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Page 6
So valuable were these Spanish sheep that they were deemed worthy of forming
a royal gift from the King of Spain to our ambassador who brought the first
Merinos into the United States . Some of these were sold for thousands of dollars
each ...
So valuable were these Spanish sheep that they were deemed worthy of forming
a royal gift from the King of Spain to our ambassador who brought the first
Merinos into the United States . Some of these were sold for thousands of dollars
each ...
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... indirectly brought into being by the restrictions placed upon importations and
exportations of commodities by the Spaniards in the West Indies and South
America . The winnings to be 28 SMUGGLERS AND SMUGGLING.
... indirectly brought into being by the restrictions placed upon importations and
exportations of commodities by the Spaniards in the West Indies and South
America . The winnings to be 28 SMUGGLERS AND SMUGGLING.
Page 55
The smugglers had lost no time in taking to their boats , and though her
commander , as well as the pilot and the skipper of the JOHANNA , were
eventually brought to justice through the evidence of the officers of the revenue
cutter , it was a ...
The smugglers had lost no time in taking to their boats , and though her
commander , as well as the pilot and the skipper of the JOHANNA , were
eventually brought to justice through the evidence of the officers of the revenue
cutter , it was a ...
Page 65
... to be exported by the very men brought before him . He did , however , offer a
tip to the astounded and indignant Carter , suggesting quite casually , that if he
were in Carter ' s place he would promptly shake the dust of Romney from his feet
.
... to be exported by the very men brought before him . He did , however , offer a
tip to the astounded and indignant Carter , suggesting quite casually , that if he
were in Carter ' s place he would promptly shake the dust of Romney from his feet
.
Page 70
Brandy in France was worth only one pound for a four gallon tub , and brought
four or five pounds in England , and a single small vessel could carry eighty tubs
of the liquor across channel in a few hours . In 1787 there were 1425 articles of ...
Brandy in France was worth only one pound for a four gallon tub , and brought
four or five pounds in England , and a single small vessel could carry eighty tubs
of the liquor across channel in a few hours . In 1787 there were 1425 articles of ...
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Page 71 - ... restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board; couchant or levant we must pay.
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Page 71 - His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he...
Page 71 - Taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride.
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Page 141 - A little tea, one leaf I did not steal. For guiltless bloodshed I to God appeal ; Put tea in one scale, human blood in t'other And think what 'tis to slay a harmless brother.
Page 142 - I am not dead, but sleepeth here, And when the Trumpet Sound I will appear. Four balls thro' me Pearced there way. Hard it was. I'd no time to pray. This stone that here you Do see My Comerades erected for the sake of me.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Smugglers and Smuggling |
| Author | Alpheus Hyatt Verrill |
| Publisher | Duffield, 1924 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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