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Page 78
... stone storehouse on a ridge overlooking the Weald of Kent , which he made a distributing depot for his contraband . Oddly enough , years after Gray had passed away , and his storehouse , called Gray's Folly , had crumbled to ruins , the ...
... stone storehouse on a ridge overlooking the Weald of Kent , which he made a distributing depot for his contraband . Oddly enough , years after Gray had passed away , and his storehouse , called Gray's Folly , had crumbled to ruins , the ...
Page 85
... stones upon him until he was literally crushed to death . One horse was skinned , the hide cut into bits and de- stroyed , but unfortunately for the criminals , the other escaped . It was this horse returning to its master that led to ...
... stones upon him until he was literally crushed to death . One horse was skinned , the hide cut into bits and de- stroyed , but unfortunately for the criminals , the other escaped . It was this horse returning to its master that led to ...
Page 140
... stone bearing the following inscription : " IN MEMORY OF JOHN MOON who was deprived of life bye a base man on 20 of June 1809 in the 28 year of his age . " We take it for granted that it was the deceased Moon and not the " base man ...
... stone bearing the following inscription : " IN MEMORY OF JOHN MOON who was deprived of life bye a base man on 20 of June 1809 in the 28 year of his age . " We take it for granted that it was the deceased Moon and not the " base man ...
Page 141
... stone . Somehow there is something about that adjective , cut in the enduring rock , that savors of malignant hatred as lasting as the stone itself , and which would have made matters most unpleasant for the person who brought Moon to ...
... stone . Somehow there is something about that adjective , cut in the enduring rock , that savors of malignant hatred as lasting as the stone itself , and which would have made matters most unpleasant for the person who brought Moon to ...
Page 142
... me Pearced there way Hard it was I'd no time to pray This stone that here You Do See My comrades erected for the Sake of Me . " CHAPTER VI SOME PICTURESQUE SMUGGLERS WE E commonly associate smugglers 142 SMUGGLERS AND SMUGGLING.
... me Pearced there way Hard it was I'd no time to pray This stone that here You Do See My comrades erected for the Sake of Me . " CHAPTER VI SOME PICTURESQUE SMUGGLERS WE E commonly associate smugglers 142 SMUGGLERS AND SMUGGLING.
Common terms and phrases
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.