The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, Volum 1J. Humphreys, 1805 |
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Pàgina xix
... animal desire to- wards multiplying their species . The author of a system in- titled Recherches Philosophiques sur les Americains ' , de- clares , with unexampled arrogance , that there never has been found , throughout the whole ...
... animal desire to- wards multiplying their species . The author of a system in- titled Recherches Philosophiques sur les Americains ' , de- clares , with unexampled arrogance , that there never has been found , throughout the whole ...
Pàgina xx
... animal passion of the sexes becomes ardent , and the disso- lution of their manners is excessive . " § It is elsewhere ob- served , that the Americans were not only averse to toil , but incapable of it , and sunk under tasks which the ...
... animal passion of the sexes becomes ardent , and the disso- lution of their manners is excessive . " § It is elsewhere ob- served , that the Americans were not only averse to toil , but incapable of it , and sunk under tasks which the ...
Pàgina 1
... animal creation . - Magnificence and sublimity of the mountains . - Reflections concerning the origin of these islands , & c . GE EOGRAPHERS following the distribution of nature , divide the vast continent of America into two great ...
... animal creation . - Magnificence and sublimity of the mountains . - Reflections concerning the origin of these islands , & c . GE EOGRAPHERS following the distribution of nature , divide the vast continent of America into two great ...
Pàgina 13
... animal the flying fish ? Who would have believed that the natives of the deep had power to quit their watery element , and fly aloft with the birds of the air ! It was an æra of miracles , and con- sidering the propensity of mankind to ...
... animal the flying fish ? Who would have believed that the natives of the deep had power to quit their watery element , and fly aloft with the birds of the air ! It was an æra of miracles , and con- sidering the propensity of mankind to ...
Pàgina 18
... animal of prey , to desolate their vallies . * I say this on the authority of Brown , Charlevoix , and Hughes , ( of- whom the first compiled the History of Jamaica , the second that of Hi- spaniola , and the last of Barbadoes ) , on ...
... animal of prey , to desolate their vallies . * I say this on the authority of Brown , Charlevoix , and Hughes , ( of- whom the first compiled the History of Jamaica , the second that of Hi- spaniola , and the last of Barbadoes ) , on ...
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afterwards America ancient annum appears appointed assembly authority Barbadoes bill Britain British called captain Charaibes Charles Lyttleton chiefly CHIG circumstance climate coast colonel colonies colour Columbus commander in chief commission committee consent continued council court Cromwell crown Cuba D'Oyley earl of Carlisle England English Europe exports given governor guarda-costas hath Herrera Hispaniola History of Jamaica honour hundred important Indians inhabitants island of Jamaica justice king king's land laws Lord Lord Vaughan lordships maica majesty majesty's Maroons Martyr militia mountains nations natives nature negroes observed occasion Oviedo parish passed persons plantations planters Port Port Royal possessed present reader revenue Rochefort royal savannas sent ships Sir Thomas SITY slaves Spain Spaniards spaniola Spanish species sterling subjects sugar Tertre Thomas Lynch Thomas Modyford tion transmitted treaty troops UNIV unto vessels voyage West Indies whole
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Pàgina 123 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
Pàgina 15 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Pàgina 333 - Ordinances as shall be so disallowed and not approved shall from thenceforth cease determine and become utterly void and of none Effect, any Thing to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.
Pàgina 299 - Majesty's realms and dominions the sole supreme government, command and disposition of the militia, and of all forces by sea and land, and of all forts and places of strength, is, and by the laws of England ever was, the undoubted right of his Majesty and his royal predecessors, kings and queens of England ; and that both or either of the Houses of Parliament cannot, nor ought to, pretend to the same...
Pàgina 333 - Ordinances being not before confirmed by us shall at any Time be disallowed and not approved and so signified by us our Heirs or Successors under our or their Sign manual...
Pàgina 297 - WHEREAS there was this day read at the Board a Report from the Right Honourable the Lords, of the Committee of Council for Plantation Affairs dated the first of last month in the words following Viz.
Pàgina 333 - And our Will and Pleasure is that the Persons thereupon duly elected by the major Part of the Freeholders of the respective Counties and Places and so returned shall before their Sitting take the Oaths mentioned in the said Act...
Pàgina 333 - And we do hereby give, and grant unto you, full power and authority...
Pàgina 77 - Whether you are divinities or mortal men, we know not. You have come into these countries with a force against which, were we inclined to resist it, resistance would be folly : we are all therefore at your mercy. But if you are men subject to mortality like ourselves, you cannot be unapprised that after this life there is another, wherein a very different portion is allotted to good and bad men. If therefore you expect to die and believe with us that...
Pàgina 89 - ... proposal. Several vessels were fitted out for the Lucayos, the commanders of which informed the natives, with whose language they were now well acquainted, that they came from a delicious country, in which the...