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 70
... , he fhould vifit the plantation frequently , pry into every hole and corner of it , and furprize the ma- nager when he leaft expected his coming , to fee how 3 how he paffed the time , and cultivated the 70 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... , he fhould vifit the plantation frequently , pry into every hole and corner of it , and furprize the ma- nager when he leaft expected his coming , to fee how 3 how he paffed the time , and cultivated the 70 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 82
... leaft they should fup- plant him or get preferred ; but when he chanced to meet an infignificant puppy like himself , they agreed well together . As Dryden says , His hair and beard are of a diff'rent dye ; Lame of one leg , distorted ...
... leaft they should fup- plant him or get preferred ; but when he chanced to meet an infignificant puppy like himself , they agreed well together . As Dryden says , His hair and beard are of a diff'rent dye ; Lame of one leg , distorted ...
الصفحة 95
... leaft the ftock - house woman deceives him ; and though you will think all this a very menial part of duty , which I cer- tainly think it is the greatest and most honour- able men in Jamaica were obliged to do it . Turkies are the most ...
... leaft the ftock - house woman deceives him ; and though you will think all this a very menial part of duty , which I cer- tainly think it is the greatest and most honour- able men in Jamaica were obliged to do it . Turkies are the most ...
الصفحة 101
... leaft he brings himself into trouble : Burns Juftice is only an index to part of the laws a little learning is a dangerous thing . " I know a ma- << giftrate giftrate who was put to vaft expence at common law IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS .
... leaft he brings himself into trouble : Burns Juftice is only an index to part of the laws a little learning is a dangerous thing . " I know a ma- << giftrate giftrate who was put to vaft expence at common law IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS .
الصفحة 103
J. B. Moreton. baffled by the quirks or chicanery of lawyers ; and leaft your memory may prove falfe to forget the obligation you entered into , to write down and get by wrote , or to pafte it over the place you fit when adminiftering ...
J. B. Moreton. baffled by the quirks or chicanery of lawyers ; and leaft your memory may prove falfe to forget the obligation you entered into , to write down and get by wrote , or to pafte it over the place you fit when adminiftering ...
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