| Nathaniel Parker Willis - Haiti - 1853 - 466 pages
...attitudes less clumsy and clownish : but he is surpassed by the white man in the more solid qualities of industry and perseverance. A negro espies his fellow...the unspeakable annoyance, perhaps the scandal, of those who may occupy the intermediate houses Should the wind blow off his hat, and warn him to depart,... | |
| Nathaniel Parker Willis - Haiti - 1854 - 464 pages
...attitudes less clumsy and clownish : but he is surpassed by the white man in the more solid qualities of industry and perseverance. A negro espies his fellow...end of the street, and, rather than join him in a tcte-a-tcte, he will carry on a conversation with him for several hours at the top of his voice, to... | |
| Frederick Treves - History - 1908 - 498 pages
...devoted to several wives." His profound capacity for indolence he illustrates in the following manner : " A negro espies his fellow at the end of the street, and rather than join him in a ttte-tt-tete he will carry on a conversation with him for several hours at the top of his voice, to... | |
| Frederick Treves - Natural history - 1920 - 490 pages
...devoted to several wives." His profound capacity for indolence he illustrates in the following manner : " A negro espies his fellow at the end of the street, and rather than join him in a ttte-bt&te he will carry on a conversation with him for several hours at the top of his voice, to the... | |
| Military art and science - 1845 - 662 pages
...white peasant ; his holiday dress more stylish, -and his gait and attitudes less clumsy and clowniih ; but he is surpassed by the white man in the more solid...the intermediate houses. Should the wind blow off hit hat and warn him to depart, he will continue the conversation and let sonic one else pick it up... | |
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