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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... person could not avoid scratching ; and those who don't take care of their nails , soon have their legs inflamed with disagree- able fores : I have heard of many young men's legs , legs , through the venom of the musquittoes , to 16 ...
... person could not avoid scratching ; and those who don't take care of their nails , soon have their legs inflamed with disagree- able fores : I have heard of many young men's legs , legs , through the venom of the musquittoes , to 16 ...
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... person paffing cannot see the houses nor paf- sengers , nor can he , but with much difficulty , pre- serve his eye - fight . There are some good taverns , coffee - houses , and lodging houses in Kingston , but none so elegant , nor ...
... person paffing cannot see the houses nor paf- sengers , nor can he , but with much difficulty , pre- serve his eye - fight . There are some good taverns , coffee - houses , and lodging houses in Kingston , but none so elegant , nor ...
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... person , is a dollar , but if there are many passengers only two bitts for each . Montego Bay , next to Kingston for trade , is about one hundred and twenty five miles dif- tant from Kingston , and contains about fix hundred houses ...
... person , is a dollar , but if there are many passengers only two bitts for each . Montego Bay , next to Kingston for trade , is about one hundred and twenty five miles dif- tant from Kingston , and contains about fix hundred houses ...
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... person's skin , the parts blister immediately , and if a drop chance to get into the eye , it destroys the fight for ever . Though I am naturally fond of mirth and society , yet I often like retirement , and have often enjoyed the ...
... person's skin , the parts blister immediately , and if a drop chance to get into the eye , it destroys the fight for ever . Though I am naturally fond of mirth and society , yet I often like retirement , and have often enjoyed the ...
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... person knows the ignorance of him who should direct and give instructions to carry on business like clock - work , he will take advantages ; and knowing his own abilities and value , thinks himself entitled to reft and refreshment ; and ...
... person knows the ignorance of him who should direct and give instructions to carry on business like clock - work , he will take advantages ; and knowing his own abilities and value , thinks himself entitled to reft and refreshment ; and ...
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