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In a way I found that my snap - shot negative had been in the main correct , and
whether or not I was equally right in my affirmative I will leave to the verdict of my
readers . When I came to investigate the matter , I discovered that numerous ...
In a way I found that my snap - shot negative had been in the main correct , and
whether or not I was equally right in my affirmative I will leave to the verdict of my
readers . When I came to investigate the matter , I discovered that numerous ...
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And in the constant effort on the part of the smugglers to secure vessels that
could show a clean pair of heels to their hereditary enemies , and the equally
ceaseless effort of the government to build craft that could overhaul any
suspicious sail ...
And in the constant effort on the part of the smugglers to secure vessels that
could show a clean pair of heels to their hereditary enemies , and the equally
ceaseless effort of the government to build craft that could overhaul any
suspicious sail ...
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... brigantines or schooners of their time were over one hundred tons burden ,
about the size of a Gloucester fishing smack , while the majority were far smaller
and often no larger than the almost equally famous luggers , the favorite craft of
the ...
... brigantines or schooners of their time were over one hundred tons burden ,
about the size of a Gloucester fishing smack , while the majority were far smaller
and often no larger than the almost equally famous luggers , the favorite craft of
the ...
Page 76
... it inland ; sometimes afoot and sometimes on horseback ; rough , country
fellows ready and willing to aid the smugglers for five or ten shillings a night , with
a package of tea or cask of spirits thrown in , and equally ready to fight if need be
.
... it inland ; sometimes afoot and sometimes on horseback ; rough , country
fellows ready and willing to aid the smugglers for five or ten shillings a night , with
a package of tea or cask of spirits thrown in , and equally ready to fight if need be
.
Page 117
Shuttlecocked between England and France for centuries , they are of French
blood and speak Norman French , and yet are under the dominion of Great
Britain . Hence they were equally ready to defraud either or both countries of
revenues ...
Shuttlecocked between England and France for centuries , they are of French
blood and speak Norman French , and yet are under the dominion of Great
Britain . Hence they were equally ready to defraud either or both countries of
revenues ...
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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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