The History of Jamaica. Or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island:: With Reflections on Its Situation, Settlements, Inhabitants, Climate, Products, Commerce, Laws, and Government. In Three Volumes. Illustrated with Copper Plates..T. Lowndes, in Fleet-Street., 1774 - Jamaica |
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... never spend above one third of his income , nor value his property at a higher proportion . But how preca rious foever fortunes are in this part of the world , and liable , from various and innumerable causes , to fudden changes , and ...
... never spend above one third of his income , nor value his property at a higher proportion . But how preca rious foever fortunes are in this part of the world , and liable , from various and innumerable causes , to fudden changes , and ...
Page 17
... never of late years been complied with . The common prices of most kinds of meat fold here are now generally double what the law has allowed ; and little notice is taken of it . The market for butchers meat begins at day - break , and ...
... never of late years been complied with . The common prices of most kinds of meat fold here are now generally double what the law has allowed ; and little notice is taken of it . The market for butchers meat begins at day - break , and ...
Page 48
... never made any confiderable figure as a fugar - parish . The hilly parts of it towards the North abound in pimento- trees ; which fhews their foil well - adapted to this production , though it is not extenfively attended to here , for ...
... never made any confiderable figure as a fugar - parish . The hilly parts of it towards the North abound in pimento- trees ; which fhews their foil well - adapted to this production , though it is not extenfively attended to here , for ...
Page 56
... never exifted , ex- cept in the brains of the inventor . The name , perhaps , was of Spanish extraction , compounded of Maga ( an enchantrefs ) , and Oteo ( watching on a high place ) ; alluding probably to the pin- nacle of Monte ...
... never exifted , ex- cept in the brains of the inventor . The name , perhaps , was of Spanish extraction , compounded of Maga ( an enchantrefs ) , and Oteo ( watching on a high place ) ; alluding probably to the pin- nacle of Monte ...
Page 63
... never lofe their water , except in times of most un- ufual and long - continued drowth . The road which branches off to the Chapel , after leaving the flat country , afcends among rocky hills , till it reaches Tick Savannah . A great ...
... never lofe their water , except in times of most un- ufual and long - continued drowth . The road which branches off to the Chapel , after leaving the flat country , afcends among rocky hills , till it reaches Tick Savannah . A great ...
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affembly againſt almoſt atmoſphere becauſe befides beſt cafe caufe cauſe climate coaft confequence confiderable confifts courſe diſeaſes diſtance ditto eftate Engliſh eſtabliſhed expence faid fame fays fecurity feems fent fervants ferve fervice fettlements fettlers feven feveral fhall fhips fhould fide fince firft firſt fituation flaves fmall foil fome fometimes foon fpecies fpirit ftands ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fugar fupply fuppofed fupport fure Great-Britain harbour himſelf houfes houſes hundred increaſe inhabitants inſtead iſland Jamaica juftice Kingſton land leaſt lefs leſs likewife maſter meaſure miles moft moſt mountains Mulatto muſt neceffary Negroes obferved occafion paffed parish perfons plantations planters poffeffed Port Port Royal prefent provifions puniſhment purpoſe putrid reafon refidence refpect rifing river Savannah ſeems ſeveral ſhip ſmall ſome Spanish ſtate ſtill ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand town ufually uſe veffels Weft Weft-Indies whofe
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Page 220 - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Page 220 - If true, here only, and of delicious taste : Betwixt them lawns, or level downs, and flocks Grazing the tender herb, were interposed ; Or palmy hillock, or the flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spread her store, Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose...
Page 478 - In fome ftarv'd hackny fonneteer, or me? But let a Lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens ! how the ftyle refines ! Before his facred name flies ev'ry fault, And each exalted ftanza teems with thought I The vulgar thus through imitation err; As oft...
Page 479 - Were there all harmony, all virtue here: That never air or ocean felt the wind, That never passion discomposed the mind: But all subsists by elemental strife; And passions are the elements of life.
Page 220 - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool...
Page 541 - Or ounce, or tiger, hog, or bearded goat, All other parts remaining as they were ; And they (so perfect is their misery) Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, But boast themselves more comely than before, And all their friends and native home forget, To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.
Page 92 - ... down it comes, From the rude mountain, and the mossy wild, Tumbling through rocks abrupt, and sounding far; Then o'er the sanded valley floating spreads...
Page 541 - The express resemblance of the gods, is changed Into some brutish form of wolf or bear, Or ounce or tiger, hog, or bearded goat, All other parts remaining as they were.
Page 334 - Cudjoe, that it was found expedient to ftrengthen the colony againft them by two regiments of regular troops, which were afterwards formed into independent companies, and employed, with other hired parties, and the whole body of militia, in their reduction. In the year 1734, Captain Stoddart...
Page 416 - ... with such gambols and frolics, among the younger part of the company, that the loss which occasioned them is often more than supplied by the consequences of that night.