The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, Volume 1J. Humphreys, 1805 |
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... royal highness's personal obser- vation of their manners , and knowledge of their dispositions , acquired on the spot . Thus patronised and protected , while they treat with silent scorn and deserved contempt the base ef- forts of those ...
... royal highness's personal obser- vation of their manners , and knowledge of their dispositions , acquired on the spot . Thus patronised and protected , while they treat with silent scorn and deserved contempt the base ef- forts of those ...
Page xxx
... royal patronage and bounty so many valuable productions have been conveyed in a growing state from one extremity of the world to the other , it is impossible that the inhabitants of the British West Indies can forget how much also is ...
... royal patronage and bounty so many valuable productions have been conveyed in a growing state from one extremity of the world to the other , it is impossible that the inhabitants of the British West Indies can forget how much also is ...
Page xxxvii
... Royal proclamation . — Ame- rican treaty in 1670. — Change of measures on the part of the crown . - New constitution devised for Jamaica . - Earl of Car- lisle appointed chief governor for the purpose of er forcing the new system ...
... Royal proclamation . — Ame- rican treaty in 1670. — Change of measures on the part of the crown . - New constitution devised for Jamaica . - Earl of Car- lisle appointed chief governor for the purpose of er forcing the new system ...
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... royal , or mountain - cabbage . Ligon mentions some , at the first settlement of Barbadoes , about 200 feet in height ; but Mr. Hughes observes , that the highest in his time , in that island , was 134 feet . I am inclined to be- lieve ...
... royal , or mountain - cabbage . Ligon mentions some , at the first settlement of Barbadoes , about 200 feet in height ; but Mr. Hughes observes , that the highest in his time , in that island , was 134 feet . I am inclined to be- lieve ...
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... royal ; " which might not happen to be the case , in advan " cing any of the children of their numerous wives . " The relation of Oviedo is somewhat different , and seems more probable ; he remarks , that one of the wives of each ...
... royal ; " which might not happen to be the case , in advan " cing any of the children of their numerous wives . " The relation of Oviedo is somewhat different , and seems more probable ; he remarks , that one of the wives of each ...
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afterwards America ancient annum appears appointed assembly authority Barbadoes bill Britain British called captain Charaibes Charles Lyttleton chiefly CHIG circumstance climate coast colonel colonies colour Columbus commander in chief commission committee consent continued council court Cromwell crown Cuba D'Oyley earl of Carlisle England English Europe exports given governor guarda-costas hath Herrera Hispaniola History of Jamaica honour hundred important Indians inhabitants island of Jamaica justice king king's land laws Lord Lord Vaughan lordships maica majesty majesty's Maroons Martyr militia mountains nations natives nature negroes observed occasion Oviedo parish passed persons plantations planters Port Port Royal possessed present reader revenue Rochefort royal savannas sent ships Sir Thomas SITY slaves Spain Spaniards spaniola Spanish species sterling subjects sugar Tertre Thomas Lynch Thomas Modyford tion transmitted treaty troops UNIV unto vessels voyage West Indies whole
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Page 123 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
Page 15 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Page 333 - Ordinances as shall be so disallowed and not approved shall from thenceforth cease determine and become utterly void and of none Effect, any Thing to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.
Page 299 - Majesty's realms and dominions the sole supreme government, command and disposition of the militia, and of all forces by sea and land, and of all forts and places of strength, is, and by the laws of England ever was, the undoubted right of his Majesty and his royal predecessors, kings and queens of England ; and that both or either of the Houses of Parliament cannot, nor ought to, pretend to the same...
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Page 297 - WHEREAS there was this day read at the Board a Report from the Right Honourable the Lords, of the Committee of Council for Plantation Affairs dated the first of last month in the words following Viz.
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Page 77 - Whether you are divinities or mortal men, we know not. You have come into these countries with a force against which, were we inclined to resist it, resistance would be folly : we are all therefore at your mercy. But if you are men subject to mortality like ourselves, you cannot be unapprised that after this life there is another, wherein a very different portion is allotted to good and bad men. If therefore you expect to die and believe with us that...
Page 89 - ... proposal. Several vessels were fitted out for the Lucayos, the commanders of which informed the natives, with whose language they were now well acquainted, that they came from a delicious country, in which the...