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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... some instructions and advice respecting both ; I shall speak from experience , for I was five years in that island ; and should what I shall offer , prove any way instrumental in promoting your happiness , I shall hereafter feel a ...
... some instructions and advice respecting both ; I shall speak from experience , for I was five years in that island ; and should what I shall offer , prove any way instrumental in promoting your happiness , I shall hereafter feel a ...
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... great care was not taken to keep them a float some distance from the shore : people passing and repaffing , are obliged to be carried on men's shoulders to to and from their boats ; several lusty yellow fel- 12 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... great care was not taken to keep them a float some distance from the shore : people passing and repaffing , are obliged to be carried on men's shoulders to to and from their boats ; several lusty yellow fel- 12 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
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... some hundreds of them , are cooped up in convents ; what pity that fine young women should be compelled to whither out their days in such inglorious dens of folitude ? Deluded to think their prayers cannot reach heaven if not offered in ...
... some hundreds of them , are cooped up in convents ; what pity that fine young women should be compelled to whither out their days in such inglorious dens of folitude ? Deluded to think their prayers cannot reach heaven if not offered in ...
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... some severe toil , or bad weather , having previously got the consent of the captain , or mate , leaft they get drunk and neglect their duty , and you should be blamed . I love sailors ; they are generous , rough , uncouth beings ; do ...
... some severe toil , or bad weather , having previously got the consent of the captain , or mate , leaft they get drunk and neglect their duty , and you should be blamed . I love sailors ; they are generous , rough , uncouth beings ; do ...
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... some hours after , my brother book - keeper , who had fome compassion for me , brought a bottle of the wine into my room , and made me take a glass of it , and in a little time after gave me more , mixed with water , which caused me to ...
... some hours after , my brother book - keeper , who had fome compassion for me , brought a bottle of the wine into my room , and made me take a glass of it , and in a little time after gave me more , mixed with water , which caused me to ...
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