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" Portuguese ; but these never become entirely white. Children born in the Indies are nicknamed liplaps by the Europeans, although both parents may have come from Europe. Girls are commonly marriageable at twelve or thirteen years of age, and sometimes... "
Voyages to the East-Indies - Page 313
by Johan Splinter Stavorinus - 1798 - 572 pages
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 13

1801 - 432 pages
...Portuguese, but these never become entirely white. Children born in the Indies are nicknamed tiplaps by the Europeans, although both parents may have come...marriageable at twelve or thirteen years of age, and sometimes younger. It seldom happens, if they are but tolerab.yt handsome, have any money, or any to...
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A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and ..., Volume 11

John Pinkerton - 1812 - 1030 pages
...the unmixed progeny of Europeans. There are likewife children who are the offspring of Portuguefe, but thefe never become entirely white. Children born...if they are but tolerably handfome, have any money, or any to expeft, or are related to people in power, that they are unmarried after that age. As they...
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Sketches, Civil and Military, of the Island of Java and Its Immediate ...

John Joseph Stockdale - 1812 - 420 pages
...Portuguese ; but these novel' become entirely white. Children born in the Indies are nicknamed tiplaps by the Europeans, although both parents may have come...marriageable at twelve or thirteen years of age, and sometimes younger. It seldom happens, if they are bot tolerably handsome, have any money or expectations,...
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History of the Indian Archipelago: Containing an Account of the ..., Volume 1

John Crawfurd - 1820 - 580 pages
...progeny of the' Europeans. " There are likewise children, who are the offspring of Portuguese, but these never become entirely white. " Children born in the...marriageable at twelve or thirteen years of age, and sometimes younger. It seldom happens, if they are but tolerably handsome, have any money, or any to...
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Sitzungsberichte der Philosophisch-Historischen Classe der ..., Volume 122

1890 - 1086 pages
...uncoagulated pulp of the coco-nut (sce Rumphius, bk. I. eh. 1.)', und S. 819: ,Lip-lap. Add: 17Ü8 — 1771. „Children born in the Indies are nicknamed liplaps by the Europeans, although both parents may have coine from Europe." — Stavorinus, ET, I. 315.' Auch G. Meister sagt S. 54 seines gleich anzuführenden...
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The Voyage of François Leguat of Bresse, to Rodriguez, Mauritius ..., Issue 83

François Le Guat - 1891 - 348 pages
...mistresses to Europeans, have afterwards been married to them, and been converted to Christianity. . . . Children born in the Indies are nicknamed liplaps...although both parents may have come from Europe." (Ibid., p. 315.) " They are commonly of a listless and lazy temper ; but this ought chiefly to be ascribed...
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