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 93
... thofe iflands any man may get an overfeer's birth ( called a management ) through intereft ; in Jamaica it is not fo ; for I never knew an overfeer there who did not ferve at least two or three years , ( fave only Little Confequence ...
... thofe iflands any man may get an overfeer's birth ( called a management ) through intereft ; in Jamaica it is not fo ; for I never knew an overfeer there who did not ferve at least two or three years , ( fave only Little Confequence ...
الصفحة 104
... in general , fave only thofe who drink ftrong liquors to excefs , are of a fickly , pale , yellowish complexion , meagre , weak , and emaciated emaciated to appearance ; their contrarious characteristic is , that 104 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... in general , fave only thofe who drink ftrong liquors to excefs , are of a fickly , pale , yellowish complexion , meagre , weak , and emaciated emaciated to appearance ; their contrarious characteristic is , that 104 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 108
... thofe who are retired in the country ; when they drefs , they decorate themselves elegantly : abroad they appear as neat as if they came out of band - boxes , lovely and engaging - at home , diametrically the reverse , • I verse . If ...
... thofe who are retired in the country ; when they drefs , they decorate themselves elegantly : abroad they appear as neat as if they came out of band - boxes , lovely and engaging - at home , diametrically the reverse , • I verse . If ...
الصفحة 120
... thofe whofe parents cannot afford them an European education ; those feminaries fhould be well fupplied with English mafters and miftreffes whofe abilities and morals would bear flrict fcrutiny ; alfo , with men and maid fervants from ...
... thofe whofe parents cannot afford them an European education ; those feminaries fhould be well fupplied with English mafters and miftreffes whofe abilities and morals would bear flrict fcrutiny ; alfo , with men and maid fervants from ...
الصفحة 124
... thofe fpurious cubs , having no trades , fquander what their infatuated parents bequeathed them , they turn out the most thieving pilfering vagrants ; for never having practifed any industry , but beggared themselves by their profligacy ...
... thofe fpurious cubs , having no trades , fquander what their infatuated parents bequeathed them , they turn out the most thieving pilfering vagrants ; for never having practifed any industry , but beggared themselves by their profligacy ...
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