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 13
... proud , superftitious and treacherous ; the finest of their wonnen , some hundreds of them , are cooped up in convents ; what piry that fine young women should be compelled to u hither out their days in such inglorious dens of ...
... proud , superftitious and treacherous ; the finest of their wonnen , some hundreds of them , are cooped up in convents ; what piry that fine young women should be compelled to u hither out their days in such inglorious dens of ...
الصفحة 16
At night you will think the air is on fire , occasioned by a sort of insects called fire - fies , which sparkle like fire , a few of which , in the darkest room , give such light that you may read a book thereby .
At night you will think the air is on fire , occasioned by a sort of insects called fire - fies , which sparkle like fire , a few of which , in the darkest room , give such light that you may read a book thereby .
الصفحة 18
... they are ignorant pretending quacks , apothecaries boys , and such trash , who having a smattering of Latin , hardly enough to pronounce the names of the few medicines they use , commit murder and destruction amongst the human race ...
... they are ignorant pretending quacks , apothecaries boys , and such trash , who having a smattering of Latin , hardly enough to pronounce the names of the few medicines they use , commit murder and destruction amongst the human race ...
الصفحة 19
imposed on , or that phyfic should be thus abused by such vile pretenders . “ This gift of God to satan does ordain , “ Polluted sinks a prostitute for gain ; “ Barbers , perfumers , and a thousand more , “ Start up physicians , all the ...
imposed on , or that phyfic should be thus abused by such vile pretenders . “ This gift of God to satan does ordain , “ Polluted sinks a prostitute for gain ; “ Barbers , perfumers , and a thousand more , “ Start up physicians , all the ...
الصفحة 21
... as free with their conftitutions as other people , and get themselves frequently drunk , which is very wrong , for they often administer medicine when they are deprived of their senses , and visit their patients in such conditions .
... as free with their conftitutions as other people , and get themselves frequently drunk , which is very wrong , for they often administer medicine when they are deprived of their senses , and visit their patients in such conditions .
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almoſt alſo amongſt appear attend attorney beſt better blood book-keepers buſineſs called canes carry cattle cent commonly corn Creole cure dear drink eight eſtate favour feet field firſt five fond four frequently friends gentlemen give ground hands heart hero himſelf horſes houſe human hundred ignorant iſland Jamaica juſtice keep kind known ladies laſt leaſt liquor live manager manner maſter means merchants mind miſs Mongrel morning moſt muſt nature Naves negroes never night obliged obſerve once overſeers pain particularly perſon plantation planting pleaſe poor ſame ſay ſee ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſtock ſuch ſugar taken themſelves theſe thing thoſe thouſand till tion town turn uſe waſhed Weſt Indies whole wine wiſh women woods young yourſelf