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 13
... superftitious and treacherous ; the finest of their women , some hundreds of them , are cooped up in convents ; what piry that fine young women should be compelled to whither out their days in such inglorious dens of folitude ...
... superftitious and treacherous ; the finest of their women , some hundreds of them , are cooped up in convents ; what piry that fine young women should be compelled to whither out their days in such inglorious dens of folitude ...
الصفحة 16
At night you will think the air is on fire , occasioned by a fort of insects called fire - fies , which sparkle like fire , a few of which , in the darkest room , give such light that you may read a book thereby ...
At night you will think the air is on fire , occasioned by a fort of insects called fire - fies , which sparkle like fire , a few of which , in the darkest room , give such light that you may read a book thereby ...
الصفحة 19
imposed on , or that physic should be thus abused by such vile pretenders . “ This gift of God to satan does ordain , “ Polluted sinks a prostitute for gain ; “ Barbers , perfumers , and a thousand more , “ Start up physicians , all the ...
imposed on , or that physic should be thus abused by such vile pretenders . “ This gift of God to satan does ordain , “ Polluted sinks a prostitute for gain ; “ Barbers , perfumers , and a thousand more , “ Start up physicians , all the ...
الصفحة 21
... as free with their conftitutions as other people , and get themselves frequently drunk , which is very wrongs for they often administer medicine when they are deprived of their senses , and visit their patients in such conditions .
... as free with their conftitutions as other people , and get themselves frequently drunk , which is very wrongs for they often administer medicine when they are deprived of their senses , and visit their patients in such conditions .
الصفحة 23
... of January and Februáry ; when fainting beneath his meridian rays for want of a cooling breeze , I frequently plunged myself into a river or gully , though I never experienced the bad effect of such ill - timed bathing afterwards .
... of January and Februáry ; when fainting beneath his meridian rays for want of a cooling breeze , I frequently plunged myself into a river or gully , though I never experienced the bad effect of such ill - timed bathing afterwards .
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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
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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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