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 128
... fond of dancing ) ; when one of them makes a ball , as they frequently do on Sa- turday nights , the invites a number of her female acquaintance , also , such merchants and clerks as will honour her on the occafion , ( none of her own ...
... fond of dancing ) ; when one of them makes a ball , as they frequently do on Sa- turday nights , the invites a number of her female acquaintance , also , such merchants and clerks as will honour her on the occafion , ( none of her own ...
الصفحة 137
... fond of women , and that it may fometimes happen when an odd one of the latter gets aftray in the woods , that fhe may be overpowered and debauched by thofe fatyrs ; but I am well con- vinced from good authority , and my own know- ledge ...
... fond of women , and that it may fometimes happen when an odd one of the latter gets aftray in the woods , that fhe may be overpowered and debauched by thofe fatyrs ; but I am well con- vinced from good authority , and my own know- ledge ...
الصفحة 155
... fond of plays and merriment ; and if not pre- vented by whites , according to a law of the ifland , they will meet on Saturday - nights , hun- dreds of them in gangs , and dance and fing till morning ; nay , fometimes they continue ...
... fond of plays and merriment ; and if not pre- vented by whites , according to a law of the ifland , they will meet on Saturday - nights , hun- dreds of them in gangs , and dance and fing till morning ; nay , fometimes they continue ...
الصفحة 161
... fond of their spurious progeny ; dear little faffron pledges of their youthful fport ! After many years induftrious toil , care- lefs of their poor relations and friends , they bequeath all their eftates or properties to them . As soon ...
... fond of their spurious progeny ; dear little faffron pledges of their youthful fport ! After many years induftrious toil , care- lefs of their poor relations and friends , they bequeath all their eftates or properties to them . As soon ...
الصفحة 168
... fond of tippling ; - " Every inordinate cup is unbleffed , and the ingredient is a devil . " A bacchanalian should never be intrufted with any property : for he who is not fit to protect All his own carcafe , is not worthy of trust ...
... fond of tippling ; - " Every inordinate cup is unbleffed , and the ingredient is a devil . " A bacchanalian should never be intrufted with any property : for he who is not fit to protect All his own carcafe , is not worthy of trust ...
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