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 10
Wherein we can swiftly and securely travel in defiance of the winds and waves ,
over the most dreadful monsters of the deep , and visit the remotest quarters of
the globe . 1 “ Eye natures walks , shoot folly as it lies , “ And catch the manners ...
Wherein we can swiftly and securely travel in defiance of the winds and waves ,
over the most dreadful monsters of the deep , and visit the remotest quarters of
the globe . 1 “ Eye natures walks , shoot folly as it lies , “ And catch the manners ...
الصفحة 11
It was always a most pleasing satisfaction to me when in one of those floating
habitations , in the midst of seeming danger , thinking momently she would
overset , to find her steadily return to her original position , and force her way
through ...
It was always a most pleasing satisfaction to me when in one of those floating
habitations , in the midst of seeming danger , thinking momently she would
overset , to find her steadily return to her original position , and force her way
through ...
الصفحة 67
... having fallen in my way , I translated it as follows : Dear Mofes , this chance is
most pleasing to me , To send the contents of my mind unto thee ; On board of the
Neptune , a passage I took , With keen cunning notions of having good - look .
... having fallen in my way , I translated it as follows : Dear Mofes , this chance is
most pleasing to me , To send the contents of my mind unto thee ; On board of the
Neptune , a passage I took , With keen cunning notions of having good - look .
الصفحة 129
... decorated most curiously in silks , mulins and chintz , ornamented with
ribbands , fashes and costly crinkets , shining to the greatest advantage ; there
you may , if inclined for sport , dance the daughters of the most honourable
gentlemen into ...
... decorated most curiously in silks , mulins and chintz , ornamented with
ribbands , fashes and costly crinkets , shining to the greatest advantage ; there
you may , if inclined for sport , dance the daughters of the most honourable
gentlemen into ...
الصفحة 133
The most considerable number of free blacks are king Cudjoe's subjects : I once
had occasion to cross the inand , and called at chat sable monarch's narch's ; he
lives in a snug little house , IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . 133.
The most considerable number of free blacks are king Cudjoe's subjects : I once
had occasion to cross the inand , and called at chat sable monarch's narch's ; he
lives in a snug little house , IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . 133.
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almoſt alſo amongſt appear attend attorney beſt better 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 wenches Weſt Indies whole wine wiſh women woods young yourſelf