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 Edition |
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الصفحة 64
... they all in general live elegantly ; it is not thought strange for a peasant's son from Glasgow , or Aberdeen , in the space of four or five years , to commence merchant , and in a few years afterwards to make a pretty independence ...
... they all in general live elegantly ; it is not thought strange for a peasant's son from Glasgow , or Aberdeen , in the space of four or five years , to commence merchant , and in a few years afterwards to make a pretty independence ...
الصفحة 66
... that in a very few years the poorest wandering Jerusalemite will accumulate wealth ; they all live miserably mean upon planting , and some trash of darnaged herrings , and other saltfish , until they get independent in the world .
... that in a very few years the poorest wandering Jerusalemite will accumulate wealth ; they all live miserably mean upon planting , and some trash of darnaged herrings , and other saltfish , until they get independent in the world .
الصفحة 79
... so that as to eating and drinking , overseers and book - keepers live very well ; they all mess together ; nor is there such distinction observed among them as in the West India Inands . . The meanest class of adventurers succeed ...
... so that as to eating and drinking , overseers and book - keepers live very well ; they all mess together ; nor is there such distinction observed among them as in the West India Inands . . The meanest class of adventurers succeed ...
الصفحة 90
... A famous cowskin hero ! My book - keepers I humble , Humble as the canine race ; When they attempt to grumble , I surely kick them out of place . Thus live in ease , with health and gain , Whilst they trudge thro ' mud ...
... A famous cowskin hero ! My book - keepers I humble , Humble as the canine race ; When they attempt to grumble , I surely kick them out of place . Thus live in ease , with health and gain , Whilst they trudge thro ' mud ...
الصفحة 112
... them : they cannot bear to live peaceably and quiet on their plantations - no , they must have superb houses and grand retinues in town , far beyond their abilities ; and there again their restless passions are at war : Miss Jenny ...
... them : they cannot bear to live peaceably and quiet on their plantations - no , they must have superb houses and grand retinues in town , far beyond their abilities ; and there again their restless passions are at war : Miss Jenny ...
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| العنوان | 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 Edition |
| المؤلف | J. B. Moreton |
| الناشر | J. Parsons; W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1793 |
| أصلي من | المكتبة البريطانية |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 21 تشرين الأول (أكتوبر) 2013 |
| عدد الصفحات | 192 من الصفحات |
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