A Residence in the West Indies and America: With a Narrative of the Expedition to the Island of Walcheren, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1834 - 395 pages |
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Page 202 - And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
Page 21 - ... of the death of the old year and the birth of the new. In the comedy of the Renaissance the doctor is a stock figure, mocked for his pretentiousness and pomposity.
Page 190 - And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live ? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
Page 204 - But their rude ignorance has never invented any effectual weapons of defence, or of destruction; they appear incapable of forming any extensive plans of government, or conquest; and the obvious inferiority of their mental faculties has been discovered and abused by the nations of the temperate zone.
Page 205 - The wild savage is the child of passion, unaided by one ray of religion or morality to direct his course, in consequence of which his existence is stained with every crime that can debase human nature to a level with the brute creation. Who can say that the slaves in our colonies are such? Are they not, by comparison with their still savage brethren, enlightened beings?
Page 203 - They claim no reward for their services except food and clothing, and are treated with kindness or severity according to the good or bad disposition of their masters. Custom, however, has established certain rules with regard to the treatment of slaves which it is thought dishonourable to violate.
Page 206 - ... comparison with their still savage brethren enlightened beings ? Is not the West Indian negro, therefore, greatly indebted to his master for making him what he is — for having raised him from the state of debasement in which he was born, and placed him in a scale of civilized society ? — How can he repay him ? He is possessed of nothing — the only return in his power is his servitude.
Page 317 - ... particular leaf named after the animal which feeds on it, and which the dog is intended to hunt; and it is curious that these leaves should partake of the odor of the animal. The game being discovered, the young dog is taken forward, and set on him; but he generally turns tail for the few first times, as this breed is naturally without spirit. He is then taken up, and again goes through the same process of washing and rubbing with the leaf; and at length he is treated to a piece of the animal's...
Page 203 - ... and in this condition of life, a great body of the Negro inhabitants of Africa have continued from the most early period of their history, with this aggravation, that their children are born to no other inheritance.
Page 131 - Africa, by a Captain Shaddock, whose name it still bears throughout the West Indies. The fruit has all the appearance of belonging to the orange species, and is divided in the same manner, by a thin skin, into several quarters, but it is as large as a melon, and of a most agreeable and refreshing flavour, between sweet and acid. The outer coat or skin is extremely thick, of a bitterish taste and a pale yellow, or citron colour, very like, in appearance, to the skin of a lemon. There are two species...