An History of Jamaica: With Observations on the Climate, Scenery, Trade, Productions, Negroes, Slave Trade, Diseases of Europeans, Customs, Manners, Snd Dispositions of the Inhabitants : to which is Added, an Illustration of the Advantages which are Likely to Result from the Abolition of the Slave TradeJ. Cawthorn, 1807 - 333 страници |
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... force , and were plentifully pro- vided with provisions , ordnance , and ammunition . But D'Oyley , as soon as he arrived at Rio Nuevo with seven hundred and fifty men , attacked them in their entrenchments , carried by assault a strong ...
... force , and were plentifully pro- vided with provisions , ordnance , and ammunition . But D'Oyley , as soon as he arrived at Rio Nuevo with seven hundred and fifty men , attacked them in their entrenchments , carried by assault a strong ...
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... force " them to run from the showers of wine . " 66 66 66 But though many of these adventurers were justly stigma- tised as pirates , those who belonged to Jamaica deserved not the appellation . Spain and England being at war , they ...
... force " them to run from the showers of wine . " 66 66 66 But though many of these adventurers were justly stigma- tised as pirates , those who belonged to Jamaica deserved not the appellation . Spain and England being at war , they ...
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... forces on an extensive plain . Morgan was disappointed at finding the avenues impassable ; but disdaining retreat , he immediately turned out of the common road , travelled through woods , and after great exertions , reached the spot ...
... forces on an extensive plain . Morgan was disappointed at finding the avenues impassable ; but disdaining retreat , he immediately turned out of the common road , travelled through woods , and after great exertions , reached the spot ...
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... force ; but he , as well as his followers , being convinced , that there remained for them no other alternative than death or victory , fearlessly advanced to the attack . The Spanish body of horse began the attack , but their shock was ...
... force ; but he , as well as his followers , being convinced , that there remained for them no other alternative than death or victory , fearlessly advanced to the attack . The Spanish body of horse began the attack , but their shock was ...
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... been heard before the king and privy- council , he pointed out with such force of argument , the evil tendency of the measures pursued , perhaps also , not without hints of the danger attending them , that the English [ 36 ]
... been heard before the king and privy- council , he pointed out with such force of argument , the evil tendency of the measures pursued , perhaps also , not without hints of the danger attending them , that the English [ 36 ]
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