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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... must observe , that I have often wondered how European merchants can poffibly give fuch large and long credits to thofe factors , confidering the precariousnefs of life , the uncertainty of pay- ments , the distance of place , and the ...
... must observe , that I have often wondered how European merchants can poffibly give fuch large and long credits to thofe factors , confidering the precariousnefs of life , the uncertainty of pay- ments , the distance of place , and the ...
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... kind could make vo- latile flighty men fedate and folid , no doubt but they would all act and behave like other men ; hence , hence I must conclude that their uncommon le- vity is 106 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS ber, (or if he has a wife, ...
... kind could make vo- latile flighty men fedate and folid , no doubt but they would all act and behave like other men ; hence , hence I must conclude that their uncommon le- vity is 106 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS ber, (or if he has a wife, ...
الصفحة 107
J. B. Moreton. hence I must conclude that their uncommon le- vity is certainly owing to the climate , which has a wonderful influence on the brains and hearts of even Europeans . Creoles are witty at times , and numbers can speak and ...
J. B. Moreton. hence I must conclude that their uncommon le- vity is certainly owing to the climate , which has a wonderful influence on the brains and hearts of even Europeans . Creoles are witty at times , and numbers can speak and ...
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... must have superb houses and grand retinues in town , far beyond their abi- lities ; and there again their restless passions are at war : Mifs Jenny Gauva , nor mafter Billy Pompion , cannot endure the fultry heat of the climate , nor ...
... must have superb houses and grand retinues in town , far beyond their abi- lities ; and there again their restless passions are at war : Mifs Jenny Gauva , nor mafter Billy Pompion , cannot endure the fultry heat of the climate , nor ...
الصفحة 113
... must give them fome credit for their industry ; they are fond of their little flocks , and enjoy a pleasure in feed- ing them ; they call them by their different names , and know each feparately by particular marks or features ; even ...
... must give them fome credit for their industry ; they are fond of their little flocks , and enjoy a pleasure in feed- ing them ; they call them by their different names , and know each feparately by particular marks or features ; even ...
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