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Page 9
To give the devil his due , no doubt many of these daring men were partly , at
least , actuated by altruistic motives and sympathy with the Cubans , for many of
them not only risked freedom and life by smuggling but joined the patriots ' forces
...
To give the devil his due , no doubt many of these daring men were partly , at
least , actuated by altruistic motives and sympathy with the Cubans , for many of
them not only risked freedom and life by smuggling but joined the patriots ' forces
...
Page 10
While those who confined their smuggling operations to running contraband of
war no doubt considered themselves far from being smugglers , and probably
salved their consciences , if they had any , by arguing that they were neither
robbing ...
While those who confined their smuggling operations to running contraband of
war no doubt considered themselves far from being smugglers , and probably
salved their consciences , if they had any , by arguing that they were neither
robbing ...
Page 17
In other words , the Lafitte brothers no doubt followed the fashion of most
respected citizens of the Crescent City at that time and took fliers at smuggling ,
much as New Yorkers today place a finger occasionally in the stock market pie
with the ...
In other words , the Lafitte brothers no doubt followed the fashion of most
respected citizens of the Crescent City at that time and took fliers at smuggling ,
much as New Yorkers today place a finger occasionally in the stock market pie
with the ...
Page 28
So they abandoned their slavehunting forays , much to the relief of the Guinea
coast no doubt — and had a merry time “ singeing the King of Spains beard , ” as
they called it , and accumulating wealth and winning great fame . And the ...
So they abandoned their slavehunting forays , much to the relief of the Guinea
coast no doubt — and had a merry time “ singeing the King of Spains beard , ” as
they called it , and accumulating wealth and winning great fame . And the ...
Page 30
The early colonial smugglers along our coasts , though no doubt partly actuated
by purely selfish motives and through inherited instincts from their English
ancestors , had far better and more valid reasons for turning to the smuggling
trade ...
The early colonial smugglers along our coasts , though no doubt partly actuated
by purely selfish motives and through inherited instincts from their English
ancestors , had far better and more valid reasons for turning to the smuggling
trade ...
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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...
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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.
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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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