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Page 171
... watched . Long stretches of boundary desert and mountain that had formerly afforded excellent opportunities for passing unnoticed from one country to the other were now patrolled by lynx - eyed and quick shooting troopers and rangers ...
... watched . Long stretches of boundary desert and mountain that had formerly afforded excellent opportunities for passing unnoticed from one country to the other were now patrolled by lynx - eyed and quick shooting troopers and rangers ...
Page 193
... watched by our agents and should the stones not reach their destination ( an address in New York ) we will soon find a way to even matters . " Naturally the lady declined the offer , and wheth- er or not the gems ever reached our shores ...
... watched by our agents and should the stones not reach their destination ( an address in New York ) we will soon find a way to even matters . " Naturally the lady declined the offer , and wheth- er or not the gems ever reached our shores ...
Page 198
... enforce the law . Every little hamlet cannot be made a port of entry and provided with customs officials ; every spot where a small boat may land cannot be watched day and night , and every power boat , rowboat 198 SMUGGLERS AND SMUGGLING.
... enforce the law . Every little hamlet cannot be made a port of entry and provided with customs officials ; every spot where a small boat may land cannot be watched day and night , and every power boat , rowboat 198 SMUGGLERS AND SMUGGLING.
Page 256
... watched events through her glasses , perhaps friends notified her that her ruse had failed at last , but at any rate , she had made a very tidy sum by pure bluff and boldness . Something very similar , although even more brazen ...
... watched events through her glasses , perhaps friends notified her that her ruse had failed at last , but at any rate , she had made a very tidy sum by pure bluff and boldness . Something very similar , although even more brazen ...
Page 277
... watched and enemies seek to injure me . Oui , M'sieu , you may laugh at Obeah , but the spirits come to me . " " Yes , " drawled the other reflectively . " I sus- pect they do , but not the kind of spirits you're re- ferring to . " A ...
... watched and enemies seek to injure me . Oui , M'sieu , you may laugh at Obeah , but the spirits come to me . " " Yes , " drawled the other reflectively . " I sus- pect they do , but not the kind of spirits you're re- ferring to . " A ...
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.