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 Edition |
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الصفحة 105
They are amazing fond of costly , tinsel frippery ; abroad they appear ridiculously gay , and at home Novenly and dirty ; and when deprived of the advantage of an European education , are affum . ing and presuming , negroefied , aukward ...
They are amazing fond of costly , tinsel frippery ; abroad they appear ridiculously gay , and at home Novenly and dirty ; and when deprived of the advantage of an European education , are affum . ing and presuming , negroefied , aukward ...
الصفحة 108
1 1 married to a worthy gentleman who was doatingly fond of her , by whom he had four or five pratling pledges of connubial bliss ; he had a plentiful fortune , and was diftinguithed for hospitality and generosity ; nor did he ever ...
1 1 married to a worthy gentleman who was doatingly fond of her , by whom he had four or five pratling pledges of connubial bliss ; he had a plentiful fortune , and was diftinguithed for hospitality and generosity ; nor did he ever ...
الصفحة 112
“ As you married me , you should marry them allo ; " the equations are all equal -- fine Algebra !, When a little miss makes a nip , it is soon overlooked by her indulgent parents or fond friends ; she will love a man dearly for making ...
“ As you married me , you should marry them allo ; " the equations are all equal -- fine Algebra !, When a little miss makes a nip , it is soon overlooked by her indulgent parents or fond friends ; she will love a man dearly for making ...
الصفحة 113
Creole lifters living in the country , though single , have commonly each a number of sheep , goats , swine , and poultry ; in this I must give them some credit for their industry ; they are fond of their little focks , and enjoy a ...
Creole lifters living in the country , though single , have commonly each a number of sheep , goats , swine , and poultry ; in this I must give them some credit for their industry ; they are fond of their little focks , and enjoy a ...
الصفحة 119
... “ Whose tender years the nice gradation prove , 16 When infant fondness ripens into love ; “ There claspt in transport to her beating breast , “ Each ardent wish without restraint poffeft : “ Raptures repeated on delight should rise ...
... “ Whose tender years the nice gradation prove , 16 When infant fondness ripens into love ; “ There claspt in transport to her beating breast , “ Each ardent wish without restraint poffeft : “ Raptures repeated on delight should rise ...
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almoſt alſo amongſt appear attend attorney beſt better blood book-keepers buſineſs called canes carry cattle cent commonly corn Creole cure dear drink eight eſtate favour feet field firſt five fond four frequently friends gentlemen give ground hands heart hero himſelf horſes houſe human hundred ignorant iſland Jamaica juſtice keep kind known ladies laſt leaſt liquor live manager manner maſter means merchants mind miſs Mongrel morning moſt muſt nature Naves negroes never night obliged obſerve once overſeers pain particularly perſon plantation planting pleaſe poor ſame ſay ſee ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſtock ſuch ſugar taken themſelves theſe thing thoſe thouſand till tion town turn uſe waſhed Weſt Indies whole wine wiſh women woods young yourſelf