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 25
Never drink cold water when you find yourself in a heat : warm beverage , weak
punch , or sangre , is best , and will cool you ; and if such cannot be had , refrain
from drink till you are cool . Be always guarded in your manner of living ; let your
...
Never drink cold water when you find yourself in a heat : warm beverage , weak
punch , or sangre , is best , and will cool you ; and if such cannot be had , refrain
from drink till you are cool . Be always guarded in your manner of living ; let your
...
الصفحة 104
Frora all I have now said , you may be assured , that if you do not behave yourself
courteously , humble , and submissive , and keep your tongue as it were with a
bit and bridle , and your mind close to yourself , you never will be a great man ...
Frora all I have now said , you may be assured , that if you do not behave yourself
courteously , humble , and submissive , and keep your tongue as it were with a
bit and bridle , and your mind close to yourself , you never will be a great man ...
الصفحة 185
Pride and vanity commonly attend youth , and are hateful to God and man ; -
avoid every symptom of both : if you have merit , it will be discovered by others ;
yet you must strive to keep yourself neat and clean ; and be not mimically in or ...
Pride and vanity commonly attend youth , and are hateful to God and man ; -
avoid every symptom of both : if you have merit , it will be discovered by others ;
yet you must strive to keep yourself neat and clean ; and be not mimically in or ...
الصفحة 188
... ill breeding , treachery and deceit ; and be careful , if you wish to make your
own company agreeable to others , ( which you should endeavour to do ) not to
engross too much of the conversation to yourself ; you will please others by
allowing ...
... ill breeding , treachery and deceit ; and be careful , if you wish to make your
own company agreeable to others , ( which you should endeavour to do ) not to
engross too much of the conversation to yourself ; you will please others by
allowing ...
الصفحة 189
And when you transact business for yourself , be very particular who you credit ,
and gec bonds or notes , as life is very precarious . Do not be ready to contract
debts more than you will be capable of discharging punctually ; for by involving ...
And when you transact business for yourself , be very particular who you credit ,
and gec bonds or notes , as life is very precarious . Do not be ready to contract
debts more than you will be capable of discharging punctually ; for by involving ...
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