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 98
1 lodging ; and though one gets a falary of 1501 : or 2001. sterling per annum , he cannot save fixpence , if he lives and appears in the manner clerks generally do ; nay , it will be good economy if he keeps himself clear of debt ...
1 lodging ; and though one gets a falary of 1501 : or 2001. sterling per annum , he cannot save fixpence , if he lives and appears in the manner clerks generally do ; nay , it will be good economy if he keeps himself clear of debt ...
الصفحة 99
c . all which would require another 1421 , Now , as it appears from what I have said , that clerks save nothing , but rather involve themselves in debt , you may ask , “ how is it possible that they can ever become merchants , or great ...
c . all which would require another 1421 , Now , as it appears from what I have said , that clerks save nothing , but rather involve themselves in debt , you may ask , “ how is it possible that they can ever become merchants , or great ...
الصفحة 104
How odious must men appear who are chosen out from among the rest to distribute justice , when they are capable of corruption ? -and I am sorry to be obliged to say that there are too many of this kind , not only in Jamaica , but all ...
How odious must men appear who are chosen out from among the rest to distribute justice , when they are capable of corruption ? -and I am sorry to be obliged to say that there are too many of this kind , not only in Jamaica , but all ...
الصفحة 105
They are amazing fond of costly , tinsel frippery ; abroad they appear ridiculously gay , and at home Novenly and dirty ; and when deprived of the advantage of an European education , are affum . ing and presuming , negroefied , aukward ...
They are amazing fond of costly , tinsel frippery ; abroad they appear ridiculously gay , and at home Novenly and dirty ; and when deprived of the advantage of an European education , are affum . ing and presuming , negroefied , aukward ...
الصفحة 108
... those who are retired in the country ; when they dress , they decorate themselves elegantly : abroad they appear as neat as if they came out of band - boxes , lovely and engaging : -at home , diametrically the re1 verse .
... those who are retired in the country ; when they dress , they decorate themselves elegantly : abroad they appear as neat as if they came out of band - boxes , lovely and engaging : -at home , diametrically the re1 verse .
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