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 14
... and marriage strongly recommended , particularly to " young women " . And surely it is a violation of the Almighty's command not to “ increase and multiply ; " for those who receive life should give life to others .
... and marriage strongly recommended , particularly to " young women " . And surely it is a violation of the Almighty's command not to “ increase and multiply ; " for those who receive life should give life to others .
الصفحة 16
... that if the hands were not tied , the wounded person could not avoid scratching ; and those who don't take care of their nails , soon have their legs inflamed with disagreeable fores ; I have heard of many young men's legs ?
... that if the hands were not tied , the wounded person could not avoid scratching ; and those who don't take care of their nails , soon have their legs inflamed with disagreeable fores ; I have heard of many young men's legs ?
الصفحة 23
There are many task - masters , or employers , who care not how much young men expose themselves to the weather ; but such are cruel , uncharitable brutes , puffed up with ignorance and empty pride , who forget their own origin ...
There are many task - masters , or employers , who care not how much young men expose themselves to the weather ; but such are cruel , uncharitable brutes , puffed up with ignorance and empty pride , who forget their own origin ...
الصفحة 34
In the morning early it is pleasant to take a walk to Putney Lodge , which lies at the east end of the town ; but it is dangerous to bathe in the sea , as many young men do , as there have been several several instances of people being ...
In the morning early it is pleasant to take a walk to Putney Lodge , which lies at the east end of the town ; but it is dangerous to bathe in the sea , as many young men do , as there have been several several instances of people being ...
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