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 |
من داخل الكتاب
النتائج 1-5 من 22
الصفحة 15
... passed that way before ; and though they are not fond of rum or brandy , yet they are fond to fee strong liquors given in generous portions to the sailors ; and when they meet with griping lowlife passengers , woe beside them !
... passed that way before ; and though they are not fond of rum or brandy , yet they are fond to fee strong liquors given in generous portions to the sailors ; and when they meet with griping lowlife passengers , woe beside them !
الصفحة 25
Be always guarded in your manner of living ; let your food be as easy of digestion as poffible ; and load not your stomach with fat or greasy meats , left you be troubled with the cholic or bile ; and be not fond of milk , or any thing ...
Be always guarded in your manner of living ; let your food be as easy of digestion as poffible ; and load not your stomach with fat or greasy meats , left you be troubled with the cholic or bile ; and be not fond of milk , or any thing ...
الصفحة 40
Though I am naturally fond of misth and society , yet I often like retirement , and have ofien enjoyed the greatest rapture of mind when wrapped 1 1 wrapped in dear delightful solitude , amidst the rocky grottos 40 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
Though I am naturally fond of misth and society , yet I often like retirement , and have ofien enjoyed the greatest rapture of mind when wrapped 1 1 wrapped in dear delightful solitude , amidst the rocky grottos 40 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 65
Ever since the murdering of God Almighty , they are remarkably fond of gold and silver , and very expert at mixing base metals together , and polishing and gilding the same ; these forefkinclipped scoundrels have clipped and sweated ...
Ever since the murdering of God Almighty , they are remarkably fond of gold and silver , and very expert at mixing base metals together , and polishing and gilding the same ; these forefkinclipped scoundrels have clipped and sweated ...
الصفحة 68
... Was fond of dry'd pork to a longing degree ; Which cruel aspersion they only suppose , Because there's a mark of a pig on my nose ; I'm deem'd a Mulatto , a cheat , and a knave , And threat'n'd to be fold for an African llave !
... Was fond of dry'd pork to a longing degree ; Which cruel aspersion they only suppose , Because there's a mark of a pig on my nose ; I'm deem'd a Mulatto , a cheat , and a knave , And threat'n'd to be fold for an African llave !
ما يقوله الناس - كتابة مراجعة
لم نعثر على أي مراجعات في الأماكن المعتادة.
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
almoſt alſo amongſt appear attend attorney beſt better blood book-keepers buſineſs called canes carry cattle cent commonly corn Creole cure dear drink eight eſtate favour feet field firſt five fond four frequently friends gentlemen give ground hands heart hero himſelf horſes houſe human hundred ignorant iſland Jamaica juſtice keep kind known ladies laſt 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 ſame ſay ſee ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſtock ſuch ſugar taken themſelves theſe thing thoſe thouſand till tion town turn uſe waſhed Weſt Indies whole wine wiſh women woods young yourſelf