Jamaica: Its Past and Present StateJ. Snow, 1843 - 487 páginas |
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... Civil History and Geographical Situation - Discovery - Settlement by the Spaniards - Conquest by the British - Subsequent History CHAPTER III . PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE COUNTRY . Scenery - Mountains - Rivers - Springs - Cascades ...
... Civil History and Geographical Situation - Discovery - Settlement by the Spaniards - Conquest by the British - Subsequent History CHAPTER III . PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE COUNTRY . Scenery - Mountains - Rivers - Springs - Cascades ...
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... Civil Polity - Alleged Deficiency of Mental Capacity - Esta- blishment and Operation of Schools - The Negro under Cultivation and Freedom - Notions of his Natural Inferiority disproved - Pro- posal for the Establishment of a College ...
... Civil Polity - Alleged Deficiency of Mental Capacity - Esta- blishment and Operation of Schools - The Negro under Cultivation and Freedom - Notions of his Natural Inferiority disproved - Pro- posal for the Establishment of a College ...
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... Civil History and Geographical Situation - Discovery - Settlement by the Spaniards - Conquest by the British - Subsequent History . THE island of Jamaica is one of the cluster of islands called the West Indies , which extends from ...
... Civil History and Geographical Situation - Discovery - Settlement by the Spaniards - Conquest by the British - Subsequent History . THE island of Jamaica is one of the cluster of islands called the West Indies , which extends from ...
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... civil administration was now to be formed , and Colonel Edward D'Oyley was elevated to the office of governor , which took place in 1661 . Jamaica now became the rendezvous of buccaneers , and the resort of piratical crusaders ; a ...
... civil administration was now to be formed , and Colonel Edward D'Oyley was elevated to the office of governor , which took place in 1661 . Jamaica now became the rendezvous of buccaneers , and the resort of piratical crusaders ; a ...
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... civil authority , and , under particular circumstances , can appoint pro tem . a successor . The Council , which is similar to the House of Lords or the Privy Council in England , is also appointed by the Sovereign at the recommendation ...
... civil authority , and , under particular circumstances , can appoint pro tem . a successor . The Council , which is similar to the House of Lords or the Privy Council in England , is also appointed by the Sovereign at the recommendation ...
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African Anne's Bay Annotto Bay appearance attended Baptist Missionary Society beautiful bless British chapel character Christ Christian church circumstances civil classes colony colour concubinage considerable Court cultivation districts domestic emancipation England equal especially European exhibited Falmouth feelings feet female formed freeholders friends Governor habits happiness heart honour hundred improvement increased Indies influence instances island Jamaica Jesus Kingston labour land Lionel Smith Lord Lucea magistrates massa ment minister Missionary Society Montego Bay Morant mountains mulatto multitudes negro neighbourhood occasion Old Harbour oppressed parish peasantry persons pimento planters population Port Antonio Port Maria Port Royal possession pray prayer preaching present Quashie religion religious respect Sabbath Savanna-la-Mar scarcely schools Sir Lionel Sir Lionel Smith slavery slaves Sligo Spanish Town spirit sugar tion trees usually village Wesleyan West whilst white inhabitants whole worship writer
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Página 396 - Thus saith the Lord ; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord ; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Página 310 - Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
Página 73 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Página 402 - Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Página 244 - What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise : for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; as it is written, " There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Página 269 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Página 284 - And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Página 236 - In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden...
Página 73 - When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene, Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars...
Página 264 - Know'st thou the' importance of a soul immortal ? Behold this midnight glory : worlds on worlds ! Amazing pomp ; redouble this amaze ! Ten thousand add ; add twice ten thousand more ; Then weigh the whole ; one soul outweighs them all, And calls the' astonishing magnificence Of unintelligent creation poor.