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Page 16
... brothers dressed always in the height of fashion and were liberally supplied
with ready cash though , from events that later transpired , we may quite safely
assume that all their earnings did not 16 SMUGGLERS AND SMUGGLING.
... brothers dressed always in the height of fashion and were liberally supplied
with ready cash though , from events that later transpired , we may quite safely
assume that all their earnings did not 16 SMUGGLERS AND SMUGGLING.
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When , later , General Jackson was in command of the troops at New Orleans ,
Jean Lafitte came from his hiding place and once more proffered his services to
the general . Evidently feeling it beneath him to have dealings with a smuggler , -
if ...
When , later , General Jackson was in command of the troops at New Orleans ,
Jean Lafitte came from his hiding place and once more proffered his services to
the general . Evidently feeling it beneath him to have dealings with a smuggler , -
if ...
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Three years later , in 1663 , another edict * * was issued providing that : “ No
goods of the Growing , Production or Manufacture of Europe " should be imported
into the colonies of America except from English ports . As a reason for justifying
...
Three years later , in 1663 , another edict * * was issued providing that : “ No
goods of the Growing , Production or Manufacture of Europe " should be imported
into the colonies of America except from English ports . As a reason for justifying
...
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Later , the contraband would be smuggled in by small craft as opportunity offered
. At many spots also , underground tunnels extended from the cellars of houses to
convenient landing places on the shores . The old Benedict Arnold house at ...
Later , the contraband would be smuggled in by small craft as opportunity offered
. At many spots also , underground tunnels extended from the cellars of houses to
convenient landing places on the shores . The old Benedict Arnold house at ...
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crites as they were , turned smugglers to aid the British when , a little later , war
was declared . These were the Quaker Tories of Rhode Island and
Massachusetts , who , refusing to take up arms on either side , on the grounds of
religious ...
crites as they were , turned smugglers to aid the British when , a little later , war
was declared . These were the Quaker Tories of Rhode Island and
Massachusetts , who , refusing to take up arms on either side , on the grounds of
religious ...
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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...
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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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