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 99
... business , and has a glorious opportunity of becoming a great man on the fpoils of his pa- tron ; or if a young man is fober , keen , and active , he may push himself into credit , get bargains at vendue , keep a favourite wench , and ...
... business , and has a glorious opportunity of becoming a great man on the fpoils of his pa- tron ; or if a young man is fober , keen , and active , he may push himself into credit , get bargains at vendue , keep a favourite wench , and ...
الصفحة 100
... business ; I knew many fuper- pro- cargoes who were intrufted with confiderable perties forgot themselves and lived more extrava- gant than men of fortune ; had their merchandize fold at vendue at the laft at less than first coft ; and ...
... business ; I knew many fuper- pro- cargoes who were intrufted with confiderable perties forgot themselves and lived more extrava- gant than men of fortune ; had their merchandize fold at vendue at the laft at less than first coft ; and ...
الصفحة 144
... business he is directed : it is bad for the master , because he has an unlimited power over his flave , and infenfibly forgets all moral virtues , and becomes cruel , fierce and voluptuous . " Good God ! how cruel and depraved the heart ...
... business he is directed : it is bad for the master , because he has an unlimited power over his flave , and infenfibly forgets all moral virtues , and becomes cruel , fierce and voluptuous . " Good God ! how cruel and depraved the heart ...
الصفحة 184
... business you enter into , you will in time attain a knowledge thereof ; which fhould be an ambition to you to arrive at perfection : -but remember that you must break the shell before you get at the kernel ; and by a modeft , refpectful ...
... business you enter into , you will in time attain a knowledge thereof ; which fhould be an ambition to you to arrive at perfection : -but remember that you must break the shell before you get at the kernel ; and by a modeft , refpectful ...
الصفحة 186
... amusements , have some apology ready to excuse you without giving offence ; —your business will not permit , or or you are engaged , & c . Should bufinefs 186 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS yourself; and speak cautiously either in praise ...
... amusements , have some apology ready to excuse you without giving offence ; —your business will not permit , or or you are engaged , & c . Should bufinefs 186 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS yourself; and speak cautiously either in praise ...
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