The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 14
... colours , disguising the truth , being a species of adulation , and the art of deceiv- ing or tyrannizing over our feelings with an agreeable violence ; it is the lyre of Orpheus which drew after it the animals , and that of Am- phyon ...
... colours , disguising the truth , being a species of adulation , and the art of deceiv- ing or tyrannizing over our feelings with an agreeable violence ; it is the lyre of Orpheus which drew after it the animals , and that of Am- phyon ...
Page 36
... colour . They are but two stories high , having a hollow square centre exposed to the sky , in which is usually the kitchen and a well . From this area the staircases ascend , and around it on a level with the second story is a gallery ...
... colour . They are but two stories high , having a hollow square centre exposed to the sky , in which is usually the kitchen and a well . From this area the staircases ascend , and around it on a level with the second story is a gallery ...
Page 37
... colour , from white to black , promiscuously intermingled . Of men there were few , and these chiefly black , and all very old or mendicants . On one occasion , I observed fifteen , who were blind , standing by the door , counting their ...
... colour , from white to black , promiscuously intermingled . Of men there were few , and these chiefly black , and all very old or mendicants . On one occasion , I observed fifteen , who were blind , standing by the door , counting their ...
Page 38
... colour in the whole Island , is about 10,000 . The people of colour in the northern parts of the Island bear a small proportion to the blacks , but in the western and southern departments they are a very considerable part of the ...
... colour in the whole Island , is about 10,000 . The people of colour in the northern parts of the Island bear a small proportion to the blacks , but in the western and southern departments they are a very considerable part of the ...
Page 39
... colour , which last I shall generally term mulattoes . The whites consist of about an equal portion of Europeans and Creoles . Of the blacks a great number are Africans , the rest Creoles , and the mu- lattoes are all Creoles . The ...
... colour , which last I shall generally term mulattoes . The whites consist of about an equal portion of Europeans and Creoles . Of the blacks a great number are Africans , the rest Creoles , and the mu- lattoes are all Creoles . The ...
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