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 121
... better than the bashful youth who never went aftray . " Who can find a virtuous woman ? For her price is far above rubies . " Do not imagine from what I have faid , that every Creole lady is so soft and ignorant as Miss Louifa and Mifs ...
... better than the bashful youth who never went aftray . " Who can find a virtuous woman ? For her price is far above rubies . " Do not imagine from what I have faid , that every Creole lady is so soft and ignorant as Miss Louifa and Mifs ...
الصفحة 131
... better than others among the tawny race , if you chance to meet an agreeable young woman , who upon enquiry ( do not credit her own words ) you will find was not much prostituted , if you please and humour her properly , fhe will make ...
... better than others among the tawny race , if you chance to meet an agreeable young woman , who upon enquiry ( do not credit her own words ) you will find was not much prostituted , if you please and humour her properly , fhe will make ...
الصفحة 141
... better protected by the laws than flaves in the West Indies : for if a horse or a cow is wantonly killed , or deprived of the tail or horns , or any way maliciously maimed , diligent enquiry is made , and if the offender be detected ...
... better protected by the laws than flaves in the West Indies : for if a horse or a cow is wantonly killed , or deprived of the tail or horns , or any way maliciously maimed , diligent enquiry is made , and if the offender be detected ...
الصفحة 156
J. B. Moreton. violin ; in which cafe , they are vifited by the better fort of the neighbouring plantation negroes , and fuppers and strong liquors are prepared by a few of the knowing - ones . They prepare a number of pots , fome of ...
J. B. Moreton. violin ; in which cafe , they are vifited by the better fort of the neighbouring plantation negroes , and fuppers and strong liquors are prepared by a few of the knowing - ones . They prepare a number of pots , fome of ...
الصفحة 182
... and fcorn , Are nothing better at the beft , Than catterpillers nicely dreft ; Like catterpillers , too , I think , Thofe fervile bufkind - ranters ftink . ~ Never , • Never , I beg and befeech you , for 182 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... and fcorn , Are nothing better at the beft , Than catterpillers nicely dreft ; Like catterpillers , too , I think , Thofe fervile bufkind - ranters ftink . ~ Never , • Never , I beg and befeech you , for 182 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
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