| 单词 | tenpence |
| 例句 | The cheapest means of transport to and from Alexandra was the “Native” bus — for Africans only — which at one pound tenpence a month made a considerable dent in my income. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She also worked as a teacher – and an artist's model, at tenpence an hour. Anna Wing, who played Lou Beale on EastEnders, dies aged 98 2013-07-11T12:56:52Z "There's only tenpence halfpenny to take out," said Jasmine. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z In fact, if the clock registers tenpence or one and fourpence or one and tenpence I practically always get the odd twopence. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-11T03:03:44.993Z Tom had pledged his word to bring him back tenpence to-morrow morning. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z From the above grant it appears that the porter of the Temple received sixty shillings and tenpence per annum, and twopence a day wages, which were to be paid him by the Hospitallers. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z A convulsive effort of mental arithmetic assured me that this was more than tenpence a pound, but it was not the moment for stiffness. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z I went for a change to another "pull-up" than my usual one, and there paid tenpence for a wholly insufficient dinner. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z The highest charge made by the very best tea-houses in Hokkaido never exceeds one yen—two shillings and tenpence a day—including all meals. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z The limit on the amount of a single order was fixed at the low sum of $20 and the charge on each order was the rather high one of tenpence an order. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z The caddie whom he takes out to carry his clubs costs him tenpence an hour—always paid by the hour, during which he is in the golfer's service, and not by the round. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z Yes, but God wants it most," said Jill, "and it's such a very little He wants; only one penny out of tenpence, that's all it is. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z Tenpence a pair profit on eleven pairs was nearly ten shillings—ten shillings all but tenpence. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z It’s a she this time, and starts on tenpence. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The ordinary postage on a letter from Amherstburg to fort Erie by land would be tenpence. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z The Observer of July 2, 1838, was a double number, price tenpence, and contained several illustrations of the coronation of Queen Victoria, which were also printed in Bell’s Life. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z But they offer you tea, made with unboiling water, A syrupy Souchong at tenpence a pound, Which a simpering, woebegone, elderly daughter, With stale bread rancid buttered, is handing around. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 26th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.693Z A publican had paid him four and threepence, and he had taken two and tenpence elsewhere. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z But, then, he may answer he can get it done for tenpence, which is quite true. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Ten pence was to be paid to the jailer for the furniture he put into the cell; tenpence only remained for food. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z On these twelve livres, the collector retained tenpence, or ten sols for himself. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z This is the survival of an old coinage in which sixpence was called tenpence. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z Chinamen are generally used to clear this land, being engaged at the rate of from eighty to ninety cents a day; that is, from three shillings fourpence to three shillings tenpence English. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Fuller and fuller grew the kitchen of smoke, and Teddy and George began to dream of camp-fires, but Auntie Kate still dreamt of bazaars and pincushions marked tenpence halfpenny. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z She had on a little black straw bonnet; and a kerchief, that might have cost tenpence, pinned across her waist instead of a shawl; and she looked altogether—respectable, no doubt, but exceedingly dusty! The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 You must be sensible, then, that it would be a horrid injustice to re-demand of him a few farthings on the tenpence he paid you. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Steak and kidney pie is tenpence, not a shilling. A Bed of Roses After that I slept for a good quarter of an hour, till a parcel arrived with tenpence to pay. A Question of Marriage Tea and sugar he left as they were, and the income-tax he raised from ninepence to tenpence. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Dicky had tenpence halfpenny, and Oswald had a two-shilling piece of his own that he was saving up to buy a gun with. The Wouldbegoods What my uncle bought for tenpence of you, he sold again for above fifty livres at Mexico; and thus he made a shift to return to his own country with eight millions clear. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z To what an exorbitant pitch have they raised candles; just double what it was some years ago: nay, they threaten to have them at tenpence per pound. Second Thoughts are Best: Or a Further Improvement of a Late Scheme to Prevent Street Robberies They cannot fling that tenpence into the gutter, to sweep it, although the gutter is poisoning their poor neighbours, and may poison themselves too. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Count on me for the tenpence a hundred limit after dinner to-morrow.” The Silent Barrier Phoebe, how are we to live with the quartern loaf at one and tenpence? Quality Street A Comedy This is partly explained by the fact that if he were to go over the mark—bang would go a tenpence. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) For wages, they sometimes get tenpence a day, sometimes only sixpence. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 The fare was nine and tenpence and the only piece of gold he had was a half-sovereign. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman He often opens a thousand pound bank at baccarat, whereas people are shocked in Maloja at seeing Hare play bridge at tenpence a hundred.” The Silent Barrier It is for the same reason that agricultural labour is now sixpence a-day in Poland, tenpence in Ireland, and two shillings in Great Britain. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 Emily had one shilling and sixpence, and Henry tenpence, and it was of great consequence to them that this money should be spent to the best advantage. The Fairchild Family Early in the season we sold them to Birmingham at tenpence apiece wholesale, with carriage and other expenses on the top of that. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Three bottles of yellow stuff and tenpence halfpenny in coppers is not much to start a coining enterprise with. Oswald Bastable and Others This was the only thing that was new, and it cost tenpence halfpenny. Harding's luck But if he only earns tenpence, and the loaf is reduced to fivepence, it is clear to the meanest capacity that he is nothing the gainer. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 As for our lodging the poorest of us live by tens in one room, and sleep by fours and fives upon one mattress; paying from twopence to tenpence a night. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France Is such flabby nonsense as this to be put into an immortal violin, because it purports to be fine Swiss pine at tenpence? Violin Making 'The Strad' Library, No. IX. At last a boy came to him and offered tenpence for me. The Adventures of a Squirrel, Supposed to be Related by Himself Her fears were all nonsense, the boy would do well enough in the pit, he would get tenpence a-day as a trapper—on a farm he couldn’t get twopence. The Mines and its Wonders Making the barrels is another Finnish trade, and the peasants, who manufacture them in winter, get from eightpence to tenpence each, for they have to be very strong. Through Finland in Carts This would give, in English money, seven shillings and tenpence, being less than two shillings a week. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France The pay used to be tenpence a day; now it is one shilling and a pint of beer per day, and in some places fifteenpence. The Toilers of the Field Eaton took up a tart, and holding his hand out to Bentley, said: "Come, you may as well give me tenpence;" but Bentley held out sixpence, and said he would give no more. The Adventures of a Squirrel, Supposed to be Related by Himself He was quite unaware that the Nursery charge was fivepence for one child, eightpence for two, and tenpence for three, and that Jane had pocketed any benefit which arose from sending more than one. The Girls of St. Olave's The total amount that came in during this period was four hundred and sixty-nine pounds fourteen shillings tenpence. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller You’re surely not so mean as to mind tenpence, are you?” The Wallypug in London That is enough; the labourer seeks another tumbledown place where he can live for tenpence a week, and the poor and infirm have to go to the workhouse. The Toilers of the Field Food in the beleaguered town was still moderate in price, meat being tenpence a pound and bread threepence. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 In fact, I can do you the best end of the neck at tenpence, madam, if you'll wait a moment while I sharpen the knife. Happy Days One of the laborers gave four shillings tenpence. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller A hundred kopecks go to the rouble; the silver rouble being worth from two and tenpence to three shillings and twopence, the paper rouble about two shillings. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia The town is not so cheap as places farther off, but you get a great deal for your money, and by far the best wine at tenpence a bottle that I have ever drank anywhere. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 The very best wine at tenpence that I ever drank—I used to get it very good for the same money in Genoa, but not so good. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete "Fourteen pounds nineteen shillings and tenpence, then, is what I want," said Jackanapes. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes There was in it one pound eight shillings and tenpence halfpenny. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller Eggs, too, were twenty-eight for tenpence; fish was at nominal prices. A Tramp's Notebook One couldn't ask the guest to drink table beer at tenpence the gallon. The House of Souls Dr. Johnson's statue can be seen any day for twopence, which is tenpence less than Madame Tassaud charges for admission to her wax effigies, and must therefore be considered cheap. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy But love is not bought in a day, even with fourteen pounds nineteen shillings and tenpence. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes At Edinburgh, they are employed on public works at so much a day—tenpence, I believe, or one shilling, with an advance to those who have families. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) He had exactly tenpence in his pocket, and he fell to thinking as he walked, of the extraordinary monetary fluctuations he had experienced in this city of London. The Man Who Lost Himself If you are in spendthrift mood, you may send the boy for a bottle of vin ordinaire, which costs tenpence; on more sober occasions you send him for beer. Nights in London He had been there nine hours, with a short time for meals, when his father had come for him, and he would have to be three more, to earn his tenpence a day. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading If you’ll take tenpence the ell, you may cut me off twelve.” The King's Daughters Prime cheeses, which had cost us tenpence a pound, were sold to them for less than a penny a pound; for wine, for which we had paid forty-eight shillings a dozen, they bid four shillings. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands It formed originally one of the twenty-two Caxtons which were dispersed in 1698 with the library of Dr. Francis Bernard, Physician to King James the Second, when it realised two and tenpence! The Book-Hunter at Home Blues a tenpence on a telegram, an' my clothes owin' for. Oh! Susannah! A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts Think, my dear reader, of whiskey at tenpence a gallon—cheaper than water from the New River in London. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 Alice bought a pair of cheaper shoes than she intended, paying tenpence instead of a shilling; purchased the two rabbits and the eggs; and found that she had one penny left. All's Well Alice's Victory She has, unfortunately, a notoriously bad character, and is accused of being addicted to the practice of taking tenpence and a hare-skin in exchange for a counterfeit shilling. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 Volume 18, New Series, July 31, 1852 The man who has been forgiven so many talents will not be in a hurry to take his brother by the throat and leave the marks of his fingers for tenpence. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. The lady to the right refused for some minutes to hand over her tenpence, but finally succumbed to the feeling of the meeting, when a crumpled cotton bed-cover was next produced for sale. A College Girl You’d never find a man who would grudge tenpence for a chop, however hard up he might be, but a woman spends twopence on lunch, and a sovereign on tonics! Big Game A Story for Girls This is explained as meaning that "tenpenny" nails, for example, cost tenpence a hundred. Handwork in Wood To which, ever mindful of his occupation, he immediately replied, "Madam, the best rump I cannot sell lower than tenpence halfpenny a pound." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings But Love is not bought in a day, even with fourteen pounds nineteen shillings and tenpence. Jackanapes He called for a glass of beer and bread and cheese, and was charged tenpence for the same, fourpence for the beer, and sixpence for the bread and cheese. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales "Eightpence, tenpence, or one and sixpence a bottle?" said the young man, genially. The Napoleon of Notting Hill "Very well, child; come and nail up this chest; here is a new hammer for you; it cost tenpence." Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag If you tot all this up, you will find it has now reached the not inconsiderable sum of fifteen shillings and tenpence. The Woman's Way We have an authentic and exact account of the ordinary revenue of the crown during this reign; and it amounts only to fifty-five thousand seven hundred and fourteen pounds ten shillings and tenpence a year. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. She had heard me saying that eightpence is a sad price to pay for a cigar—I prefer them at tenpence—and a few days afterward she produced her first Celebros. My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke It has been agreed, says a news item, that milk shall be tenpence a quart this winter. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-15 I've heard him myself swear a pound's worth of oaths for a matter of tenpence. Romance Among such possessions are wines, whose quality improves with time, and which, if sold to-day, may be worth tenpence a bottle, but which four years hence may be worth perhaps half-a-crown. A Critical Examination of Socialism If he only earned tenpence a day, that would at any rate find him something to eat. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 Yet the majority of these workmen were able-bodied fellows, who received tenpence a day for doing nothing. Rome in 1860 "The usual charge," she remarked, "is tenpence, and twopence for lunch." A Lost Leader Cotton, it is announced, has gone up to tenpence a reel. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-25 When I first settled down there, labourers were working at eightpence or tenpence a day. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent When this is over, he descends to the lake, and after paying tenpence to the ferry-man, is rowed over to the Purgatory. The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Wheat, the price of which necessarily varied, averaged in the middle of the fourteenth century tenpence the bushel;15 barley averaging at the same time three shillings the quarter. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) "It is worth more than tenpence," she said. A Lost Leader Ambrose protested he would not quit his mistress; he brought her his scanty savings of twenty years, and engaged himself to a brazier for tenpence a day and his board. The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection After thinking over Archie's letter, I counted what I put by and I have one pound, seven shillings, and tenpence. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 Between ye, did ye make another lodgment on my purse, which was instantly lightened by an additional bank token, value tenpence, handed over to this sugar-tongued old knave. The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three A pound of salt pork was tenpence, and corn three shillings a bushel. Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future Mark only had eightpence, and this message would cost tenpence. The Altar Steps These bottles can be obtained from all grocers at the cost of about tenpence or one shilling each. Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet Bless you, he hath reasons! he would refuse tenpence to a starving wretch, because he owed ten pounds to his shoemaker, though he had ten thousand in his coffers at home. Cromwell So I said my share would likely be tenpence. A Dream of the North Sea The miracle of the loaves and fishes was scarcely more marvellous than the changing of tenpence into two hundred and fifty pounds. The Roman Question The shares were then as low as tenpence. Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore Saint Teresa of Spain once said these memorable words: "Teresa and tenpence are nothing: Teresa, tenpence and God are omnipotent." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 After considerable correspondence the Newspaper was again offered me at ten pence; the sheet unattainable altogether: "No," even at tenpence. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I Times are changed; every inhabitant of Congleton can now have his own bible for tenpence. Rides on Railways I have heard it said that out of every shilling of the ratepayer's contributions the poor people only get twopence or its equivalent, the officials and administration expenses absorbing the remaining tenpence. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor After three years the price was raised to tenpence. The Life of John Ruskin And you know you beat the washerwoman down to tenpence a pair last March! The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories An invisible but observant little cherub notes this fact; and long afterwards a postal order for tenpence flutters down upon you from Olympus, marked "light allowance." The First Hundred Thousand One modern spectre, reported by Mr. Myers, wandered disconsolate till a debt of three shillings and tenpence was defrayed. Cock Lane and Common-Sense They received the time-honoured wage of tenpence a day, and worked, or talked, about eight hours. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor He could have his breakfast in his bedroom for tenpence, or even sixpence when his appetite was poor. The Roll-Call Industrious women who spin in the factories get some fourpence, some fivepence, and so on to tenpence per day, and find their own house-room and diet. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters If he abstained from its use on Sundays, he would have a ration of about tenpence’s worth daily. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's Sixpence for a man and tenpence for a horse; ai, ai, what a barin I have found. A Tramp's Sketches Those were the days before the violent competition of the half-educated had brought things down to an impossible tenpence the thousand words, and the prevailing price was as high as one-and-six. Love and Mr. Lewisham Now that he was earning a wage,—it was about eightpence or tenpence a day,—which of course went into the common stock, he ventured occasionally to ask his mother for sixpence to himself. Principal Cairns According to her calculation at the moment, deducting what her trimming cost her, she got for making a pea-jacket tenpence half-penny, and she could make one in something less than two days. The Uncommercial Traveller Gentleman! he flouts me: what gentry can be in a poor Turk of tenpence? The Jew of Malta Sixpence for a man and tenpence for a horse. A Tramp's Sketches So they took some coffee, and after paying the bill,—twelve and twopence the dinner, and the odd tenpence for the waiter—thirteen shillings in all—started out on their expedition to manufacture a night. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people He sold those flowers in penny bunches and got tenpence. The Story of the Treasure Seekers But, having no money at all, the second hand come in and took its profit, and so the whole worked down to tenpence half-penny. The Uncommercial Traveller This is partly explained by the fact that if he were to go over the mark - bang would go a tenpence. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 To become suddenly the possessor of thirty-seven pounds, fifteen and tenpence half-penny, of which all hope had been lost three years ago, was almost too much for any man. The Shuttle Groom and cob—Strength and symmetry—Where’s the saddle?—The first ride—No more fatigue—Love for horses—Pursuit of words—Philologist and Pegasus—The smith—What more, agrah?—Sassannach tenpence. Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest It was ultimately ascertained to have been made by one Wild, a cutler, who had sold the knife for tenpence to Felton when recruiting in the town. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers When he said ‘Ninepence,’ I gave him their address, jabbed our card in, paid tenpence or elevenpence to cover the postage, and thanked heaven. Beasts and Super-Beasts My commission at ten per cent, is one pound three shillings and tenpence—that leaves a balance of ten pounds seven shilling and twopence; it will doubtless get her nicely out of her difficulty. Wild Kitty After this it was a dreary downfall to go and dine for tenpence all by myself, and finish up with a book at my solitary lodgings in Pentonville. Peter Ibbetson I didn't know what to do, and I'd only got tenpence ha'penny left. The Four Faces A Mystery If they could have helped him 320 With bread or by labour They soon would have done so, But money is money, And who has got tenpence To spare? Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? Later it was raised to ninepence and tenpence. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 "Well, I'm glad I can tell you that question," said Slick, "for I don't calculate to return to these parts; butter is risin' a cent or two; I put mine off mind at tenpence." The Clockmaker Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville There was exactly twenty-eight shillings and tenpence in her purse. Blind Love Mutton that before cost ninepence would cost tenpence a pound, and the mouths to be fed would demand more meat. The Eustace Diamonds For young male linnets he got eightpence, sometimes tenpence; for hen birds fourpence, or less. Birds in Town and Village The costs of that loaf is, I believe, to be exact, one and tenpence ha'penny—one and tenpence ha'penny to poor people whose staple food it is. The Profiteers But earth is very nigh to heaven, and when we saw a series of begging boxes flanking the books, and a looking-glass, which must at some time have cost tenpence, we retreated. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston She made a little calculation—she had twenty-eight and tenpence; exactly thirty-five francs—enough for seven days. Blind Love Mr. Thrale's bill at the inn for dinner was eighteen shillings and tenpence. Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) If the wife of a burgher brewed his ale, he paid tenpence. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) Cheese was tenpence; potatoes from five to ten shillings a bushel. The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton Among the rest went I, and intending to spin out my tenpence as far as I could, desired him to bring me a penny loaf only. The History of Thomas Ellwood Written By Himself Beef is tenpence to thirteenpence a pound, mutton about the same, bacon tenpence, pork tenpence, chickens four and twopence each. A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba The cheapest sugar was then tenpence a pound, and the very cheapest tea quite as much as five shillings, but what I had to get for my mother was in very small quantities. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography "I give them each tenpence a day and their food; but if that young fellow wanted he could earn much more, for he is the best workman in the country." Emile "To be sure," said I, nodding my head, "tenpence, certainly." The Broad Highway That evening, on his return to the manse, Manse Bell handed him, with a fine affectation of unconcern, a letter with the Edinburgh post-mark, which had been brought with tenpence to pay, from Cairn Edward. The Lilac Sunbonnet We get 4 dollars 80 cents only for the sovereign here, being tenpence short of the five dollars. A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba Wheat was again at tenpence the bushel, and other commodities valued in like proportion, and far below the market- prices in Holland and England. History of the United Netherlands, 1586e Just let the shiners slide in, it don't matter a tenpence where ye got 'em. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter Her employment was the making of shirts for export; she earned on an average tenpence a day, and frequently worked fifteen hours between leaving and returning to her home. The Nether World That is right, and so it shall this next Tuesday, although it costs you tenpence. The Journal to Stella Well, there's a certain old lady, an aunt of Mr. Quentin and his sisters, who has always been about tenpence in the shilling. Huntingtower Run your nose into adventures at sea; live on tenpence, and earn it. Christie Johnstone The business was opened by the announcement of what they all knew before, that the proceeds of the fancy fair amounted to one hundred and forty-nine pounds fifteen shillings and tenpence. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations You have a couple of thousand pounds in exchequer bills, 50,000 shares worth tenpence a dozen, and half a dozen tabloids of cyanide of potassium to poison yourself with when you are found out. Heartbreak House He makes about one and tenpence a day by selling papers. Fraternity It was a mere chance whether what was called a shilling was really tenpence, sixpence or a groat. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Flucker had a versatile genius for making money; he had made it in forty different ways, by land and sea, tenpence at a time. Christie Johnstone When the servants had hectored a bit, the masters, meek and mild, said they would give them sixpence out of the tenpence sooner than they should feel dissatisfied. Put Yourself in His Place The word "lace," in Madame Cie's bill, invariably meant machine-made trash, worth tenpence a yard, but charged eighteen shillings a yard for one pennyworth of work in putting it on. A Simpleton Women, and plenty to spare, are found to toil under the sweat-shop masters for tenpence a day of fourteen hours. The People of the Abyss The daily pay of a private in the Life Guards was four shillings, in the Blues two shillings and sixpence, in the Dragoons eighteen pence, in the Foot Guards tenpence, and in the line eightpence. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Two shillings, a shilling, tenpence, eightpence, sixpence, fourpence. Doctor Marigold I have offered her one and tenpence the hour; she remained firm. Penelope's English Experiences "She has been dunning me for two hundred francs, but she can't screw ten out of me—not even tenpence." Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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