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 70
... vifit the plantation frequently , pry into every hole and corner of it , and furprize the manager when he leaft expected his coming , to fee how how he paffed the time , and cultivated the eftate 1 70 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... vifit the plantation frequently , pry into every hole and corner of it , and furprize the manager when he leaft expected his coming , to fee how how he paffed the time , and cultivated the eftate 1 70 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 82
... leaft they should fupplant him or get preferred ; but when he chanced to meet an infignificant puppy like himself , they agreed well together . As Dryden says , His hair and beard are of a diff'rent dye ; Lame of one leg , diftorted in ...
... leaft they should fupplant him or get preferred ; but when he chanced to meet an infignificant puppy like himself , they agreed well together . As Dryden says , His hair and beard are of a diff'rent dye ; Lame of one leg , diftorted in ...
الصفحة 86
... leaft he fhould be tempted to act difhoneftly . I knew many overseers who accumulated very rapidly large properties by retailing rum and ftock for the ufe of the proprietors , and yet to fupport tolerable good characters , because their ...
... leaft he fhould be tempted to act difhoneftly . I knew many overseers who accumulated very rapidly large properties by retailing rum and ftock for the ufe of the proprietors , and yet to fupport tolerable good characters , because their ...
الصفحة 101
... leaft he brings himself into trouble : Burns Juftice is only an index to part of the laws- " a little learning is a dangerous thing . " I know a magiftrate giftrate who was put to vaft expence at common law IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . for.
... leaft he brings himself into trouble : Burns Juftice is only an index to part of the laws- " a little learning is a dangerous thing . " I know a magiftrate giftrate who was put to vaft expence at common law IN THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS . for.
الصفحة 102
... leaft they pay dear for it . When a man gets into the affembly , or becomes one of the council , he should study the laws of the island , and the profperity of the people in general , and learn by speaking to himself in private , to ...
... leaft they pay dear for it . When a man gets into the affembly , or becomes one of the council , he should study the laws of the island , and the profperity of the people in general , and learn by speaking to himself in private , to ...
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