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One object might be easy to smuggle and yet the duties might be so low or the
article so little in demand in the country into which it was smuggled that the game
wasn ' t worth the candle , so to speak . Thus , if two adjacent countries both ...
One object might be easy to smuggle and yet the duties might be so low or the
article so little in demand in the country into which it was smuggled that the game
wasn ' t worth the candle , so to speak . Thus , if two adjacent countries both ...
Page 23
As for the threat , — that was not to his mind even worth considering . Moreover ,
even if he had violated the laws of the United States and had played ducks and
drakes with the governor and the authorities , he was almost fanatically patriotic .
As for the threat , — that was not to his mind even worth considering . Moreover ,
even if he had violated the laws of the United States and had played ducks and
drakes with the governor and the authorities , he was almost fanatically patriotic .
Page 59
Pirates as a whole were not a saving lot ; they spent their gold and disposed of
their loot as fast as they took it , and it is doubtful if any pirate ever buried a dollar '
s worth of treasure for future reference . But a fisherman , a clam digger , any one
...
Pirates as a whole were not a saving lot ; they spent their gold and disposed of
their loot as fast as they took it , and it is doubtful if any pirate ever buried a dollar '
s worth of treasure for future reference . But a fisherman , a clam digger , any one
...
Page 70
Brandy in France was worth only one pound for a four gallon tub , and brought
four or five pounds in England , and a single small vessel could carry eighty tubs
of the liquor across channel in a few hours . In 1787 there were 1425 articles of ...
Brandy in France was worth only one pound for a four gallon tub , and brought
four or five pounds in England , and a single small vessel could carry eighty tubs
of the liquor across channel in a few hours . In 1787 there were 1425 articles of ...
Page 78
This gang of outlaws was led by one Arthur Gray , one of the " Sea Cocks , " as
they were called , after whom Seacox Heath was named . He was a most
successful smuggler , was reputed to be worth over ten thousand pounds , -
equivalent to ...
This gang of outlaws was led by one Arthur Gray , one of the " Sea Cocks , " as
they were called , after whom Seacox Heath was named . He was a most
successful smuggler , was reputed to be worth over ten thousand pounds , -
equivalent to ...
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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.
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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.
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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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