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 45
... it is known by the richness of their juice , or by cutting some of them with a
sharp knife , and observing the grain : if it appears soft and moist , like a potatoe
or turnip , it is too green : but if dry , and white parcicles appear , you may be sure
that ...
... it is known by the richness of their juice , or by cutting some of them with a
sharp knife , and observing the grain : if it appears soft and moist , like a potatoe
or turnip , it is too green : but if dry , and white parcicles appear , you may be sure
that ...
الصفحة 104
How odious must men appear who are chosen out from among the rest to
distribute justice , when they are capable of corruption ? -and I am sorry to be
obliged to say that there are too many of this kind , not only in Jamaica , but all
over the ...
How odious must men appear who are chosen out from among the rest to
distribute justice , when they are capable of corruption ? -and I am sorry to be
obliged to say that there are too many of this kind , not only in Jamaica , but all
over the ...
الصفحة 105
They are amazing fond of costly , tinsel frippery ; abroad they appear ridiculously
gay , and at home Novenly and dirty ; and when deprived of the advantage of an
European education , are affum . ing and presuming , negroefied , aukward ...
They are amazing fond of costly , tinsel frippery ; abroad they appear ridiculously
gay , and at home Novenly and dirty ; and when deprived of the advantage of an
European education , are affum . ing and presuming , negroefied , aukward ...
الصفحة 184
... with all your modesty have a certain degree of manly assurance , without
arrogance or infoleat pride : too much balhfulness or modesty makes a ' man
appear le Du 4 1 1 appear aukward even among ladies 184 MANNERS AND
CUSTOMS.
... with all your modesty have a certain degree of manly assurance , without
arrogance or infoleat pride : too much balhfulness or modesty makes a ' man
appear le Du 4 1 1 appear aukward even among ladies 184 MANNERS AND
CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 185
le Du 4 1 1 appear aukward even among ladies ; and too much familiarity breeds
contempt . Pride and vanity commonly attend youth , and are hateful to God and
man ; -avoid every symptom of both : if you have merit , it will be discovered by ...
le Du 4 1 1 appear aukward even among ladies ; and too much familiarity breeds
contempt . Pride and vanity commonly attend youth , and are hateful to God and
man ; -avoid every symptom of both : if you have merit , it will be discovered by ...
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