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Page 83
Among those looking on was a shoemaker named Daniel Chater who ,
recognising a member of the gang , a fellow named John Diamond , greeted the
latter , shook hands with him and was tossed a package of tea as a gift . This
incident ...
Among those looking on was a shoemaker named Daniel Chater who ,
recognising a member of the gang , a fellow named John Diamond , greeted the
latter , shook hands with him and was tossed a package of tea as a gift . This
incident ...
Page 139
The Red Lion Inn , where Diamond and his cutthroat fellows murdered Galley
and Chater , is still in existence , although it is now a cottage and no longer an
inn . The Whitehart Tavern , where Mrs ALL ABOARD THE LUGGER 139.
The Red Lion Inn , where Diamond and his cutthroat fellows murdered Galley
and Chater , is still in existence , although it is now a cottage and no longer an
inn . The Whitehart Tavern , where Mrs ALL ABOARD THE LUGGER 139.
Page 193
ous jewels are well known to experts , and any unusually large diamond or other
gem brought into this country would be instantly recognized . Hence it is
necessary to smuggle the jewels in , dispose of them to shady dealers , or have
them ...
ous jewels are well known to experts , and any unusually large diamond or other
gem brought into this country would be instantly recognized . Hence it is
necessary to smuggle the jewels in , dispose of them to shady dealers , or have
them ...
Page 194
The Kohinoor , the Orloff , the Pitt , the Star of the East . the Hope and other huge
diamonds were all smuggled out of the lands where they had been stolen from
idols or temples , and have been smuggled over and over again since then .
The Kohinoor , the Orloff , the Pitt , the Star of the East . the Hope and other huge
diamonds were all smuggled out of the lands where they had been stolen from
idols or temples , and have been smuggled over and over again since then .
Page 195
stitious should have regarded these stones , or some of them , as evil things ,
objects that brought ill luck , sickness or even death to their owners , for through
endless years many of them , as for example the famous Hope diamond , have ...
stitious should have regarded these stones , or some of them , as evil things ,
objects that brought ill luck , sickness or even death to their owners , for through
endless years many of them , as for example the famous Hope diamond , have ...
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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.
Page 82 - If you wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet, Don't go drawing back the blind, or looking in the street. Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie. Watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by!
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.
Page 31 - ... wood, of the growth, production, or manufacture of any English plantations in America, Asia, or Africa, shall be shipped, carried, conveyed, or transported from any of the said English plantations, to any land, island, territory, dominion, port, or place whatsoever, other than to such other English plantations as do belong to his Majesty...
Page 71 - Taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth ; on everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at home. Taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man. Taxes on the sauce which pampers...
Page 31 - ... any land, island, territory, dominion, port, or place whatsoever, other than to such other English plantations as do belong to his Majesty, his...
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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