"Maraud" Quotes from Famous Books
... to its capture. Pirates, as a class, were principally outlaws, social outcasts, or 'longshoremen of a desperate and brutal character, who deemed it the more enjoyable the more hazardous their undertaking, and who considered it safer to maraud on the high seas than upon the land, in constant fear of the minions of the law. But not all pirates were of this character. Some, not inherently vicious nor absolutely depraved, had adopted this lawless ...![](http://www.freetranslator.org/rquot.gif) — Pirates and Piracy • Oscar Herrmann |