 ... little, issued orders to slaves or Hottentot females concerning the work of the household. If the weather was chilly or damp, she rested her feet on a little box filled with live coals, while beside her stood a coffee kettle never empty. The head...  Compendium of South African History and Geography - Page 161de George McCall Theal - 1877 - 304 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | George McCall Theal - 1878 - 458 pages
...stood a coffee kettle never empty. The bead of the family usually inspected his flocks morning and evening, and passed the remainder of the day, like...sprightly. At an early age there was a tendency to become corpulent, and most people past thirty were uncomfortably fat. A grazier was generally on terms of... | |
 | William Henry Parr Greswell - 1892 - 436 pages
...stood a coffee kettle never empty. The head of the family usually inspected his flocks morning and evening, and passed the remainder of the day, like...enjoyment of ease. When repose itself became wearisome, he.mounted his horse, and, with an attendant to carry his gun, set off in pursuit of some of the wild... | |
 | William Edward Garrett Fisher - 1896 - 308 pages
...stood a coffee kettle never empty. The head of the family usually inspected his flocks morning and evening, and passed the remainder of the day, like...though strong and healthy, were far from sprightly." "As to their physical characteristics," says a traveller of the period of the Trek, "the Boers appeared... | |
 | William Edward Garrett Fisher - 1900 - 418 pages
...stood a coffee kettle never empty. The head of the family usually inspected his flocks morning and evening, and passed the remainder of the day, like...though strong and healthy, were far from sprightly." As to their physical characteristics, a traveller of the period of the Great Trek tells us that the... | |
 | William Edward Garrett Fisher - 1900 - 418 pages
...stood a coffee kettle never empty. The head of the family usually inspected his flocks morning and evening, and passed the remainder of the day, like...enjoyment of ease. When repose itself became wearisome, ho mounted his horse, and, with an attendant to carry his gun, set off in pursuit of some of the wild... | |
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