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Page 70
... profits they made were e- normous . Tea in Holland could be bought for seven pence the pound and was saleable in ... profit- able was smuggling that one successful trip from France or Holland more than paid for two losses , and though ...
... profits they made were e- normous . Tea in Holland could be bought for seven pence the pound and was saleable in ... profit- able was smuggling that one successful trip from France or Holland more than paid for two losses , and though ...
Page 124
... profit by running contraband under protection of the British flag , would hardly be likely to prepare voluminous re- ports on the industry and its suppression in his district . But whatever the reason , there is far less . in the way of ...
... profit by running contraband under protection of the British flag , would hardly be likely to prepare voluminous re- ports on the industry and its suppression in his district . But whatever the reason , there is far less . in the way of ...
Page 131
... profits , he made by smuggling . No one seems to know what became of him . Several times in his career he shipped on foreign bound craft and was absent for long periods , and from one of these he never returned . Perhaps he landed by ...
... profits , he made by smuggling . No one seems to know what became of him . Several times in his career he shipped on foreign bound craft and was absent for long periods , and from one of these he never returned . Perhaps he landed by ...
Page 145
... profit in smuggling , or where in fact no such thing as smuggling is possible . But oftentimes such free ports prove a great boon to the smugglers and become veritable lairs of the contrabandistas . For if a free port is not too far ...
... profit in smuggling , or where in fact no such thing as smuggling is possible . But oftentimes such free ports prove a great boon to the smugglers and become veritable lairs of the contrabandistas . For if a free port is not too far ...
Page 152
... profit , and ready at any moment to give battle to the carbineros or the guardias , whether French or Span- ish . Few of them are true Spanish blood . The majority are Basques - members of that strange , ancient , proud race which has ...
... profit , and ready at any moment to give battle to the carbineros or the guardias , whether French or Span- ish . Few of them are true Spanish blood . The majority are Basques - members of that strange , ancient , proud race which has ...
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.