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... results , and those who best know the details of such results , the customs officials , the revenue officers and the government agents , are almost if not quite as loth to make public any information as the smugglers themselves . They ...
... results , and those who best know the details of such results , the customs officials , the revenue officers and the government agents , are almost if not quite as loth to make public any information as the smugglers themselves . They ...
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... results counted . The Bara- tarians invited the officers ashore , proffered them cognac and champagne with which to drink to the health of the Lafittes and the damnation of the of- ficials , and after snapping their fingers at the dis ...
... results counted . The Bara- tarians invited the officers ashore , proffered them cognac and champagne with which to drink to the health of the Lafittes and the damnation of the of- ficials , and after snapping their fingers at the dis ...
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... result of this was the death of an over zealous constable who foolishly tried to earn the reward and received a bullet through his lungs instead . Then the Executive turned to the State Legisla- ture for help , asking for an ...
... result of this was the death of an over zealous constable who foolishly tried to earn the reward and received a bullet through his lungs instead . Then the Executive turned to the State Legisla- ture for help , asking for an ...
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... result of the trial was a duel between the ex and the new district attorneys , the latter being crippled for life by a bullet through the hip from Grymes's pistol . Tales are still told in Louis- iana of the royal reception accorded to ...
... result of the trial was a duel between the ex and the new district attorneys , the latter being crippled for life by a bullet through the hip from Grymes's pistol . Tales are still told in Louis- iana of the royal reception accorded to ...
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... result , the Dons and the British , along with the French , became bitter enemies ; the erst- while smugglers turned freebooters or filibusters or buccaneers or pirates or privateers , whichever one prefers , and the original cause of ...
... result , the Dons and the British , along with the French , became bitter enemies ; the erst- while smugglers turned freebooters or filibusters or buccaneers or pirates or privateers , whichever one prefers , and the original cause of ...
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American ashore Baratarians Barhona boat brandy Brazil brigantine British captain captured cargo carried casks chance channel chase cigars coast guard confiscated contraband contrabandistas craft crew customs officers DANIEL CHATER daring deck declared despite diamonds dollars drugs dutiable duties England fact famous fellow fleet force Francis Bourgeois French gang gems glers gling Goudhurst hands Hawkhurst gang horse hundred islands Jabez Lafitte land lawless liquor smugglers Long Island Sound lugger matter ment Montmorillon mountain mystery never Owlers passed passengers picturesque pirate pistol ports possess pounds prison profits Pyrenees realize result revenue cutter revenue officers rum runners rum-runners safe sail schooner secret seized ship shore skipper slave smugglers sloop sloop-of-war smug smuggling Spanish stealing wool stones story suspicion tain thousand tion traband trade vessels watched West Indies whalemen whaling wool
Popular passages
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.