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Page 15
... less of a feather . Many a freebooter , who was successful enough to keep the noose from settling about his neck and lived to retire and spend his declining years in peace upon his ill - gotten gains , would have made a far better ...
... less of a feather . Many a freebooter , who was successful enough to keep the noose from settling about his neck and lived to retire and spend his declining years in peace upon his ill - gotten gains , would have made a far better ...
Page 16
... less accomplished than his brother , was much like Jean in personal appearance , and though received as a great acquisition by the convivial gentlemen of the town he was less in favor with the ladies who flocked about brother Jean ...
... less accomplished than his brother , was much like Jean in personal appearance , and though received as a great acquisition by the convivial gentlemen of the town he was less in favor with the ladies who flocked about brother Jean ...
Page 27
... less than a villainous pirate . When Drake set out on his adventures in com- pany with Sir John Hawkins , it was for the pur- pose of taking slaves on the Guinea coast of Afri- ca , - " partly by the sword and partly by other means ...
... less than a villainous pirate . When Drake set out on his adventures in com- pany with Sir John Hawkins , it was for the pur- pose of taking slaves on the Guinea coast of Afri- ca , - " partly by the sword and partly by other means ...
Page 28
... less openly encouraged and were regarded in quite a friendly fashion , to the ranks of bloodthirsty and hated pirates . Neither Drake nor Hawkins long engaged in this novel phase of the smuggling game , however . There was far more ...
... less openly encouraged and were regarded in quite a friendly fashion , to the ranks of bloodthirsty and hated pirates . Neither Drake nor Hawkins long engaged in this novel phase of the smuggling game , however . There was far more ...
Page 33
... less than 500 came from ports which are now ' Foreign ' , " and Governor Bernard of Massachusetts , declared in 1764 , * that " If conniving at importing foreign * Quincy , Mass . , Reports , p . 423 F , and Bernard's " Silent Letters ...
... less than 500 came from ports which are now ' Foreign ' , " and Governor Bernard of Massachusetts , declared in 1764 , * that " If conniving at importing foreign * Quincy , Mass . , Reports , p . 423 F , and Bernard's " Silent Letters ...
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.