The Quarterly Review, Volume 139William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1875 |
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Page 62
... increase of 46,333 souls on a population of 346,374 during a single decade of years , be correct evidence , promises soon to fill it : much to the advantage , not of himself only , but of his white employers , who now too often find ...
... increase of 46,333 souls on a population of 346,374 during a single decade of years , be correct evidence , promises soon to fill it : much to the advantage , not of himself only , but of his white employers , who now too often find ...
Page 67
... increase , ' as certain to contribute sensibly to the agricultural prosperity of the island ; ' in a word , looks confidently forward to the progressive diminution of the accidental evils , and the ultimate permanence of the real ...
... increase , ' as certain to contribute sensibly to the agricultural prosperity of the island ; ' in a word , looks confidently forward to the progressive diminution of the accidental evils , and the ultimate permanence of the real ...
Page 68
... increase of the identical black creole population , not in Jamaica alone , but for almost every one of our West Indian possessions ; while the only apparent exceptions , two in number , Barbadoes to wit , and the Leeward Islands , are ...
... increase of the identical black creole population , not in Jamaica alone , but for almost every one of our West Indian possessions ; while the only apparent exceptions , two in number , Barbadoes to wit , and the Leeward Islands , are ...
Page 73
... increase than it does for the black . We then turned to the statistics of other West Indian colonies , to see whether this state of things was not a peculiarity of Jamaica , and due to special or local causes , but found it on the ...
... increase than it does for the black . We then turned to the statistics of other West Indian colonies , to see whether this state of things was not a peculiarity of Jamaica , and due to special or local causes , but found it on the ...
Page 74
... increase , and for those who have the means in their hands to neglect any longer that which is the chief requisite for qualifying the members of this class worthily to fill the stations open before them , would be not only ungenerous ...
... increase , and for those who have the means in their hands to neglect any longer that which is the chief requisite for qualifying the members of this class worthily to fill the stations open before them , would be not only ungenerous ...
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