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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... perfon could not avoid fcratching ; and those who don't take care of their nails , foon have their legs inflamed with difagree- able fores ; I have heard of many young men's legs , legs , through the venom of the mufquittoes , to 16 ...
... perfon could not avoid fcratching ; and those who don't take care of their nails , foon have their legs inflamed with difagree- able fores ; I have heard of many young men's legs , legs , through the venom of the mufquittoes , to 16 ...
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... perfon is confined to his bed , fome careful , difcreet , black woman , should be appointed to at- tend him all day and night . Therefore let me re- queft , that when you find yourself indifpofed as I have mentioned , you will ...
... perfon is confined to his bed , fome careful , difcreet , black woman , should be appointed to at- tend him all day and night . Therefore let me re- queft , that when you find yourself indifpofed as I have mentioned , you will ...
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... perfon paffing cannot fee the houses nor paf- fengers , nor can he , but with much difficulty , pre- ferve his eye - fight . There are fome good taverns , coffee - houses , and lodging houfes in Kingston , but none fo elegant , nor ...
... perfon paffing cannot fee the houses nor paf- fengers , nor can he , but with much difficulty , pre- ferve his eye - fight . There are fome good taverns , coffee - houses , and lodging houfes in Kingston , but none fo elegant , nor ...
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... perfon , is a dollar , but if there are many paffengers only two bitts for each . Montego Bay , next to Kingston for trade , is about one hundred and twenty five miles dif- tant from Kingston , and contains about fix hundred houses ...
... perfon , is a dollar , but if there are many paffengers only two bitts for each . Montego Bay , next to Kingston for trade , is about one hundred and twenty five miles dif- tant from Kingston , and contains about fix hundred houses ...
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... perfon knows the ignorance of him who fhould direct and give inftructions to carry on bufinefs like clock - work , he will take advantages ; and knowing his own abilities and value , thinks himself entitled to rest and refreshment ; and ...
... perfon knows the ignorance of him who fhould direct and give inftructions to carry on bufinefs like clock - work , he will take advantages ; and knowing his own abilities and value , thinks himself entitled to rest and refreshment ; and ...
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