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Page 15
... look at an old gentleman , sitting in the corner of the cabin , who was a rigid catholic , " how- 66 ever , thank God , ” said he , addressing himself to a gentleman who happened to be a clergyman , " thank " God , there are no parsons ...
... look at an old gentleman , sitting in the corner of the cabin , who was a rigid catholic , " how- 66 ever , thank God , ” said he , addressing himself to a gentleman who happened to be a clergyman , " thank " God , there are no parsons ...
Page 15
... look at an old gentleman , sitting in the corner of the cabin , who was a rigid catholic , " how- 66 ever , thank God , " said he , addressing himself to a gentleman who happened to be a clergyman , " thank " God , there are no parsons ...
... look at an old gentleman , sitting in the corner of the cabin , who was a rigid catholic , " how- 66 ever , thank God , " said he , addressing himself to a gentleman who happened to be a clergyman , " thank " God , there are no parsons ...
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... that I found myself on a fine morning , in the month of December ( look ye , good reader , there was no snow on the ground ) taking a " tête à tête " break- fast with Captain Phillipson of the regiment . " Well IN THE WEST INDIES . 39.
... that I found myself on a fine morning , in the month of December ( look ye , good reader , there was no snow on the ground ) taking a " tête à tête " break- fast with Captain Phillipson of the regiment . " Well IN THE WEST INDIES . 39.
Page 41
... look on his beggarly and impoverished condition without a feeling of pity ; even the group who surrounded him , regarded him with compas- sion ; and I observed one or two of the women giving him a bunch of plantains out of their baskets ...
... look on his beggarly and impoverished condition without a feeling of pity ; even the group who surrounded him , regarded him with compas- sion ; and I observed one or two of the women giving him a bunch of plantains out of their baskets ...
Page 41
... that I found myself on a fine morning , in the month of December ( look ye , good reader , there was no snow on the ground ) taking a " tête à tête " break- fast with Captain Phillipson of the regiment . Well , IN THE WEST INDIES . 39.
... that I found myself on a fine morning , in the month of December ( look ye , good reader , there was no snow on the ground ) taking a " tête à tête " break- fast with Captain Phillipson of the regiment . Well , IN THE WEST INDIES . 39.
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amusement annisette appearance arrived attend ball Barbadian Barbados barracks beautiful Bitt boat breakfast Bridgetown buckra calabashes called Captain Carenage Carlisle Bay chapel CHAPTER Charaibs church Codrington College colony Colville estate comfortable commencement contains Creole dance Dollar Doubloon Elving Emily endeavour England English fair feelings fish Fort Charlotte garden garrison gentlemen governor Grenada happy harbour heart horses hospital huts inhabitants island of St Kingstown labour ladies land Leeward Islands letter manager Martinique Massa merry Merrythought misery morning mountain mulatto negroes never night o'clock officers party passed Phillipson pine-apples plantains present quarters reader repaired residence ride road scene scenery seen servant ship sickhouse Sion Hill slaves Society sterling street sugar Sunday Tankey thee thing thither thou tion trees trifling Trinidad troops tropic vessel Vincent West Indies wine worthy young