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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... leaft they get drunk and neglect their duty , and you should be blamed . I love sailors ; they are generous , rough , uncouth beings ; do not treat them with contempt or disrespect ; though ragged , poor and dirty , they may be good ...
... leaft they get drunk and neglect their duty , and you should be blamed . I love sailors ; they are generous , rough , uncouth beings ; do not treat them with contempt or disrespect ; though ragged , poor and dirty , they may be good ...
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... physician : for fhould it by tampering and quackery , and long continuance , corrupt your blood , even falivations may prove ineffectual ; at leaft C 4 least , only give you some temporary relief , fa OF THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . 31 } ...
... physician : for fhould it by tampering and quackery , and long continuance , corrupt your blood , even falivations may prove ineffectual ; at leaft C 4 least , only give you some temporary relief , fa OF THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . 31 } ...
الصفحة 82
... leaft they should fup- plant him or get preferred ; but when he chanced to meet an infignificant puppy like himself , they agreed well together . As Dryden says , His hair and beard are of a diff'rent dye ; Lame of one leg , distorted ...
... leaft they should fup- plant him or get preferred ; but when he chanced to meet an infignificant puppy like himself , they agreed well together . As Dryden says , His hair and beard are of a diff'rent dye ; Lame of one leg , distorted ...
الصفحة 102
... leaft they pay dear for it . When a man gets into the assembly , or be- comes one of the council , he should study the laws of the island , and the profperity of the peo- ple in general , and learn by speaking to himself in private , to ...
... leaft they pay dear for it . When a man gets into the assembly , or be- comes one of the council , he should study the laws of the island , and the profperity of the peo- ple in general , and learn by speaking to himself in private , to ...
الصفحة 174
... leaft he , in process of time , becomes a fot . The temperate man is always ready for action ; -he goes to bed at regular hours ; -if he has a favou- rite bosom companion , he can render himself agreeable to hear ; -he gets up in the ...
... leaft he , in process of time , becomes a fot . The temperate man is always ready for action ; -he goes to bed at regular hours ; -if he has a favou- rite bosom companion , he can render himself agreeable to hear ; -he gets up in the ...
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