The West Indies and the Spanish MainHarper & brothers, 1860 - 381 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 35 találatból.
29. oldal
... planter , it was not surprising that he should be always glad to see his own friends and his friends ' friends , and their friends . Such visits dissipated the ennui of his own life , and the expense was not appreciable - or , at any ...
... planter , it was not surprising that he should be always glad to see his own friends and his friends ' friends , and their friends . Such visits dissipated the ennui of his own life , and the expense was not appreciable - or , at any ...
30. oldal
... planter to me , with whom I was on terms of sufficient intimacy to dis- cuss such matters- " We send word to the ... planters are princes - the best fellows living ; I liked them amazingly . But as for their poverty , don't believe a ...
... planter to me , with whom I was on terms of sufficient intimacy to dis- cuss such matters- " We send word to the ... planters are princes - the best fellows living ; I liked them amazingly . But as for their poverty , don't believe a ...
41. oldal
... planter with whom I was staying that the land had lately been deluged with water ; that the canes were covered with mud ; and that the crops would be very short . Poor Jamaica ! It seems as though all the elements are in league against ...
... planter with whom I was staying that the land had lately been deluged with water ; that the canes were covered with mud ; and that the crops would be very short . Poor Jamaica ! It seems as though all the elements are in league against ...
43. oldal
... planter ; but the canes and sugar , which , after all , are ugly and by no means savory appurtenances , were located somewhere out of sight . As far as I myself might know , from what I saw , my host's ordinary occupations were exactly ...
... planter ; but the canes and sugar , which , after all , are ugly and by no means savory appurtenances , were located somewhere out of sight . As far as I myself might know , from what I saw , my host's ordinary occupations were exactly ...
53. oldal
... planter who lives there , and who divides his time and energies between the growth of coffee and the entertainment of visitors to the mountain . So hospitable an old gentleman , or one so droll in speech , or singular in his mode of ...
... planter who lives there , and who divides his time and energies between the growth of coffee and the entertainment of visitors to the mountain . So hospitable an old gentleman , or one so droll in speech , or singular in his mode of ...
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American Barbados believe Belly Bermuda Blue Mountain Peak breakfast British called canal canes Cartago Central America certainly Cien Fuegos coast coffee colony colored Coolies Costa Rica course Creole Cuba Demerara doubt England English Englishman filibusters French gentleman Governor Greytown ground Guiana hogsheads Honduras island isthmus Jamaica journey Kingston labor lady land live look Lords matter means mild voice miles mountain mule Muslin musquitoes negro never Nicaragua Panamá perhaps planter Port Port of Spain pounds present pretty probably Punta-arenas race railway regards republic river road San José San Juan San Juan river scenery seems seen side slavery slaves Soulouque Spanish Town speak sugar things Thomas tion traveling Trinidad walk West Indian West Indies whole word wretched yellow fever