"Tidesman" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... related by George Bridges, a tidesman of the Port of London. He showed that it did not always "pay" to be diligent in one's duty, for he quoted the case of a Captain Mercer, in the employ of the Custom House, who did now and then make a seizure, but he "was broke for doing his duty"; and when Mercer came into Cork on the occasion ...
— King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 • E. Keble Chatterton |
