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 108
... , they de- corate themselves elegantly : abroad they appear as neat as if they came out of band - boxes , lovely and engaging at home , diametrically the re- verse . verfe . If you furprize them , as I have 108 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... , they de- corate themselves elegantly : abroad they appear as neat as if they came out of band - boxes , lovely and engaging at home , diametrically the re- verse . verfe . If you furprize them , as I have 108 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 111
... themselves , or defcend to honeft industry , whilft they are fup- ported by him in idlenefs : -his better half tells him , " My dear , if you love me , you fhould love my relations and friends alfo ; my dear , if you wish to support me ...
... themselves , or defcend to honeft industry , whilft they are fup- ported by him in idlenefs : -his better half tells him , " My dear , if you love me , you fhould love my relations and friends alfo ; my dear , if you wish to support me ...
الصفحة 124
... themselves by their profligacy and diffipation , Creole fashion , they are quite ignorant ever after of the ways and means to earn their livelihoods industriously and honeftly . If a gentleman wifhed his Mongrel fon to do well , he ...
... themselves by their profligacy and diffipation , Creole fashion , they are quite ignorant ever after of the ways and means to earn their livelihoods industriously and honeftly . If a gentleman wifhed his Mongrel fon to do well , he ...
الصفحة 125
... themselves off to the best advantage , to make themselves pleasing and engaging companions for white men ; and when one of them is disbanded by the man who had her in keeping , ( or as they fay , fhe had in keep- ing ) the plumps up her ...
... themselves off to the best advantage , to make themselves pleasing and engaging companions for white men ; and when one of them is disbanded by the man who had her in keeping , ( or as they fay , fhe had in keep- ing ) the plumps up her ...
الصفحة 126
... themselves for maids ; for in these cafes they are more know- ing than whites . I have often met many fine ' looking Mongrel girls , young and innocent to appearance , as deceptious as any Covent Garden country mifs . Some men are fo ...
... themselves for maids ; for in these cafes they are more know- ing than whites . I have often met many fine ' looking Mongrel girls , young and innocent to appearance , as deceptious as any Covent Garden country mifs . Some men are fo ...
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