 Maroons were creft and lofty, indicating a consciousness of superiority ; vigour appeared upon their muscles, and their motions displayed agility. Their eyes were quick, •wild, and fiery, the white of them appearing a little reddened ; owing, perhaps,...  Home: A Poem ... - Pagina 141door John B. Greenshields - 1806 - 144 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Edmund Burke - 1805 - 996 pagina’s
...were in every respcdl inferior to themselves. In their person and carriage, the Maroons were creft and lofty, indicating a consciousness of superiority...perhaps, to the greenness of the wood they burned hi their houses, with the smoke of which they must have been affected. They possessed most, if not... | |
 | Robert Charles Dallas - 1803 - 504 pagina’s
...indicating a confck oufnefs of fuperiority ; vigour appeared upon their mufcles, and their motions difplayed agility. Their eyes were quick, •wild, and fiery,...appearing a little reddened; owing, perhaps, to the greennefs of the wopd they burned in their houfes, with the fmoke of which it nauft have been affected.... | |
 | 1805 - 992 pagina’s
...who were in every respecl inferior to themselves, la their person and carriage, the Maroons were eteu and lofty, indicating a consciousness of superiority...they burned in their houses, with the smoke of which they must bare been affe6ted. They possessed moat, if not all of the senses in a tupcrior degree. They... | |
 | Alexander Crawford Lindsay Crawford - 1849 - 520 pagina’s
...men) far excelled the other negroes of every description in Jamaica. " In their person and carriage the Maroons were erect and lofty, indicating a consciousness...displayed agility. Their eyes were quick, wild, and fiery. They possessed most, if not all, of the senses in a superior degree. They were accustomed, from habit,... | |
 | Alexander Crawford Lindsay Crawford - 1849 - 526 pagina’s
...men) far excelled the other negroes of every description in Jamaica. " In their person and carriage the Maroons were erect and lofty, indicating a consciousness...displayed agility. Their eyes were quick, wild, and fiery. They possessed most, if not all, of the senses in a superior degree. They were accustomed, from habit,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1805 - 974 pagina’s
...features, and thick lips, who wen- in every res peel inferior to themselves. In their person and carriage, the Maroons were erect and lofty, indicating a consciousness of superiority ; vigour appeared upon their muscle», and their motions displayed agility. Their eyes were quick, •wild, and fiery, the white... | |
 | Gad J. Heuman - 1986 - 230 pagina’s
...handsomer than the slaves. 'In their person and carriage the Maroons were erect and lofty', he wrote, 'indicating a consciousness of superiority; vigour...the smoke of which it must have been affected. They possessed most, if not all, of the senses in a superior degree'.55 Plantation slaves, on the other... | |
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