This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ...about him which you seldom see except in the face of a man who is addicted to drink or something worse. I fear I shall have little society here; but even on a desert island I could not make a companion of him. Helen has a daughter--a child, I understand, as she seems not yet to have been trained to any kind of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ...about him which you seldom see except in the face of a man who is addicted to drink or something worse. I fear I shall have little society here; but even on a desert island I could not make a companion of him. Helen has a daughter--a child, I understand, as she seems not yet to have been trained to any kind of service; but I have not seen her. 'I propose to stay here for the autumn and winter at least, as there is a good deal to learn, and something, I am afraid, to amend. In any case, this must of course be my residence. Our smaller Virginian estate is easier to manage and in far better order, and Mr. Phillips, your nominee, seems as capable as he is loyal. Moreover, as I wish it to be Minna's home, it can hardly be mine. For the present I am too busy to feel lonely. The messenger who is to take this to the post-office has many other commissions, and I must detain him no longer. 'Your affectionate son, 'CD.' Clarence had been out on the plantation since sunrise. In justice both to the overseer and to the hundreds of slaves under his control, he chose to investigate closely the actual state and discipline of the latter. He was not disposed to tolerate wanton or needless severity any more than indiscipline or excessive idleness, but knew better than to expect from negro slaves the steady, hard, honest work of English freemen. That they would loiter, would scamp their tasks, would do as little as they dared was matter of course; that they must be made to give that fair day's work which might represent perhaps half a Dorsetshire peasant's labour, was with him, as with most Southern planters, a matter of principle. Comparatively new to the situation, he was the more sensitive to the tremendous responsibility attaching to power so absolute now...
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Add this copy of Sanguelac, Volume 1 to cart. $53.36, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Nabu Press.
