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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... care was not taken to keep them a float fome diftance from the fhore people paffing and repaffing , are obliged to be carried on men's fhoulders ΤΟ to and from their boats ; feveral lufty yellow fel- 12 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... care was not taken to keep them a float fome diftance from the fhore people paffing and repaffing , are obliged to be carried on men's fhoulders ΤΟ to and from their boats ; feveral lufty yellow fel- 12 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
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... Conful's , which is a mile from town , where he has an elegant rural feat ; the country is beautifully variegated with vineyards , cafcades , and limpid rivulèts , On 1 On paffing the tropic of Cancer , you will be 14 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... Conful's , which is a mile from town , where he has an elegant rural feat ; the country is beautifully variegated with vineyards , cafcades , and limpid rivulèts , On 1 On paffing the tropic of Cancer , you will be 14 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
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J. B. Moreton. On paffing the tropic of Cancer , you will be boarded by Mr. and Mrs. Cancer , in a very formal manner , ( a venerable pair , infinitely older than Methufalem ) who conftantly attend the latitude of 23 ° 30 ' , ready to ...
J. B. Moreton. On paffing the tropic of Cancer , you will be boarded by Mr. and Mrs. Cancer , in a very formal manner , ( a venerable pair , infinitely older than Methufalem ) who conftantly attend the latitude of 23 ° 30 ' , ready to ...
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... paffing the evening in mirth and chearfulness . In the morning early it is pleasant to take a walk to Putney Lodge , which lies at the east end of the town ; but it is dangerous to bathe in the fea , as many young men do , as there have ...
... paffing the evening in mirth and chearfulness . In the morning early it is pleasant to take a walk to Putney Lodge , which lies at the east end of the town ; but it is dangerous to bathe in the fea , as many young men do , as there have ...
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... paffing cannot fee the houfes nor paf- fengers , nor can he , but with much difficulty , pre- ferve his eye - fight . There are fome good taverns , coffee - houses , and lodging houses in Kingston , but none fo elegant , nor conducted ...
... paffing cannot fee the houfes nor paf- fengers , nor can he , but with much difficulty , pre- ferve his eye - fight . There are fome good taverns , coffee - houses , and lodging houses in Kingston , but none fo elegant , nor conducted ...
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