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Alpheus Hyatt Verrill. CHAPTER II SMUGGLER PIRATES AND PIRATE N ° SMUGGLERS matter what else he may be , the successful smuggler must be a man of intelligence , wide experience and ready wit ; self reliant , possessing more or less ...
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill. CHAPTER II SMUGGLER PIRATES AND PIRATE N ° SMUGGLERS matter what else he may be , the successful smuggler must be a man of intelligence , wide experience and ready wit ; self reliant , possessing more or less ...
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... matters which , to the ordinary mortal , are of no interest or vital im- portance . He must be quick witted , for oftentimes his freedom or even his life may depend upon an active brain , for emergencies no human being can foresee face ...
... matters which , to the ordinary mortal , are of no interest or vital im- portance . He must be quick witted , for oftentimes his freedom or even his life may depend upon an active brain , for emergencies no human being can foresee face ...
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... subtle , taking alarm , being warned by little things , the least incident , matters that would es- cape the ordinary man , and he must be dominating 2 BALTIMORE TOPSAIL SCHOONER - THE VIGILANT , ORIGINALLY THE 14 SMUGGLERS AND SMUGGLING.
... subtle , taking alarm , being warned by little things , the least incident , matters that would es- cape the ordinary man , and he must be dominating 2 BALTIMORE TOPSAIL SCHOONER - THE VIGILANT , ORIGINALLY THE 14 SMUGGLERS AND SMUGGLING.
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... Thus , very soon , he was acting as their banker and commercial agent in New Orleans , and wisely taking his advice in business matters , the Baratarians prospered and amassed riches as never before . Just '18 SMUGGLERS AND SMUGGLING.
... Thus , very soon , he was acting as their banker and commercial agent in New Orleans , and wisely taking his advice in business matters , the Baratarians prospered and amassed riches as never before . Just '18 SMUGGLERS AND SMUGGLING.
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... matters of little interest , he says , " I received the black thee sent to me and I have sold him for one hundred and thirty - two pounds . I will receive no more smug- gled blacks from thee as there is too great danger in dealing with ...
... matters of little interest , he says , " I received the black thee sent to me and I have sold him for one hundred and thirty - two pounds . I will receive no more smug- gled blacks from thee as there is too great danger in dealing with ...
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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
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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.
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.