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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... should what I shall offer , prove any way instrumental in promoting your happiness , I shall hereafter feel a secret satisfaction for hav- ing employed a few vacant hours so well . After your departue , you probably will be sea sick for ...
... should what I shall offer , prove any way instrumental in promoting your happiness , I shall hereafter feel a secret satisfaction for hav- ing employed a few vacant hours so well . After your departue , you probably will be sea sick for ...
الصفحة 10
... should storms prevail to anger the dreadful ocean , and change the delightful scene from gladness to horror , your mind will be impressed with ideas of a different nature , the jarring elements will fl your foul with wonder and terror ...
... should storms prevail to anger the dreadful ocean , and change the delightful scene from gladness to horror , your mind will be impressed with ideas of a different nature , the jarring elements will fl your foul with wonder and terror ...
الصفحة 12
... should have waited till they boarded us , and got their fees , which was a few pounds of falt beef , or pork ; in short , as soon as they had got a piece of beef and a few glasses of port , they departed well pleased ; in like manner ...
... should have waited till they boarded us , and got their fees , which was a few pounds of falt beef , or pork ; in short , as soon as they had got a piece of beef and a few glasses of port , they departed well pleased ; in like manner ...
الصفحة 13
... should be compelled to whither out their days in such inglorious dens of folitude ? Deluded to think their prayers cannot reach heaven if not offered in goals : I was grieved to the foul whenever I saw any of them peeping through their ...
... should be compelled to whither out their days in such inglorious dens of folitude ? Deluded to think their prayers cannot reach heaven if not offered in goals : I was grieved to the foul whenever I saw any of them peeping through their ...
الصفحة 14
... should give life to others . I was hurt very much whenever I saw any of their bald - pated hypocritical guardians , called fryars : those artful dogs are numerous , and frequently parade the streets in procession with an air of ...
... should give life to others . I was hurt very much whenever I saw any of their bald - pated hypocritical guardians , called fryars : those artful dogs are numerous , and frequently parade the streets in procession with an air of ...
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