palsengers , nor can he , but with much difficulty , preserve his eye - light .
الصفحة 43
Suppose a hill of a conical form , the liners begin at the top and line it in a circular manner till they get to the base : a planter who has any spirit of emulation , enjoys a pleasure in seeing cane holes properly lined and dug .
Suppose a hill of a conical form , the liners begin at the top and line it in a circular manner till they get to the base : a planter who has any spirit of emulation , enjoys a pleasure in seeing cane holes properly lined and dug .
الصفحة 51
Though I see many a fine house built , I might just as well attempt , with a few negroe masons or carpenters , to build an elegant structure , ornamented and decorated in a mechanical manner ; or , though I learned the theory of ...
Though I see many a fine house built , I might just as well attempt , with a few negroe masons or carpenters , to build an elegant structure , ornamented and decorated in a mechanical manner ; or , though I learned the theory of ...
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| العنوان | 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 |
| المؤلف | J. B. Moreton |
| الناشر | J. Parsons; W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1793 |
| أصلي من | المكتبة البريطانية |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 21 تشرين الأول (أكتوبر) 2013 |
| عدد الصفحات | 192 من الصفحات |
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