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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الصفحة 98
... appears in the manner clerks generally do ; nay , it will be good eco- nomy if he keeps himself clear of debt ; clerks dress more fashionable and gay than overseers or book - keepers , and shift once or twice daily .. Board and lodging ...
... appears in the manner clerks generally do ; nay , it will be good eco- nomy if he keeps himself clear of debt ; clerks dress more fashionable and gay than overseers or book - keepers , and shift once or twice daily .. Board and lodging ...
الصفحة 99
... appears from what I have said , that clerks save nothing , but rather involve them- selves in debt , you may ask , " how is it possible that they can ever become merchants , or great men ? " It may indeed surprise you , as it often did ...
... appears from what I have said , that clerks save nothing , but rather involve them- selves in debt , you may ask , " how is it possible that they can ever become merchants , or great men ? " It may indeed surprise you , as it often did ...
الصفحة 104
... appear who are chosen out from among the rest to distribute justice , when they are capable of corruption ? -and I am forry to be obliged to say that there are too many of this kind , not only in Jamaica , but all over the West Indies ...
... appear who are chosen out from among the rest to distribute justice , when they are capable of corruption ? -and I am forry to be obliged to say that there are too many of this kind , not only in Jamaica , but all over the West Indies ...
الصفحة 105
... appear ridiculously gay , and at home slovenly and dirty ; and when deprived of the advantage of an European education , are assum . ing and prefuming , negroefied , aukward , igno- rant guegaws ; their darling amusements are con- fined ...
... appear ridiculously gay , and at home slovenly and dirty ; and when deprived of the advantage of an European education , are assum . ing and prefuming , negroefied , aukward , igno- rant guegaws ; their darling amusements are con- fined ...
الصفحة 108
... , they de- corate themselves elegantly : abroad they appear as neat as if they came out of band - boxes , lovely and engaging , at home , diametrically the re- verse , verse . If you furprize them , as I have 108 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... , they de- corate themselves elegantly : abroad they appear as neat as if they came out of band - boxes , lovely and engaging , at home , diametrically the re- verse , verse . If you furprize them , as I have 108 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
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