The English in the West Indies: Or, The Bow of UlyssesLongmans, Green, 1888 - 373 pages |
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Page 19
... living waiters staggered about with the dishes and upset the soup into our laps . Every- body was grumbling and miserable . Driven to my cabin I was dozing on a sofa when I was jerked off and dropped upon the floor . The noise down ...
... living waiters staggered about with the dishes and upset the soup into our laps . Every- body was grumbling and miserable . Driven to my cabin I was dozing on a sofa when I was jerked off and dropped upon the floor . The noise down ...
Page 33
... living . Little land is here allowed him to grow his yams upon . Almost the whole of it is still held by the whites in large estates , cultivated by labourers on the old system , and , it is to be admitted , cultivated most admirably ...
... living . Little land is here allowed him to grow his yams upon . Almost the whole of it is still held by the whites in large estates , cultivated by labourers on the old system , and , it is to be admitted , cultivated most admirably ...
Page 57
... living in it , and the rain and Johnny crows between them keep off pestilence . Outside is a large savannah or park , where the villas are of the successful men of business . One of these belonged to my host , a cool airy habitation ...
... living in it , and the rain and Johnny crows between them keep off pestilence . Outside is a large savannah or park , where the villas are of the successful men of business . One of these belonged to my host , a cool airy habitation ...
Page 59
... living under a degrading tyranny , ' and they demanded a ' constitu- tion . ' They did not complain that their affairs had been ill managed . On the contrary , they insisted that they were the most prosperous of the West Indian colonies ...
... living under a degrading tyranny , ' and they demanded a ' constitu- tion . ' They did not complain that their affairs had been ill managed . On the contrary , they insisted that they were the most prosperous of the West Indian colonies ...
Page 64
... living , and what they were thinking about , and this could best be done by drives about the town and neighbour- hood . The cultivated land is a mere fringe round the edges of the forest . Three - fourths of the soil are untouched ...
... living , and what they were thinking about , and this could best be done by drives about the town and neighbour- hood . The cultivated land is a mere fringe round the edges of the forest . Three - fourths of the soil are untouched ...
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