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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... alfo ; it often amazed me to find how imperceptibly my flesh melted , or stole away from my fkin and bones , till I became the ghoft of what I had been . To - day , as it were , I was healthy and ftout , and in a few weeks after changed ...
... alfo ; it often amazed me to find how imperceptibly my flesh melted , or stole away from my fkin and bones , till I became the ghoft of what I had been . To - day , as it were , I was healthy and ftout , and in a few weeks after changed ...
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... alfo the water , owing to its unsettled muddy ftate ; for all the filth and dirt which is difperfed over the country is washed away , and circulates in every current , for which reason filtering stones are used , which not only purify ...
... alfo the water , owing to its unsettled muddy ftate ; for all the filth and dirt which is difperfed over the country is washed away , and circulates in every current , for which reason filtering stones are used , which not only purify ...
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... alfo neceffary to get blooded , provided always ( as they fay in their acts of parliament ) that there is no bleeding at the nofe ; tea , penada , fagoe , jellies , fruit , with clear and pleaC 2 fant fant air , polite chearful company ...
... alfo neceffary to get blooded , provided always ( as they fay in their acts of parliament ) that there is no bleeding at the nofe ; tea , penada , fagoe , jellies , fruit , with clear and pleaC 2 fant fant air , polite chearful company ...
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... alfo two free mafon lodges , to wit , Saint Andrew's and Saint Patrick's ; both Scotch and Irish keep up that ancient , honourable , and friendly fociety monthly , and celebrate Saint Andrew's and Saint Patrick's days yearly , by going ...
... alfo two free mafon lodges , to wit , Saint Andrew's and Saint Patrick's ; both Scotch and Irish keep up that ancient , honourable , and friendly fociety monthly , and celebrate Saint Andrew's and Saint Patrick's days yearly , by going ...
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... alfo an incredible number of petty ones , called grog fhops , occupied by people of the vileft characters , ( rogues and whores ) who , like fyrens , attract and delude poor thoughtlefs failors ; in thofe dens of infamy they riot away ...
... alfo an incredible number of petty ones , called grog fhops , occupied by people of the vileft characters , ( rogues and whores ) who , like fyrens , attract and delude poor thoughtlefs failors ; in thofe dens of infamy they riot away ...
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