The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, Volum 1J. Humphreys, 1805 |
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Pàgina xxvii
... probably have saved from the horrors of famine fifteen thousand unoffending negroes , who miserably perished ( in Jamaica alone ) from the sad ef- fects of the fatal restrictive system which prevailed ! The pub- lication of this bill ...
... probably have saved from the horrors of famine fifteen thousand unoffending negroes , who miserably perished ( in Jamaica alone ) from the sad ef- fects of the fatal restrictive system which prevailed ! The pub- lication of this bill ...
Pàgina xxix
... probably furnish fresh incitements to in- dustry , new improvements in the arts , and new subjects of commerce ! The assembly of Jamaica , co - operating with the benevo- lent intentions of his majesty , have lately purchased the mag ...
... probably furnish fresh incitements to in- dustry , new improvements in the arts , and new subjects of commerce ! The assembly of Jamaica , co - operating with the benevo- lent intentions of his majesty , have lately purchased the mag ...
Pàgina 41
... probably this last mentioned testimony of public esteem and gratitude that gave rise in these islands to the institution of polygamy , which , as hath been already observed , prevailed universally among them , and still prevails among ...
... probably this last mentioned testimony of public esteem and gratitude that gave rise in these islands to the institution of polygamy , which , as hath been already observed , prevailed universally among them , and still prevails among ...
Pàgina 48
... probably was , however , the influence of superstition that gave rise to these and other ceremo- nies equally repugnant to the dictates of nature and common sense ; one of which appears at first extraor- § Gumilla , tom . ii . p . Iz ...
... probably was , however , the influence of superstition that gave rise to these and other ceremo- nies equally repugnant to the dictates of nature and common sense ; one of which appears at first extraor- § Gumilla , tom . ii . p . Iz ...
Pàgina 52
... probably of their invisible deities , to whom they offered sacrifices , similar to those of the ancient Ro- § Rochefort , c . xiii . p . 469 . Du Tertre , tom . ii . p . 364 . Rochefort , c . xiv . + The Galibis Indians , or Charaibes ...
... probably of their invisible deities , to whom they offered sacrifices , similar to those of the ancient Ro- § Rochefort , c . xiii . p . 469 . Du Tertre , tom . ii . p . 364 . Rochefort , c . xiv . + The Galibis Indians , or Charaibes ...
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Passatges populars
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...