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 104
... , save only those who drink ftrong liquors to excefs , are of a fickly , pale , yellowish complexion , meagre , weak , and emaciated emaciated to appearance ; their contrarious cha- racteristic is , 104 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... , save only those who drink ftrong liquors to excefs , are of a fickly , pale , yellowish complexion , meagre , weak , and emaciated emaciated to appearance ; their contrarious cha- racteristic is , 104 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 105
... drinking , whoring , gaming , or any kind of diffipation invites ; fo that their hearts and fortunes feldom agree ... drink or * mauby is a delicious nectar to them in the morning : -I often laughed heartily at hearing a Creole master ...
... drinking , whoring , gaming , or any kind of diffipation invites ; fo that their hearts and fortunes feldom agree ... drink or * mauby is a delicious nectar to them in the morning : -I often laughed heartily at hearing a Creole master ...
الصفحة 118
... drinking " Somebody , " and giving a knock at the fame time on the table , faying , " Here he goes . ' She had fimilar fentiments at command ; which eafy free politeness inspired the gentlemen with courage to take the liberty of ...
... drinking " Somebody , " and giving a knock at the fame time on the table , faying , " Here he goes . ' She had fimilar fentiments at command ; which eafy free politeness inspired the gentlemen with courage to take the liberty of ...
الصفحة 166
... drinking and gaming , -and then I fhall con- clude with a page or two of found advise . As every man , from his cradle , is prone to fome darling vice or folly , we fhould be always guarded to check or controul the first sign or ...
... drinking and gaming , -and then I fhall con- clude with a page or two of found advise . As every man , from his cradle , is prone to fome darling vice or folly , we fhould be always guarded to check or controul the first sign or ...
الصفحة 167
... drink to excess , wines , fpirituous and malt liquors ; and wreck and ftrain their conftitutions , till they break ... Drinking is the drown- ing of cares , but not the curing of them . " Some good - natured men , for the fake of com ...
... drink to excess , wines , fpirituous and malt liquors ; and wreck and ftrain their conftitutions , till they break ... Drinking is the drown- ing of cares , but not the curing of them . " Some good - natured men , for the fake of com ...
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