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... sure , such objects are and always have been smug- gled to a great extent , not only because the duties upon them are high , but because they are compact or can be easily concealed . But there are innumerable other articles that are ...
... sure , such objects are and always have been smug- gled to a great extent , not only because the duties upon them are high , but because they are compact or can be easily concealed . But there are innumerable other articles that are ...
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... sure he was hand in hand with his brother , and gradually the two assumed virtual control of the smuggler colony , uniting the various factions and electing themselves sole lead- ers of the horde . It must not , however , be imag- ined ...
... sure he was hand in hand with his brother , and gradually the two assumed virtual control of the smuggler colony , uniting the various factions and electing themselves sole lead- ers of the horde . It must not , however , be imag- ined ...
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... sure , it was supposed to remain in force for only five years , but it was five times renewed , and by the Sugar Act of 1764 , was made perpetual . As a result , practi- cally every merchant , ship owner , sea captain . and official of ...
... sure , it was supposed to remain in force for only five years , but it was five times renewed , and by the Sugar Act of 1764 , was made perpetual . As a result , practi- cally every merchant , ship owner , sea captain . and official of ...
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... sure a few continued to ply their trade ; smuggling in a sporadic way went on and is still going on , but the dashing , dare - devil , picturesque smuggler with his fast vessel , his crew of piratical rascals , his thous- and and one ...
... sure a few continued to ply their trade ; smuggling in a sporadic way went on and is still going on , but the dashing , dare - devil , picturesque smuggler with his fast vessel , his crew of piratical rascals , his thous- and and one ...
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... sure that there was something not al- together open and above board about the speedy craft which had now vanished below the horizon , and once more they started in chase . Meanwhile the VISION had sighted the JO- HANNA , and realizing ...
... sure that there was something not al- together open and above board about the speedy craft which had now vanished below the horizon , and once more they started in chase . Meanwhile the VISION had sighted the JO- HANNA , and realizing ...
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.