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Page 72
... channel , the French were ripe for any form of lawlessness . Revolutions , a succession of monarchies , unprincipled politicians and intrigues had left the people in want , surly , and cherishing ill will against the government . Thous ...
... channel , the French were ripe for any form of lawlessness . Revolutions , a succession of monarchies , unprincipled politicians and intrigues had left the people in want , surly , and cherishing ill will against the government . Thous ...
Page 73
... channel , and many a man joined the smugglers out of pure desire to devil the government and to keep out of the clutches of the press gang . Many also were actually deserters from the navy and , knowing that terrific cruelties and ...
... channel , and many a man joined the smugglers out of pure desire to devil the government and to keep out of the clutches of the press gang . Many also were actually deserters from the navy and , knowing that terrific cruelties and ...
Page 75
... channel coast , and with every shore dweller's hand against the law and in favor of the smugglers , little could be done . Even a man found loitering within five miles of navigable waters could be ar- rested on suspicion , and , if no ...
... channel coast , and with every shore dweller's hand against the law and in favor of the smugglers , little could be done . Even a man found loitering within five miles of navigable waters could be ar- rested on suspicion , and , if no ...
Page 76
... channel was narrow ; a swift lugger could make the passage in a few hours , and with the exact location of officials and coast guards known , confederates ashore could guide the incoming craft to a safe landing place by a light or ...
... channel was narrow ; a swift lugger could make the passage in a few hours , and with the exact location of officials and coast guards known , confederates ashore could guide the incoming craft to a safe landing place by a light or ...
Page 85
... channel on the pre- tence of trading . Then , without warning , they attacked the captain , Peter Boolis , and killed him by chopping his back in twain with a hatchet . Their braggadocio proved their undoing for they boasted of their ...
... channel on the pre- tence of trading . Then , without warning , they attacked the captain , Peter Boolis , and killed him by chopping his back in twain with a hatchet . Their braggadocio proved their undoing for they boasted of their ...
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.