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Page 51
But the revenue officers had no desire to overhaul the suspicious looking
schooner too early in the game . If those on the VISION were , as surmised , on
smuggling bent , the first glimpse of the cruiser ' s sails would put them on their
guard , for ...
But the revenue officers had no desire to overhaul the suspicious looking
schooner too early in the game . If those on the VISION were , as surmised , on
smuggling bent , the first glimpse of the cruiser ' s sails would put them on their
guard , for ...
Page 55
When day dawned the people ashore looked forth to see a waterlogged , pathetic
looking wreck of what had been a speedy clipper , but not a soul was on board .
The smugglers had lost no time in taking to their boats , and though her ...
When day dawned the people ashore looked forth to see a waterlogged , pathetic
looking wreck of what had been a speedy clipper , but not a soul was on board .
The smugglers had lost no time in taking to their boats , and though her ...
Page 82
1750 , which are faithfully portrayed in the following lines : “ 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 ask no questions isn ' t told a lie . Watch the wall , my
darling ...
1750 , which are faithfully portrayed in the following lines : “ 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 ask no questions isn ' t told a lie . Watch the wall , my
darling ...
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 92
... but looking upon smuggling as their right and prerogative . These were the
smugglers who have been immortalized in song and story ; about whom
countless romances and tales of adventure have been woven , and who were the
originals ...
... but looking upon smuggling as their right and prerogative . These were the
smugglers who have been immortalized in song and story ; about whom
countless romances and tales of adventure have been woven , and who were the
originals ...
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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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