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 32
... manners and customs . " Curst be the lines , how fmooth fo e'er they flow , " That tend to make one honeft man my foe ; " Give virtue fcandal , innocence a fear , " Or from the foft ey'd virgin draw a tear ; " A lafh like mine no honeft ...
... manners and customs . " Curst be the lines , how fmooth fo e'er they flow , " That tend to make one honeft man my foe ; " Give virtue fcandal , innocence a fear , " Or from the foft ey'd virgin draw a tear ; " A lafh like mine no honeft ...
الصفحة 34
... walk to Putney Lodge , which lies at the east end of the town ; but it is dangerous to bathe in the fea , as many young men do , as there have been feveral • feveral instances of people being devoured by fharks at 34 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... walk to Putney Lodge , which lies at the east end of the town ; but it is dangerous to bathe in the fea , as many young men do , as there have been feveral • feveral instances of people being devoured by fharks at 34 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 35
... manner , fo that a ftranger or drunken man , of a dark night , unless he walks in the middle of the street , is liable to get his bones broke ; the streets are fandy , and when it blows ftrong the duft rarifies fo abundantly , that a ...
... manner , fo that a ftranger or drunken man , of a dark night , unless he walks in the middle of the street , is liable to get his bones broke ; the streets are fandy , and when it blows ftrong the duft rarifies fo abundantly , that a ...
الصفحة 36
... tions , and is about thirteen miles from Kingflon ; the road is quite level , and the beft in the island . The king's houfe , in which the governor refides , and . W and where the affemblies are held , ftands in the 36 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... tions , and is about thirteen miles from Kingflon ; the road is quite level , and the beft in the island . The king's houfe , in which the governor refides , and . W and where the affemblies are held , ftands in the 36 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 38
... of water , forcing the inhabitants , like the Egyptians at the overflowing of the Nile , with their flaves and live stock , to take shelter in the mountains . mountains until the waters abate ; these heavy rains are 38 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... of water , forcing the inhabitants , like the Egyptians at the overflowing of the Nile , with their flaves and live stock , to take shelter in the mountains . mountains until the waters abate ; these heavy rains are 38 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
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