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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... of the deep , and visit the remotest quarters of the globe . 1 “ Eye natures walks
, shoot folly as it lies , “ And catch the manners living as they rise . " I i 1 1 It was
always a most pleasing satisfaction to me when 10 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... of the deep , and visit the remotest quarters of the globe . 1 “ Eye natures walks
, shoot folly as it lies , “ And catch the manners living as they rise . " I i 1 1 It was
always a most pleasing satisfaction to me when 10 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
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I do not mean to advise you to employ a doctor on every night mark of
indisposition ; I would wish you to be your own doctor in simple cases , and to
study the nature of your constitucion ; for the generality of West - India doctors are
not only ...
I do not mean to advise you to employ a doctor on every night mark of
indisposition ; I would wish you to be your own doctor in simple cases , and to
study the nature of your constitucion ; for the generality of West - India doctors are
not only ...
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It is cured with great difficulty even in its most simple stage ; but when confirmed ,
hardly ever ; a hot climate is best for those who are of a consumptive nature ;
mercurial purgatives are of essential service , nor should the patient by any
means ...
It is cured with great difficulty even in its most simple stage ; but when confirmed ,
hardly ever ; a hot climate is best for those who are of a consumptive nature ;
mercurial purgatives are of essential service , nor should the patient by any
means ...
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... and other provisions ; the small hills , valleys and plains , are calculated by
nature for sugar plantations , pens and farms . There are about forty towns and
villages , amongst which none are worthy of note but Kingston , Saint Jago de la
Vega ...
... and other provisions ; the small hills , valleys and plains , are calculated by
nature for sugar plantations , pens and farms . There are about forty towns and
villages , amongst which none are worthy of note but Kingston , Saint Jago de la
Vega ...
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... and supported in a more elevated station ; and thereby the business is of
course neglected , and the proprietor in England , through the ignorance of his
attorney , or his good nature to support one of his poor friends , is materially
injured .
... and supported in a more elevated station ; and thereby the business is of
course neglected , and the proprietor in England , through the ignorance of his
attorney , or his good nature to support one of his poor friends , is materially
injured .
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