 They affirmed that there was in the head of it a very sparkling stone, like a carbuncle, of inestimable price, that the monster commonly veiled that rich jewel with a thin moving skin like that of a man's eyelid, and when it went to drink, and sported...  Cuba Past and Present - Page 277by Richard Davey - 1898 - 284 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson - 1886 - 306 pages
...that there was in the head of it a very sparkling stone, like a carbuncle, of inestimable price—that the monster commonly veiled that rich jewel with a...lustre from the fire issuing out of that precious gem." In the Nevis Court will be seen the register-entry of the marriage of Lord Nelson in the parish church... | |
 | Richard Davey - 1898 - 318 pages
...Cock-fighting, we learn from the same journal, was a fashionable sport of the gentry. " On Saturday, the 3 1st September 1792, at 10 o'clock, a match of twenty cocks...we learn the prices of slaves to have varied from £\o to .£150, "warranted sound." Some elderly ladies and gentlemen of colour are occasionally " thrown... | |
 | R. B. - 1940 - 270 pages
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