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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... such extreme itching , that if the hands were not tied , the wounded 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 ...
... such extreme itching , that if the hands were not tied , the wounded 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 ...
الصفحة 54
... such charges away , and to get the lee ciftern wafhed well ; for the lees of any bad charge , as I have already mentioned , will , though fet ever fo pure and cool , fpoil any other mixture they are put to ; this I have learned from ...
... such charges away , and to get the lee ciftern wafhed well ; for the lees of any bad charge , as I have already mentioned , will , though fet ever fo pure and cool , fpoil any other mixture they are put to ; this I have learned from ...
الصفحة 68
... Such barbarous redicule hurted me fore , ' Till we came to anchor , and I got a shore , But how fhall I alter the theme of my fong , To paint the fad fcene , how matters go on ; My heart it does jump , like a bird in a cage , And ...
... Such barbarous redicule hurted me fore , ' Till we came to anchor , and I got a shore , But how fhall I alter the theme of my fong , To paint the fad fcene , how matters go on ; My heart it does jump , like a bird in a cage , And ...
الصفحة 70
... Such mighty heroes that were pigmies born , εσ Tempt not my envy , but provoke my fcorn . " An attorney to an eftate , or plantation , has a weighty charge ; if he was to act fair and honest , he fhould vifit the plantation frequently ...
... Such mighty heroes that were pigmies born , εσ Tempt not my envy , but provoke my fcorn . " An attorney to an eftate , or plantation , has a weighty charge ; if he was to act fair and honest , he fhould vifit the plantation frequently ...
الصفحة 88
... Such overfeers deferve not the name of men ; they are as bad as hangmen ; bar- barous as hottentots , with favage fouls . Overseers endeavour to perfuade that it must be so , and fay that the Weft Indies would be of no use if severity ...
... Such overfeers deferve not the name of men ; they are as bad as hangmen ; bar- barous as hottentots , with favage fouls . Overseers endeavour to perfuade that it must be so , and fay that the Weft Indies would be of no use if severity ...
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