 The indigo fields and vats of Louisiana had been generally abandoned as unremunerative. Certain enterprising men had substituted the culture of sugar ; but while the recluse was too apathetic to take so active a course, the other saw larger, and, at that...  Scribners Monthly - Seite 911875Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Washington Cable - 1883 - 278 Seiten
...slaves away one by one, until none was left, man or woman, but one old African mute. The Indigo-fields and vats of Louisiana had been generally abandoned...he see in it ? The whole people said it was vitally necessary, and to minister to a vital public necessity, — good enough, certainly, and so he laid... | |
 | George Washington Cable - 1883 - 320 Seiten
...gentleman, gambled the slaves away one by one, until none was left, man or woman, but one old African mute. active a course, the other saw larger, and, at that...he see in it? The whole people said it was vitally necessary, and to minister to a vital public necessity, — good enough, certainly, and so he laid... | |
 | George Washington Cable - 1883 - 336 Seiten
...gentleman, gambled the slaves away one by one, until none was left, man or woman, but one old African mute. active a course, the other saw larger, and, at that...harm could he see in it? The whole people said it waa vitally necessary, and to minister to a vital public necessity, — good enough, certainly, and... | |
 | George Washington Cable - 1890 - 350 Seiten
...slaves away one by one, until none was left, man or woman, but one old African mute. The indigo-fields and vats of Louisiana had been generally abandoned...he see in it ? The whole people said it was vitally necessary, and to minister to a vital public necessity, — good enough, certainly, and so he laid... | |
 | George Washington Cable - 1890 - 356 Seiten
...African mute. The indigo-fields and vats of Louisiana had been generally abandoned as uuremunerative. Certain enterprising men had substituted the culture...he see in it ? The whole people said it was vitally necessary, and to minister to a vital public necessity, — good enough, certainly, and so he laid... | |
 | George Washington Cable - 1897 - 284 Seiten
...fondly to love, but who, seven years ago, had disappeared suddenly, once for all, and left no clew of his fate. They had seemed to live so happily in...he see in it ? The whole people said it was vitally necessary, and to minister to a vital public necessity, — good enough, certainly, and so he laid... | |
 | George Washington Cable - 1897 - 274 Seiten
...wise," or "just," or " far-sighted," as the nature of the case required ; and " he should ask J acques as soon as he got home," since Jacques was never elsewhere...he see in it ? The whole people said it was vitally necessary, and to minister to a vital public necessity, — good enough, certainly, and so he laid... | |
 | George Washington Cable - 1899 - 210 Seiten
...slaves away one by one, until none was left, man or woman, but one old African mute. The indigo-fields and vats of Louisiana had been generally abandoned...had substituted the culture of sugar ; but while the hermit was too unenterprising to take so active a course, the other saw larger, and, at that time,... | |
 | George Washington Cable - 1907 - 322 Seiten
...was left, man or woman, but one old African mute. active a coarse, the other saw larger, and, at thai time, equally respectable profits, first in smuggling,...he see in it? The whole people said it was vitally necessary, and to minister to a vital public necessity, — good enough, certainly, and so he laid... | |
 | Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Kent - 1909 - 522 Seiten
...slaves away one by one, until none was left, man or woman, but one old African mute. The indigo-fields and vats of Louisiana had been generally abandoned...he see in it? The whole people said it was vitally necessary, and to minister to a vital public necessity—good enough, certainly, and so he laid up... | |
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