英语词汇“twopenny”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

"London, all agape, crowds to the twopenny tube," the Daily Mail reported in the week of its opening. London Underground at 150 - a birthday journey 2013-01-09T05:21:53Z

Our daughter picked her way through a mechanical funhouse, then fed twopenny coins into slot machines. On the English coast, Hastings’ attractions span centuries 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

In the most common Random House edition, it’s there, it’s final and it’s huge — an inky one-eighth of an inch in diameter, the head of a twopenny nail stabbed into the book. The Strange Case of the Missing Joyce Scholar 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

Over 10 years, Trump's so-called “twopenny plan” adds up to a 27 percent reduction across the board. Analysis | President Trump’s ‘balanced’ budget relies on $2,062,000,000,000 in mystery money 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

They would hold out the town itself as security, a twopenny rate, promises, accommodations, anything. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z

We whistled loud, we whistled long, The whole of that afternoon; But there wasn't wind enough to float A twopenny pink balloon. Kensington Rhymes 2012-03-15T02:00:28.607Z

Having refreshed my mind with a hurried inspection of this delightful, albeit, somewhat miscellaneous gathering, and my body with a twopenny Bath bun, I gracefully retired, greatly pleased with the afternoon's entertainment. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z

Read some blackguard twopenny trash when you should be cleaning harness! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z

But I hate the care of even a tiny and twopenny house and wish I could farm out the same. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z

For think of it: here was no twopenny ride on a clanging tram through naked, unshaded streets before they could reach the sea. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z

This was the ordinary town courtesan, who, eschewing the penny and twopenny rabble of the pit and gallery, frequented the cheapest of the better-class seats, or main body of the house. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z

"And they've been knocked about like a couple of twopenny teacups," added George. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z

These balls do not vary materially from any other twopenny dances, either in London or Paris; but as a morning lounge, the place is not without attractions. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z

I had the same notion of Mr. Cobbett's papers, his 'twopenny sheets' and of Hone's Register, and indeed of all that were published in 1816. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z

The only other stamps printed in this style were the twopenny blue, issued concurrently with the penny black; the halfpenny rose; and the three-halfpenny red rose, both issued on October 1, 1870. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z

The threepenny post began where the twopenny post ended. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z

He crossed himself at all the twopenny representations of the Divine agony. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z

So Ransey Tansey invented a play on the spot that would have brought down the house in a twopenny theatre if properly put on the stage. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z

At the close of each day's proceedings, Carlile issued a full report and sold it in twopenny sheets. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z

Whilst waiting for supplies to come from England, they commissioned a local watchmaker to engrave two dies, one for a penny and one for a twopenny stamp. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z

By the twopenny post the postage is not necessarily 2d., but, according as it is a twopenny post letter, a general post letter, or a foreign letter, may be 3d., 2d., or nothing. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z

Fancy, Jeff!" she exclaimed, her fingers in the leaves of some old twopenny notebook or other, "I can actually read my old shorthand yet! The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z

I'm as good a man as him, though I'm a larrikin and he's a twopenny lord. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z

All these publications for which she was sentenced had been on sale for a long time without interference, except the twopenny "Mock Trial" sheets, and thousands were sold without any complaints being heard about them. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z

Not only are there copies of the "penny blacks" and "twopenny blues," sufficient to delight the heart of any very advanced collector, but there are also copies of the most valuable early surface-printed specimens. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z

The Act of 1794 imposed a postage of 2d. in both directions; and here we see not indeed the origin of the twopenny post but the twopenny post fully established. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z

"Yes," she mumbled in a low voice to the twopenny notebook. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z

These way offices were known locally as twopenny offices, that is, the keepers charged twopence on every letter passing through their hands. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z

On my way I passed a Palace of Pleasure or Varieties, or Something wherein a twopenny wax-work show seemed at the moment to be one of its greatest attractions. Mr. Punch at the Seaside 2011-08-24T02:00:23.487Z

Were the question to be put, "Which is the rarest stamp in the world?" probably the answer would be, more often than not, "The twopenny 'Post Office' Mauritius." Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z

The same result is apparent in the case of what, for distinction's sake, we will still call the London penny post, although the London penny post had become a twopenny and threepenny one. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z

The place was a poor kind of cookshop, the staples of which were penny bowls of broth and tea for the poverty-stricken dock labourers, with twopenny plates of potato-pie for the better-off. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z

Afterwards he was apt to remark that he owed his commission to a twopenny pen which might, for aught he knew, have been made in Germany. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z

The price of food in London that morning was absolutely prohibitive, as much as two shillings being asked for a twopenny loaf. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z

The twopenny and the penny "Post Office" Mauritius have an interesting history. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z

Offices for the receipt of general post letters are still kept separate and distinct from those for the receipt of letters for the twopenny post. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z

Oh, now, he's got to Garraway's—I tell you again, you are not at Margate, raffling for twopenny toys. Fontainbleau 2011-03-30T02:00:17.797Z

I mean that he paid a twopenny outstanding tailor's bill for me. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z

Why, you don't imagine that Ancram's twopenny salary can pay him! A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z

Another curious stamp is the twopenny plum colour King Edward issue of Great Britain. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z

Twenty years before, the office in Gerrard Street, the headquarters of the twopenny post in Westminster, had been enlarged. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z

“And—and—does Harry wear an apron—and—and serve twopenny dinners?” The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z

Plato wanted to reorganize social order and the common life; the young man in the twopenny tube was the man he was after. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z

If pride exists among any folks in our country, and assuredly we have enough of it, there is no pride more deep-seated than that of twopenny old gentlewomen in small towns. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z

The story relating to this stamp is as follows: In the early months of the year 1910 it was decided to change both the pattern and colour of the twopenny green and carmine. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z

But the general post limits did not coincide with the limits of the twopenny post: and the limits of both the twopenny post and the general post differed from those of the foreign post. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z

He then put it again into the bottle, together with a silver twopenny piece of 1772. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z

And to go and throw herself away upon a twopenny lawyer's clerk! The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z

“Oh yes: but I don’t mean that way, where every twopenny eel spoils four pen’orth o’ good line and hooks. Real Gold A Story of Adventure

Then there is the historic pair of sketches in water-colours, roughly executed by Sir Rowland Hill to show the approximate appearance of the penny stamp in black and the twopenny stamp in blue. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z

Financially the London penny and twopenny posts were always successful. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study

Together with the bottle, he enclosed two silver twopenny pieces of his majesty's coin, which had been struck in 1772. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z

There are the front rows covered in velvet, one shilling; wooden benches behind, sixpence; and, right at the back, the twopenny part. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors

Then he went out and handed in the twopenny check. A Bed of Roses

If the penny or twopenny rate gave even the shabbiest accommodation to anything like a fair proportion of its compulsory subscribers, there would not be standing room, and the ordinary subscription libraries would disappear. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses

Henceforward the service was known as the "twopenny post." The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study

We had no cheap twopenny and penny toys then, for it was long before Christmas trees became generally known in England. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves

Puffing contentedly at a twopenny cigar, Bindle enjoyed to the full the story so ably presented; but nothing gave him so much pleasure as the magistrate's closing words. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle

The one penny and twopenny English issued in 1840 had letters in the lower corners only, the fourpenny, sixpenny, and one shilling had no letters. Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895

He, entering the office one day, asked for twopenny revenue stamps to the amount of two pounds sterling, which having received, he threw down a deed. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance

Far as Evans understands there’ll be nothing left for ’em but a twopenny pension.” Lady Cassandra

Robin, thus seated, proceeded to light his pipe and call for a pint of twopenny. International Short Stories English

There was a twopenny post for London, but elsewhere the charge for letters was exorbitant and prohibitory. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself

Formerly the favourite beer was a mixture of ale or beer and twopenny, until a brewer named Harwood produced a beer with the same flavour, which he called entire or entire butt. Notes and Queries, Number 228, March 11, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc

Even to us poor humdrum mortals, toiling meanly on office stools at our twopenny enterprises, it seems more than a giant’s task. Thomas Andrews Shipbuilder

However, no joking over these matters was allowed; there was a penny fine for forgetting the looking-glass once, and a twopenny fine for forgetting it a second time. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c.

Then I owe you fourpence for two twopenny bunches. Better than Play

Of this last voucher there is a duplicate copy bearing a twopenny receipt stamp. The Annals of Willenhall

I trust, sir, this is the last time I shall have to trouble you with these twopenny concerns. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25)

William Cobbett, came from Fleet Street to sell his Indian corn, for which no one cared, and to print and publish his twopenny Political Register, for which the London Radicals of that day hungered. Old and New London Volume I

He was an irreclaimable drunkard, thought only of the necessities of the hour, and slept in the fields when his finances would not admit of payment of a twopenny lodging in St. Giles’s. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times.

Whether revival of the twopenny has caused it to exhibit any kind of corresponding resurrectionary symptoms is a matter which cannot yet be pronounced upon. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing

“Well,” said Attwater, “you seem to me to be a very twopenny pirate!” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston

We were—I may say, we are—at the mercy of the merest twopenny accident.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25)

The mere list he here furnishes us with would serve to crowd one of the “twopenny audiences” in the small theatres of that day. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

On this subject there is, in a little twopenny weekly magazine, called The Torch, 9 Sep., Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign

You and I could weather it out together on a twopenny roll. The Landleaguers

There’s been more waste on this twopenny ship than what there is to an 74 Atlantic Liner.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston

I should have had that twopenny framed to hang upon 32 the wall, for it was the man’s one act of charity in all my knowledge of him. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25)

It is here too he calls Steele “a twopenny author,” alluding to the price of the “Tatlers”—but this cost Dennis dear! Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

Tin trumpets, twopenny tambourines, and concertinas are all very well in their way, but, try how I will, I cannot associate them with ghosts. Byways of Ghost-Land

It was reported in the Family Churchman, and reprinted after revision as a twopenny pamphlet, with the first title of "I." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series)

Nobody in all London, he declared, and apparently without excepting Mr. Thrush, cared a twopenny curse what became of his poor boy. The Camera Fiend

You can stroll along with me a bit, and we'll see if we can buy you a twopenny toy for a birthday present.' A Great Man A Frolic

His breakfast for a long time was bread and milk, and he ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer with a pewter spoon. Benjamin Franklin

The holinesses of St. Paul’s we found converted into a twopenny, and those of Westminster into a sixpenny show. Leading Articles on Various Subjects

I abdicate the twopenny crown, and invest you with the kingdom of Brentford; don't be a fool and cry; you make a much taller and handsomer viscount than ever I could.” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges

Walker, the twopenny postman, would have had no chance against us. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845

He never thought of so much as a pennyworth of toffee for Ethel, or a silver thimble for his mother, or a twopenny cigar for Mr. Pilkings. Oswald Bastable and Others

It is stated in one of its late prefaces that it was originally issued at Stockton in a small twopenny brochure, without date, printed by and for R. Christopher. Chenodia Or, the Classical Mother Goose

They very kindly sent for twopenny worth of butter for me, and allowed me the honour of using the only cup and saucer, which they said were over one hundred years old. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement

That boy—he was asleep at the twopenny doss, and the trousers were drying. Somehow Good

My twopenny thoughts drooped and fainted as they rose. The Message

But this is digression, and our narrative demands that we proceed to tell how a twopenny fare in a little steamboat from Uleåborg brought us to the tar stores. Through Finland in Carts

Large and raggedly bound volumes, which apparently had been acquired from the twopenny boxes outside second-hand bookshops, lined the shelves of the outer office, and the chairs were of an early-Victorian horsehair variety. The Orchard of Tears

“Here’s a letter, then!”—tossing the missive to him, “And a twopenny stamp you will save.” Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887

I myself came to the knowledge of Queensland, and a great deal more, through its blue twopenny. Spare Hours

When that twopenny sawbones of a doctor was rude to you, I licked him within an inch of his life. The Hero

In the midst of this general distress the twopenny omnibuses made their first appearance in London, and the first issue of the "Daily News" appeared in the metropolis. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three)

Ha, ha!" laughed Madge Figgy, "I'm glad you are pleased, Tom, ha, ha! refused five shillings, and took a twopenny loaf! Cornwall's Wonderland

He went to the baker's and bought a twopenny roll; he ate it in his office, and then lay down on the floor of his office and went to sleep. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin

"At more leisur'd times he makes disticks on noblemen which are put under their twopenny pictures that hang in the bookbinders' shops." Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters

Down! to the twopenny box of the stall! A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II

I had bought it about half a year before—put a nice green riband to it, and a twopenny key.—This it was that got me the silver seal, and I’ll tell you how. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3

Why the deuce couldn't he have kept his twopenny thunderbolt in his pocket for a few hours, instead of launching it to-night and spoiling our sole à la Morny and our ris de veau——! The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts

When the baker's shop opened he may have bought another twopenny roll. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin

P.S.—A dreadful thought has just occurred to me—that this is a quadruple letter, and that Elstree may not be within the twopenny post. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856

But Time, whose speech is never long,— He hasn't time for it—stops the song And says—Lilliput lamps! leave the twopenny boxes, And shine in the Budget of Paradoxes! A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II

It sadly wants new punctuation, being vilely printed just as I first saw it when a boy in some twopenny edition. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti

There was exactly what you find at the end of a twopenny journey when your only luggage is an evening paper, an umbrella, and that tired feeling. Old Junk

We asked a twopenny lawyer, of no more importance in the community than Dophy is, if it was possible he was not arrested. A Confederate Girl's Diary

On the second day after Tim’s departure, I received a letter from him by the twopenny post. Japhet in Search of a Father

"Half a pound of twopenny rice, Half a pound of treacle, Stir it up and make it nice, Pop goes the weasel." A History of Nursery Rhymes

Was it Dr. Johnson who remarked that one great charm of London is that you may walk in a crowded street, eating a twopenny bun, without attracting a second glance? Old Valentines A Love Story

The result to the fortunate proprietor was a substantial one; his house became known and for many years kept up its reputation on the deformity of a twopenny shell-fish. The History of "Punch"

She is one of those folks who are for ever drawing twopenny cheques upon your feelings, and there are no funds in my bank to meet them. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow

At a smart walk he made for the tube station, bought a ticket at the twopenny machine and entered the lift. Men of Affairs

Brother Salter was not a brother at all—he was still in the world, a little, twopenny man with a thin black beard, sad black eyes and a perch mouth. A Circuit Rider's Wife

The twopenny dram of pure Jamaica is preferred by them, and particularly those who live in the country, to any other kind of malt, or spirituous liqueurs. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves

It is quite certain that, up to ten shillings, penny and twopenny bids were accepted. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting

Yet each evening comes the ragged twopenny minstrel—a blear-eyed, croaking minstrel, and the good folk give him ear. Erik Dorn

Nor have we lodging-houses with beds on the “twopenny rope” principle. Pickwickian Manners and Customs

“You twopenny turnip,” said Slagg, “why did you screech like—” He stopped. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables

Before he left the place that colporteur had sold a fourpenny and a twopenny Testament, and several other religious works, beside distributing tracts gratuitously all round. Post Haste

"We could get twelve twopenny cakes for two shillings," calculated Dulcie; "but if there are eight of us, that's only one and a half apiece." The Princess of the School

The lad took his seat on one side of a narrow table, Joey on the other, and his new acquaintance called for two pints of tea, a twopenny loaf, and two penny bits of cheese. The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook

If there is any tendency to constipation get some liquorice, and boil it thoroughly with about half an ounce of senna leaves to a twopenny stick. Papers on Health

But he did not show you the correspondence about it between the bishop and this charlatan of twopenny Atheism? France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889

In real wars, mind you, not your twopenny ha’penny Bombardment of Alexandria business!—aye, Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy

By the way, when you go out get me a couple of boxes of sardines, will you, and a dozen twopenny cigars?” My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life

This does not appear to have come by the twopenny post? The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814

On the fine heath, or down, that skirts the Park, are hundreds of donkeys, and you are invited to take a halfpenny, penny, or twopenny ride. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland

But Posh could never regard the “mild bare,” the “twopenny” of the district, as an enemy. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"

A chimney-sweeper's boy went into a baker's shop for a twopenny loaf, and conceiving it to be diminutive in size, remarked to the baker that he did not believe it was weight. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings

The quarrel was soon made up with the help of some of the twopenny cigars, which were now produced along with the beer-bottles. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life

In London people let you take a twopenny bus ticket to Westminster instead of walking across the Park, and go to ruin in your own sweet way. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920

While it boils, crumble a twopenny loaf into a deep bowl, upon which pour the boiling milk. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide

In twenty twopenny controversies he took the revolutionary side, I fear in most cases because it was called revolutionary. George Bernard Shaw

They found the Indians "very cunning" in bargaining, which means, we suppose, that they thought a twopenny whittle a poor return for a hog or a sack of maize. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.

Some of them, as for example a poem called Richard Coeur de Lion and Blondel, are written in penny and twopenny notebooks of the kind used by laundresses. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle

All the notes I made of the coaching trip were a few lines a day in twopenny pass-books bought before we started. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

He spluttered into my ears that there wasn't so much as a twopenny signal mortar on board, and no more powder than enough to load one of his duelling pistols. Romance

You see, on my way here I dropped into a barber's to get a twopenny shave, and they told me there that he was something of a character. One Day More A Play In One Act

For the rest he followed his authorities, and has followed them now to the remote recesses of the literary lumber-room and into the twopenny book-box. Certain Personal Matters

She was so happy when she hailed the twopenny bus that when she got into it her face was beaming with the delight which adds freshness and good looks to any woman. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst"

The young lady supplied 5 twopenny stamps, 30 penny stamps, and 8 twopence-halfpenny stamps, which delivery exactly fulfils the conditions and represents a cost of five shillings. Amusements in Mathematics

We were left with a vision of shameless visitors with their twopenny calls and interminable bills running up even while we were away on our holidays. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21

We have been able to obtain twopenny cigars in this country for years. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 27, 1917

On the second day after Tim's departure, I received a letter from him by the twopenny post. Japhet, in Search of a Father

He returned from different excursions with a twopenny loaf, a red sausage, a pipe, box of lights and screw of tobacco, and a noggin or so of gin in an old soda-water bottle. Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches

He took her into the refreshment tent, and blundered as far as offering her a twopenny ice-cream at the ice-cream stall. Joanna Godden

"That's right, my twopenny," a name he used confidentially to her. Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers

It was the most monstrous specification and proposal I ever read, and I returned it by the twopenny post, axing her if she hadn't forgotten to include a set of false teeth. Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities

"Why doesn't the policeman pay his fare?" inquired the old gentleman on the twopenny tram, observing that no money passed between the constable and the conductor. More Toasts

The fog, and the slops, and the smell by Billingsgate, could have been tokens of no more than a twopenny journey to Shepherd's Bush. London River

Very probably, but I run just as much risk in a 'bus, the twopenny tube, or a cinematograph show. The Sorcery Club

That romance, in which you have had the baseness to use your knowledge of a mother’s guilt as a motif in your twopenny plot, unveiled to me the secret of your hidden existence. In the Wrong Paradise

If we reflect upon the subject we shall see how sound and valuable are the principles on which all our twopenny appeals are based. The Authoritative Life of General William Booth

Loaves the size of the twopenny loaves will want 1-1/2 hours in a hot oven. Dr. Allinson's cookery book Comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes

The warming pans and the twopenny tube have lured him away from us. Shandygaff

If he goes to the baker, the baker will huff, And twentypence have for a twopenny loaf, Then dog, rogue, and rascal, and so kick and cuff. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2

One day I blasphemed on crossing the Park and spoke contemptuously of "God and his twopenny ha'penny revolving balls," referring to the planetary system. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy

A dozen of bread was also divided into six twopenny, or twelve penny loaves. Notes and Queries, Number 49, October 5, 1850

Sentiment, GORST, to your stern soul, May seem a "Simple Simon;" But if there be a cheaper r�le, 'Tis that of twopenny Timon! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 27, 1891

Well, twopenny clerks do keep up a pretty scratch and no mistake. Broken to the Plow

Dr. Freind was with me, and pulled out a twopenny pamphlet just published called 'The State of Wit,' giving a character of all the papers that have come out of late. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer

I am so much too modest and too wise to expect the patronage of two editors in succession, that I expect both my poems in a return cover, by every twopenny post. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)

But I shall always feel funky at the sight even of a child's twopenny bow and arrow. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories

I almost wish we had kept the table as it was," pursued Steel over his cigar, "and had one of those flash-light photographs taken, as they do at all the twopenny banquets nowadays. The Shadow of the Rope

"I can be trusted to tear myself if there's a twopenny splinter anywhere," said he. Strawberry Acres

Among other matters he had looked into penny stamps, twopenny stamps, and other stamps. John Caldigate

Over these doors were two plastered rooms, twopenny private boxes for gentlefolk. Master Skylark

At that time the Society had not published their "List," and our twopenny guide was common in the hands of visiters. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 545, May 5, 1832

Others will linger at the tempting window filled with the "twopenny," and read all the open pages; then pass on to another of the same description, and thus enjoy literature by the way of Cheapside. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 286, December 8, 1827

Robin, thus seated, proceeded to light his pipe, and call for a pint of twopenny. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827

I do not expect to get a one and twopenny tea with a fine two and ninepenny flavour. A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald"

BALFOUR, that he always thought Colorado was the name of a twopenny cigar, has failed to make the situation easier. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919

Franklin's breakfast, for many years, was only bread and milk; and he ate it out of a twopenny earthen bowl with a pewter spoon. Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans

The sixpenny weekly public already had its needs met; so had the penny, the twopenny, the threepenny, and the shilling public. Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract

The daily press informs us that we are "in sight of the twopenny egg." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 12, 1919

We have long been used to twopenny meals, but of course much more was charged for them. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 24, 1917

The South Carolina business is probably settled by this time by Mr. Clay's compromise bill, so that the legitimates of Europe may stop blowing their twopenny trumpets in triumph at our disunion. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II

A pretty degree of knighthood, sir, is that which can be bought with sugar hogsheads! and then your twopenny marquisates. The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757

As for your little trumpery twopenny ring, there, sir, there!' The Rose and the Ring

Mrs. Tibbs resumed her occupation of making worsted lattice-work in the carpet, anxiously listening to the twopenny postman, who was hammering his way down the street, at the rate of a penny a knock. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people

Jos liked to hear it, but the Major used to go off growling at the appearance of this woman, with her twopenny gentility. Vanity Fair

Mr. Snodgrass was affected, but he undertook the delivery of the note as readily as if he had been a twopenny postman. The Pickwick Papers

I dropped into a barber's on my way, to get a twopenny shave, and they told me there he was something of a character. To-morrow

"Would you like a twopenny stinker?" said Athelny, handing him a cigar. Of Human Bondage

He thinks with me," said Dorothea to herself, "or rather, he thinks a whole world of which my thought is but a poor twopenny mirror. Middlemarch

I get into court, take my place in the quietest corner, and there I sit, and pass other men's fees and briefs like a twopenny postman, only without pay. Vivian Grey

When I was a child I went to the twopenny travelling theatre to see Hamlet. Twilight in Italy

Godwin keeps a shop in Skinner Street, Snow Hill, he is turned children's bookseller, and sells penny, twopenny, threepenny, and fourpenny books. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820

It was a twopenny novelette, and the author was Courtenay Paget. Of Human Bondage

I'll put her to the proof," he said to himself, "if she likes this twopenny halfpenny cross, she is a miracle among women. The Best British Short Stories of 1922

He was spelling over a weekly twopenny newspaper, borrowed from the public-house, by the help of a flaring tallow candle, and a pair of spectacles, of which one glass was out. The Channings

But she will die of religion—young, and be sainted in a twopenny tract, and that is better than a pony. Wilfrid Cumbermede

So I shall not play the twopenny despot. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes

"A lawyer!" cried out half a dozen together, pretty much with the same tone and emphasis as though he had said a twopenny postman; "the devil they are." Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1

Pretends 'e doesn't care a twopenny, but always got 'is eye on what you're thinking of 'im … if you know what I mean. Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts

Arthur preferred to remain at his post, and get on further, sending the housekeeper's little maid out for a twopenny roll, which he ate as he wrote. The Channings

If pride exists amongst any folks in our country, and assuredly we have enough of it, there is no pride more deep-seated than that of twopenny old gentlewomen in small towns. The History of Pendennis

I wish it were possible to make you understand that my concern is to save England rather than a twopenny captain. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes

An attack was now commenced upon the car-cakes and smoked fish, and sustained with great perseverance by assistance of a bicker or two of twopenny ale and a bottle of gin. The Antiquary — Volume 02

I am fatigued from morning till night about twopenny matters, if any of which is forgotten I am complained of as a man who minds not his business. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843

The comings in of an incipient conveyancer are not adequate to the receipt of three twopenny post non-paids in a week. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842

The weary and all forspent twopenny postman sinks beneath a load of delicate embarrassments, not his own. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia

"I can assure you," he replied, "that you might trade your lawful right in the lady for a twopenny whistle and not lose by the bargain." Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes

It was computed by an experienced arithmetician, that there was as much twopenny ale consumed on the discussion as would have floated a first-rate man-of-war. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1

Instantly Georgie recollected that he had seen him there already this morning before his visit to Olga, buying a new twopenny paper in a yellow cover called "Todd's News." Queen Lucia

But the fourth, refusing to join their company, took his station at the opposite side of the chimney, and called for a pint of twopenny, with which he indulged himself apart. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves

So exhilarated was I, that just before I mounted the omnibus - it was a cold morning, but I would not ride inside - I treated myself to a twopenny cigar. More Pages from a Journal

This gives a compound or twopenny sensation of the unspeakable, combined with absolute innocuity, like a vegetarian chop or a temperance champagne. Without Prejudice

Why should this little twopenny, one-horse place—I mean in size and furnishments—have such luck as to get the best there is in France? No Defense, Complete

Why should this little twopenny, one-horse place— I mean in size and furnishments—have such luck as to get the best there is in France? No Defense, Volume 1.

On the other hand, I have nobody to care a twopenny curse what becomes of me. In Kedar's Tents

What the people who read the reports may say, I should not care one twopenny d— if I had to administer the thing. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3

He admitted that he couldn't be scared, but there was a way, "as broad as a turnpike, to get in and shake his twopenny soul around and inside out and upside down—by God!" Lord Jim

Throw away such work upon a twopenny halfpenny bazaar! The Long Vacation

I will not, my good twopenny rascal; reach me thy neuf. The Poetaster

"Oh! sometimes it is clamming; nothing but a twopenny roll all day, and kept to hard work all the same; sometimes my bed taken away, you know, sir, but mostly the punishment jacket." It Is Never Too Late to Mend

"And now you aren't?—Oh, well, leave love alone, as any twopenny doctor would tell you." Aaron's Rod

To-day a grotesque twopenny doll was lying on the floor near the old woman. The Aran Islands

Brisk reputations, indeed, are like bottled twopenny, or pop “they sparkle, are exhaled, and fly”—not to heaven, but to the Limbo. Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society

A similar remark applies, with much greater force, to the present defective mode of informing the public of the position of the receiving houses for the twopenny and general post. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures

By the governor's there, and I was a week on a twopenny loaf once a day, and kept at hard work on that till I dropped. It Is Never Too Late to Mend

We do not meet here to-day as critics with our appreciations and depreciations, our twopenny little prefaces or our forewords. Mark Twain's Speeches

He is a clerk in a Government office; to which duty he trudges daily, refusing even twopenny omnibuses. The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh

Very few men have rubbed through the world without hearing and witnessing some of these Hibernian phenomena—these twopenny splendours. The Book of Snobs

In this delightful, wholesome, ever-novel twopenny game, there is a danger of excess, as there is in every other pastime or occupation of life. Roundabout Papers

Such was the gossip over the good twopenny in every alehouse within three or four miles of Ellangowan, that being about the diameter of the orbit in which our friend Godfrey Bertram, Esq., Guy Mannering

Shargar stood again and shivered at the door, till Robert came out with a penny loaf in one hand, and a twopenny loaf in the other. Robert Falconer

A huge card in the window claimed for these that they were “the most satisfactory twopenny smokes in London.” John Ingerfield and Other Stories

And on Sundays, when we had a quart of twopenny ale, instead of butter-milk, to our porridge, it was always served up in a silver posset-dish. Redgauntlet

Suppose in the game of life—and it is but a twopenny game after all—you are equally eager of winning. Roundabout Papers

What a pity it is that the University Press of to-day has become a trading concern, a shop for twopenny manuals and penny primers! Oxford

He then handed him the twopenny and the penny loaves, which were all his stock had reached to the purchase of, and left him, saying,— 'I maun awa' to my tay, Shargar. Robert Falconer

The conductor took the shilling, punched two twopenny tickets, and then stood trying to think it out. Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green

I suppose they had wanted a twopenny cake, or something like that. The Way of All Flesh

These are but a few common examples, chosen from a meagre little library, a "twopenny treasure-house," but they illustrate, on a minute scale, the nature of the collector's passion,—the character of his innocent pleasures. The Library

Do you think I'm a man to propose mere twopenny infamies to you? Beatrix

Robin thus seated, proceeded to light his pipe, and call for a pint of twopenny. Chronicles of the Canongate

‘The Financial Pilot’ does not take that sort of business; and I find you very bold to come and propose to me a twopenny rascality.” Other People's Money

I won't be made game of by a twopenny literary adventurer like that. The Club of Queer Trades

There's been more waste on this twopenny ship than what there is to an Atlantic Liner.' The Ebb-Tide

Translators who employ prose “tell the story without the song,” but, at least, they add no twopenny “beauties” and cheap conceits of their own. Essays in Little

He didn’t care a twopenny fiddlestring about the Cause, but he rather enjoyed the idea of having his finger in the political pie. The Toys of Peace, and other papers

These books are extraordinarily rare; you are more likely to find them in some collection of twopenny rubbish than to buy them in the regular market. Letters on Literature

We often set out on a fine morning, Salemina and I, and travel twenty miles in the day, though we have to double our twopenny fee several times to accomplish that distance. Penelope's English Experiences

单词	twopenny
例句	twopenny "London, all agape, crowds to the twopenny tube," the Daily Mail reported in the week of its opening. London Underground at 150 - a birthday journey 2013-01-09T05:21:53Z Our daughter picked her way through a mechanical funhouse, then fed twopenny coins into slot machines. On the English coast, Hastings’ attractions span centuries 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z In the most common Random House edition, it’s there, it’s final and it’s huge — an inky one-eighth of an inch in diameter, the head of a twopenny nail stabbed into the book. The Strange Case of the Missing Joyce Scholar 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Over 10 years, Trump's so-called “twopenny plan” adds up to a 27 percent reduction across the board. Analysis \| President Trump’s ‘balanced’ budget relies on $2,062,000,000,000 in mystery money 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z They would hold out the town itself as security, a twopenny rate, promises, accommodations, anything. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z We whistled loud, we whistled long, The whole of that afternoon; But there wasn't wind enough to float A twopenny pink balloon. Kensington Rhymes 2012-03-15T02:00:28.607Z Having refreshed my mind with a hurried inspection of this delightful, albeit, somewhat miscellaneous gathering, and my body with a twopenny Bath bun, I gracefully retired, greatly pleased with the afternoon's entertainment. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z Read some blackguard twopenny trash when you should be cleaning harness! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z But I hate the care of even a tiny and twopenny house and wish I could farm out the same. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z For think of it: here was no twopenny ride on a clanging tram through naked, unshaded streets before they could reach the sea. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z This was the ordinary town courtesan, who, eschewing the penny and twopenny rabble of the pit and gallery, frequented the cheapest of the better-class seats, or main body of the house. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z "And they've been knocked about like a couple of twopenny teacups," added George. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z These balls do not vary materially from any other twopenny dances, either in London or Paris; but as a morning lounge, the place is not without attractions. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z I had the same notion of Mr. Cobbett's papers, his 'twopenny sheets' and of Hone's Register, and indeed of all that were published in 1816. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z The only other stamps printed in this style were the twopenny blue, issued concurrently with the penny black; the halfpenny rose; and the three-halfpenny red rose, both issued on October 1, 1870. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z The threepenny post began where the twopenny post ended. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z He crossed himself at all the twopenny representations of the Divine agony. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z So Ransey Tansey invented a play on the spot that would have brought down the house in a twopenny theatre if properly put on the stage. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z At the close of each day's proceedings, Carlile issued a full report and sold it in twopenny sheets. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z Whilst waiting for supplies to come from England, they commissioned a local watchmaker to engrave two dies, one for a penny and one for a twopenny stamp. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z By the twopenny post the postage is not necessarily 2d., but, according as it is a twopenny post letter, a general post letter, or a foreign letter, may be 3d., 2d., or nothing. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z Fancy, Jeff!" she exclaimed, her fingers in the leaves of some old twopenny notebook or other, "I can actually read my old shorthand yet! The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z I'm as good a man as him, though I'm a larrikin and he's a twopenny lord. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z All these publications for which she was sentenced had been on sale for a long time without interference, except the twopenny "Mock Trial" sheets, and thousands were sold without any complaints being heard about them. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z Not only are there copies of the "penny blacks" and "twopenny blues," sufficient to delight the heart of any very advanced collector, but there are also copies of the most valuable early surface-printed specimens. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z The Act of 1794 imposed a postage of 2d. in both directions; and here we see not indeed the origin of the twopenny post but the twopenny post fully established. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z "Yes," she mumbled in a low voice to the twopenny notebook. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z These way offices were known locally as twopenny offices, that is, the keepers charged twopence on every letter passing through their hands. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z On my way I passed a Palace of Pleasure or Varieties, or Something wherein a twopenny wax-work show seemed at the moment to be one of its greatest attractions. Mr. Punch at the Seaside 2011-08-24T02:00:23.487Z Were the question to be put, "Which is the rarest stamp in the world?" probably the answer would be, more often than not, "The twopenny 'Post Office' Mauritius." Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z The same result is apparent in the case of what, for distinction's sake, we will still call the London penny post, although the London penny post had become a twopenny and threepenny one. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z The place was a poor kind of cookshop, the staples of which were penny bowls of broth and tea for the poverty-stricken dock labourers, with twopenny plates of potato-pie for the better-off. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Afterwards he was apt to remark that he owed his commission to a twopenny pen which might, for aught he knew, have been made in Germany. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The price of food in London that morning was absolutely prohibitive, as much as two shillings being asked for a twopenny loaf. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z The twopenny and the penny "Post Office" Mauritius have an interesting history. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z Offices for the receipt of general post letters are still kept separate and distinct from those for the receipt of letters for the twopenny post. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z Oh, now, he's got to Garraway's—I tell you again, you are not at Margate, raffling for twopenny toys. Fontainbleau 2011-03-30T02:00:17.797Z I mean that he paid a twopenny outstanding tailor's bill for me. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z Why, you don't imagine that Ancram's twopenny salary can pay him! A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z Another curious stamp is the twopenny plum colour King Edward issue of Great Britain. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z Twenty years before, the office in Gerrard Street, the headquarters of the twopenny post in Westminster, had been enlarged. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z “And—and—does Harry wear an apron—and—and serve twopenny dinners?” The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z Plato wanted to reorganize social order and the common life; the young man in the twopenny tube was the man he was after. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z If pride exists among any folks in our country, and assuredly we have enough of it, there is no pride more deep-seated than that of twopenny old gentlewomen in small towns. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z The story relating to this stamp is as follows: In the early months of the year 1910 it was decided to change both the pattern and colour of the twopenny green and carmine. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z But the general post limits did not coincide with the limits of the twopenny post: and the limits of both the twopenny post and the general post differed from those of the foreign post. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z He then put it again into the bottle, together with a silver twopenny piece of 1772. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z And to go and throw herself away upon a twopenny lawyer's clerk! The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z “Oh yes: but I don’t mean that way, where every twopenny eel spoils four pen’orth o’ good line and hooks. Real Gold A Story of Adventure Then there is the historic pair of sketches in water-colours, roughly executed by Sir Rowland Hill to show the approximate appearance of the penny stamp in black and the twopenny stamp in blue. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z Financially the London penny and twopenny posts were always successful. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study Together with the bottle, he enclosed two silver twopenny pieces of his majesty's coin, which had been struck in 1772. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z There are the front rows covered in velvet, one shilling; wooden benches behind, sixpence; and, right at the back, the twopenny part. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors Then he went out and handed in the twopenny check. A Bed of Roses If the penny or twopenny rate gave even the shabbiest accommodation to anything like a fair proportion of its compulsory subscribers, there would not be standing room, and the ordinary subscription libraries would disappear. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses Henceforward the service was known as the "twopenny post." The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study We had no cheap twopenny and penny toys then, for it was long before Christmas trees became generally known in England. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves Puffing contentedly at a twopenny cigar, Bindle enjoyed to the full the story so ably presented; but nothing gave him so much pleasure as the magistrate's closing words. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle The one penny and twopenny English issued in 1840 had letters in the lower corners only, the fourpenny, sixpenny, and one shilling had no letters. Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895 He, entering the office one day, asked for twopenny revenue stamps to the amount of two pounds sterling, which having received, he threw down a deed. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance Far as Evans understands there’ll be nothing left for ’em but a twopenny pension.” Lady Cassandra Robin, thus seated, proceeded to light his pipe and call for a pint of twopenny. International Short Stories English There was a twopenny post for London, but elsewhere the charge for letters was exorbitant and prohibitory. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself Formerly the favourite beer was a mixture of ale or beer and twopenny, until a brewer named Harwood produced a beer with the same flavour, which he called entire or entire butt. Notes and Queries, Number 228, March 11, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Even to us poor humdrum mortals, toiling meanly on office stools at our twopenny enterprises, it seems more than a giant’s task. Thomas Andrews Shipbuilder However, no joking over these matters was allowed; there was a penny fine for forgetting the looking-glass once, and a twopenny fine for forgetting it a second time. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. Then I owe you fourpence for two twopenny bunches. Better than Play Of this last voucher there is a duplicate copy bearing a twopenny receipt stamp. The Annals of Willenhall I trust, sir, this is the last time I shall have to trouble you with these twopenny concerns. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) William Cobbett, came from Fleet Street to sell his Indian corn, for which no one cared, and to print and publish his twopenny Political Register, for which the London Radicals of that day hungered. Old and New London Volume I He was an irreclaimable drunkard, thought only of the necessities of the hour, and slept in the fields when his finances would not admit of payment of a twopenny lodging in St. Giles’s. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. Whether revival of the twopenny has caused it to exhibit any kind of corresponding resurrectionary symptoms is a matter which cannot yet be pronounced upon. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing “Well,” said Attwater, “you seem to me to be a very twopenny pirate!” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston We were—I may say, we are—at the mercy of the merest twopenny accident.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) The mere list he here furnishes us with would serve to crowd one of the “twopenny audiences” in the small theatres of that day. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors On this subject there is, in a little twopenny weekly magazine, called The Torch, 9 Sep., Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign You and I could weather it out together on a twopenny roll. The Landleaguers There’s been more waste on this twopenny ship than what there is to an 74 Atlantic Liner.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston I should have had that twopenny framed to hang upon 32 the wall, for it was the man’s one act of charity in all my knowledge of him. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) It is here too he calls Steele “a twopenny author,” alluding to the price of the “Tatlers”—but this cost Dennis dear! Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Tin trumpets, twopenny tambourines, and concertinas are all very well in their way, but, try how I will, I cannot associate them with ghosts. Byways of Ghost-Land It was reported in the Family Churchman, and reprinted after revision as a twopenny pamphlet, with the first title of "I." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Nobody in all London, he declared, and apparently without excepting Mr. Thrush, cared a twopenny curse what became of his poor boy. The Camera Fiend You can stroll along with me a bit, and we'll see if we can buy you a twopenny toy for a birthday present.' A Great Man A Frolic His breakfast for a long time was bread and milk, and he ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer with a pewter spoon. Benjamin Franklin The holinesses of St. Paul’s we found converted into a twopenny, and those of Westminster into a sixpenny show. Leading Articles on Various Subjects I abdicate the twopenny crown, and invest you with the kingdom of Brentford; don't be a fool and cry; you make a much taller and handsomer viscount than ever I could.” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Walker, the twopenny postman, would have had no chance against us. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 He never thought of so much as a pennyworth of toffee for Ethel, or a silver thimble for his mother, or a twopenny cigar for Mr. Pilkings. Oswald Bastable and Others It is stated in one of its late prefaces that it was originally issued at Stockton in a small twopenny brochure, without date, printed by and for R. Christopher. Chenodia Or, the Classical Mother Goose They very kindly sent for twopenny worth of butter for me, and allowed me the honour of using the only cup and saucer, which they said were over one hundred years old. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement That boy—he was asleep at the twopenny doss, and the trousers were drying. Somehow Good My twopenny thoughts drooped and fainted as they rose. The Message But this is digression, and our narrative demands that we proceed to tell how a twopenny fare in a little steamboat from Uleåborg brought us to the tar stores. Through Finland in Carts Large and raggedly bound volumes, which apparently had been acquired from the twopenny boxes outside second-hand bookshops, lined the shelves of the outer office, and the chairs were of an early-Victorian horsehair variety. The Orchard of Tears “Here’s a letter, then!”—tossing the missive to him, “And a twopenny stamp you will save.” Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 I myself came to the knowledge of Queensland, and a great deal more, through its blue twopenny. Spare Hours When that twopenny sawbones of a doctor was rude to you, I licked him within an inch of his life. The Hero In the midst of this general distress the twopenny omnibuses made their first appearance in London, and the first issue of the "Daily News" appeared in the metropolis. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Ha, ha!" laughed Madge Figgy, "I'm glad you are pleased, Tom, ha, ha! refused five shillings, and took a twopenny loaf! Cornwall's Wonderland He went to the baker's and bought a twopenny roll; he ate it in his office, and then lay down on the floor of his office and went to sleep. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin "At more leisur'd times he makes disticks on noblemen which are put under their twopenny pictures that hang in the bookbinders' shops." Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters Down! to the twopenny box of the stall! A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II I had bought it about half a year before—put a nice green riband to it, and a twopenny key.—This it was that got me the silver seal, and I’ll tell you how. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 Why the deuce couldn't he have kept his twopenny thunderbolt in his pocket for a few hours, instead of launching it to-night and spoiling our sole à la Morny and our ris de veau——! The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts When the baker's shop opened he may have bought another twopenny roll. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin P.S.—A dreadful thought has just occurred to me—that this is a quadruple letter, and that Elstree may not be within the twopenny post. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 But Time, whose speech is never long,— He hasn't time for it—stops the song And says—Lilliput lamps! leave the twopenny boxes, And shine in the Budget of Paradoxes! A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II It sadly wants new punctuation, being vilely printed just as I first saw it when a boy in some twopenny edition. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti There was exactly what you find at the end of a twopenny journey when your only luggage is an evening paper, an umbrella, and that tired feeling. Old Junk We asked a twopenny lawyer, of no more importance in the community than Dophy is, if it was possible he was not arrested. A Confederate Girl's Diary On the second day after Tim’s departure, I received a letter from him by the twopenny post. Japhet in Search of a Father "Half a pound of twopenny rice, Half a pound of treacle, Stir it up and make it nice, Pop goes the weasel." A History of Nursery Rhymes Was it Dr. Johnson who remarked that one great charm of London is that you may walk in a crowded street, eating a twopenny bun, without attracting a second glance? Old Valentines A Love Story The result to the fortunate proprietor was a substantial one; his house became known and for many years kept up its reputation on the deformity of a twopenny shell-fish. The History of "Punch" She is one of those folks who are for ever drawing twopenny cheques upon your feelings, and there are no funds in my bank to meet them. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow At a smart walk he made for the tube station, bought a ticket at the twopenny machine and entered the lift. Men of Affairs Brother Salter was not a brother at all—he was still in the world, a little, twopenny man with a thin black beard, sad black eyes and a perch mouth. A Circuit Rider's Wife The twopenny dram of pure Jamaica is preferred by them, and particularly those who live in the country, to any other kind of malt, or spirituous liqueurs. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves It is quite certain that, up to ten shillings, penny and twopenny bids were accepted. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting Yet each evening comes the ragged twopenny minstrel—a blear-eyed, croaking minstrel, and the good folk give him ear. Erik Dorn Nor have we lodging-houses with beds on the “twopenny rope” principle. Pickwickian Manners and Customs “You twopenny turnip,” said Slagg, “why did you screech like—” He stopped. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables Before he left the place that colporteur had sold a fourpenny and a twopenny Testament, and several other religious works, beside distributing tracts gratuitously all round. Post Haste "We could get twelve twopenny cakes for two shillings," calculated Dulcie; "but if there are eight of us, that's only one and a half apiece." The Princess of the School The lad took his seat on one side of a narrow table, Joey on the other, and his new acquaintance called for two pints of tea, a twopenny loaf, and two penny bits of cheese. The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook If there is any tendency to constipation get some liquorice, and boil it thoroughly with about half an ounce of senna leaves to a twopenny stick. Papers on Health But he did not show you the correspondence about it between the bishop and this charlatan of twopenny Atheism? France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 In real wars, mind you, not your twopenny ha’penny Bombardment of Alexandria business!—aye, Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy By the way, when you go out get me a couple of boxes of sardines, will you, and a dozen twopenny cigars?” My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life This does not appear to have come by the twopenny post? The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814 On the fine heath, or down, that skirts the Park, are hundreds of donkeys, and you are invited to take a halfpenny, penny, or twopenny ride. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland But Posh could never regard the “mild bare,” the “twopenny” of the district, as an enemy. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" A chimney-sweeper's boy went into a baker's shop for a twopenny loaf, and conceiving it to be diminutive in size, remarked to the baker that he did not believe it was weight. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings The quarrel was soon made up with the help of some of the twopenny cigars, which were now produced along with the beer-bottles. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life In London people let you take a twopenny bus ticket to Westminster instead of walking across the Park, and go to ruin in your own sweet way. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920 While it boils, crumble a twopenny loaf into a deep bowl, upon which pour the boiling milk. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide In twenty twopenny controversies he took the revolutionary side, I fear in most cases because it was called revolutionary. George Bernard Shaw They found the Indians "very cunning" in bargaining, which means, we suppose, that they thought a twopenny whittle a poor return for a hog or a sack of maize. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. Some of them, as for example a poem called Richard Coeur de Lion and Blondel, are written in penny and twopenny notebooks of the kind used by laundresses. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle All the notes I made of the coaching trip were a few lines a day in twopenny pass-books bought before we started. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie He spluttered into my ears that there wasn't so much as a twopenny signal mortar on board, and no more powder than enough to load one of his duelling pistols. Romance You see, on my way here I dropped into a barber's to get a twopenny shave, and they told me there that he was something of a character. One Day More A Play In One Act For the rest he followed his authorities, and has followed them now to the remote recesses of the literary lumber-room and into the twopenny book-box. Certain Personal Matters She was so happy when she hailed the twopenny bus that when she got into it her face was beaming with the delight which adds freshness and good looks to any woman. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" The young lady supplied 5 twopenny stamps, 30 penny stamps, and 8 twopence-halfpenny stamps, which delivery exactly fulfils the conditions and represents a cost of five shillings. Amusements in Mathematics We were left with a vision of shameless visitors with their twopenny calls and interminable bills running up even while we were away on our holidays. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21 We have been able to obtain twopenny cigars in this country for years. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 27, 1917 On the second day after Tim's departure, I received a letter from him by the twopenny post. Japhet, in Search of a Father He returned from different excursions with a twopenny loaf, a red sausage, a pipe, box of lights and screw of tobacco, and a noggin or so of gin in an old soda-water bottle. Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches He took her into the refreshment tent, and blundered as far as offering her a twopenny ice-cream at the ice-cream stall. Joanna Godden "That's right, my twopenny," a name he used confidentially to her. Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers It was the most monstrous specification and proposal I ever read, and I returned it by the twopenny post, axing her if she hadn't forgotten to include a set of false teeth. Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities "Why doesn't the policeman pay his fare?" inquired the old gentleman on the twopenny tram, observing that no money passed between the constable and the conductor. More Toasts The fog, and the slops, and the smell by Billingsgate, could have been tokens of no more than a twopenny journey to Shepherd's Bush. London River Very probably, but I run just as much risk in a 'bus, the twopenny tube, or a cinematograph show. The Sorcery Club That romance, in which you have had the baseness to use your knowledge of a mother’s guilt as a motif in your twopenny plot, unveiled to me the secret of your hidden existence. In the Wrong Paradise If we reflect upon the subject we shall see how sound and valuable are the principles on which all our twopenny appeals are based. The Authoritative Life of General William Booth Loaves the size of the twopenny loaves will want 1-1/2 hours in a hot oven. Dr. Allinson's cookery book Comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes The warming pans and the twopenny tube have lured him away from us. Shandygaff If he goes to the baker, the baker will huff, And twentypence have for a twopenny loaf, Then dog, rogue, and rascal, and so kick and cuff. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 One day I blasphemed on crossing the Park and spoke contemptuously of "God and his twopenny ha'penny revolving balls," referring to the planetary system. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy A dozen of bread was also divided into six twopenny, or twelve penny loaves. Notes and Queries, Number 49, October 5, 1850 Sentiment, GORST, to your stern soul, May seem a "Simple Simon;" But if there be a cheaper r�le, 'Tis that of twopenny Timon! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 27, 1891 Well, twopenny clerks do keep up a pretty scratch and no mistake. Broken to the Plow Dr. Freind was with me, and pulled out a twopenny pamphlet just published called 'The State of Wit,' giving a character of all the papers that have come out of late. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer I am so much too modest and too wise to expect the patronage of two editors in succession, that I expect both my poems in a return cover, by every twopenny post. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) But I shall always feel funky at the sight even of a child's twopenny bow and arrow. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories I almost wish we had kept the table as it was," pursued Steel over his cigar, "and had one of those flash-light photographs taken, as they do at all the twopenny banquets nowadays. The Shadow of the Rope "I can be trusted to tear myself if there's a twopenny splinter anywhere," said he. Strawberry Acres Among other matters he had looked into penny stamps, twopenny stamps, and other stamps. John Caldigate Over these doors were two plastered rooms, twopenny private boxes for gentlefolk. Master Skylark At that time the Society had not published their "List," and our twopenny guide was common in the hands of visiters. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 545, May 5, 1832 Others will linger at the tempting window filled with the "twopenny," and read all the open pages; then pass on to another of the same description, and thus enjoy literature by the way of Cheapside. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 286, December 8, 1827 Robin, thus seated, proceeded to light his pipe, and call for a pint of twopenny. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827 I do not expect to get a one and twopenny tea with a fine two and ninepenny flavour. A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" BALFOUR, that he always thought Colorado was the name of a twopenny cigar, has failed to make the situation easier. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 Franklin's breakfast, for many years, was only bread and milk; and he ate it out of a twopenny earthen bowl with a pewter spoon. Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans The sixpenny weekly public already had its needs met; so had the penny, the twopenny, the threepenny, and the shilling public. Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract The daily press informs us that we are "in sight of the twopenny egg." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 12, 1919 We have long been used to twopenny meals, but of course much more was charged for them. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 24, 1917 The South Carolina business is probably settled by this time by Mr. Clay's compromise bill, so that the legitimates of Europe may stop blowing their twopenny trumpets in triumph at our disunion. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II A pretty degree of knighthood, sir, is that which can be bought with sugar hogsheads! and then your twopenny marquisates. The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 As for your little trumpery twopenny ring, there, sir, there!' The Rose and the Ring Mrs. Tibbs resumed her occupation of making worsted lattice-work in the carpet, anxiously listening to the twopenny postman, who was hammering his way down the street, at the rate of a penny a knock. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people Jos liked to hear it, but the Major used to go off growling at the appearance of this woman, with her twopenny gentility. Vanity Fair Mr. Snodgrass was affected, but he undertook the delivery of the note as readily as if he had been a twopenny postman. The Pickwick Papers I dropped into a barber's on my way, to get a twopenny shave, and they told me there he was something of a character. To-morrow "Would you like a twopenny stinker?" said Athelny, handing him a cigar. Of Human Bondage He thinks with me," said Dorothea to herself, "or rather, he thinks a whole world of which my thought is but a poor twopenny mirror. Middlemarch I get into court, take my place in the quietest corner, and there I sit, and pass other men's fees and briefs like a twopenny postman, only without pay. Vivian Grey When I was a child I went to the twopenny travelling theatre to see Hamlet. Twilight in Italy Godwin keeps a shop in Skinner Street, Snow Hill, he is turned children's bookseller, and sells penny, twopenny, threepenny, and fourpenny books. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 It was a twopenny novelette, and the author was Courtenay Paget. Of Human Bondage I'll put her to the proof," he said to himself, "if she likes this twopenny halfpenny cross, she is a miracle among women. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 He was spelling over a weekly twopenny newspaper, borrowed from the public-house, by the help of a flaring tallow candle, and a pair of spectacles, of which one glass was out. The Channings But she will die of religion—young, and be sainted in a twopenny tract, and that is better than a pony. Wilfrid Cumbermede So I shall not play the twopenny despot. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes "A lawyer!" cried out half a dozen together, pretty much with the same tone and emphasis as though he had said a twopenny postman; "the devil they are." Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 Pretends 'e doesn't care a twopenny, but always got 'is eye on what you're thinking of 'im … if you know what I mean. Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts Arthur preferred to remain at his post, and get on further, sending the housekeeper's little maid out for a twopenny roll, which he ate as he wrote. The Channings If pride exists amongst any folks in our country, and assuredly we have enough of it, there is no pride more deep-seated than that of twopenny old gentlewomen in small towns. The History of Pendennis I wish it were possible to make you understand that my concern is to save England rather than a twopenny captain. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes An attack was now commenced upon the car-cakes and smoked fish, and sustained with great perseverance by assistance of a bicker or two of twopenny ale and a bottle of gin. The Antiquary — Volume 02 I am fatigued from morning till night about twopenny matters, if any of which is forgotten I am complained of as a man who minds not his business. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 The comings in of an incipient conveyancer are not adequate to the receipt of three twopenny post non-paids in a week. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 The weary and all forspent twopenny postman sinks beneath a load of delicate embarrassments, not his own. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia "I can assure you," he replied, "that you might trade your lawful right in the lady for a twopenny whistle and not lose by the bargain." Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes It was computed by an experienced arithmetician, that there was as much twopenny ale consumed on the discussion as would have floated a first-rate man-of-war. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Instantly Georgie recollected that he had seen him there already this morning before his visit to Olga, buying a new twopenny paper in a yellow cover called "Todd's News." Queen Lucia But the fourth, refusing to join their company, took his station at the opposite side of the chimney, and called for a pint of twopenny, with which he indulged himself apart. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves So exhilarated was I, that just before I mounted the omnibus - it was a cold morning, but I would not ride inside - I treated myself to a twopenny cigar. More Pages from a Journal This gives a compound or twopenny sensation of the unspeakable, combined with absolute innocuity, like a vegetarian chop or a temperance champagne. Without Prejudice Why should this little twopenny, one-horse place—I mean in size and furnishments—have such luck as to get the best there is in France? No Defense, Complete Why should this little twopenny, one-horse place— I mean in size and furnishments—have such luck as to get the best there is in France? No Defense, Volume 1. On the other hand, I have nobody to care a twopenny curse what becomes of me. In Kedar's Tents What the people who read the reports may say, I should not care one twopenny d— if I had to administer the thing. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 He admitted that he couldn't be scared, but there was a way, "as broad as a turnpike, to get in and shake his twopenny soul around and inside out and upside down—by God!" Lord Jim Throw away such work upon a twopenny halfpenny bazaar! The Long Vacation I will not, my good twopenny rascal; reach me thy neuf. The Poetaster "Oh! sometimes it is clamming; nothing but a twopenny roll all day, and kept to hard work all the same; sometimes my bed taken away, you know, sir, but mostly the punishment jacket." It Is Never Too Late to Mend "And now you aren't?—Oh, well, leave love alone, as any twopenny doctor would tell you." Aaron's Rod To-day a grotesque twopenny doll was lying on the floor near the old woman. The Aran Islands Brisk reputations, indeed, are like bottled twopenny, or pop “they sparkle, are exhaled, and fly”—not to heaven, but to the Limbo. Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society A similar remark applies, with much greater force, to the present defective mode of informing the public of the position of the receiving houses for the twopenny and general post. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures By the governor's there, and I was a week on a twopenny loaf once a day, and kept at hard work on that till I dropped. It Is Never Too Late to Mend We do not meet here to-day as critics with our appreciations and depreciations, our twopenny little prefaces or our forewords. Mark Twain's Speeches He is a clerk in a Government office; to which duty he trudges daily, refusing even twopenny omnibuses. The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh Very few men have rubbed through the world without hearing and witnessing some of these Hibernian phenomena—these twopenny splendours. The Book of Snobs In this delightful, wholesome, ever-novel twopenny game, there is a danger of excess, as there is in every other pastime or occupation of life. Roundabout Papers Such was the gossip over the good twopenny in every alehouse within three or four miles of Ellangowan, that being about the diameter of the orbit in which our friend Godfrey Bertram, Esq., Guy Mannering Shargar stood again and shivered at the door, till Robert came out with a penny loaf in one hand, and a twopenny loaf in the other. Robert Falconer A huge card in the window claimed for these that they were “the most satisfactory twopenny smokes in London.” John Ingerfield and Other Stories And on Sundays, when we had a quart of twopenny ale, instead of butter-milk, to our porridge, it was always served up in a silver posset-dish. Redgauntlet Suppose in the game of life—and it is but a twopenny game after all—you are equally eager of winning. Roundabout Papers What a pity it is that the University Press of to-day has become a trading concern, a shop for twopenny manuals and penny primers! Oxford He then handed him the twopenny and the penny loaves, which were all his stock had reached to the purchase of, and left him, saying,— 'I maun awa' to my tay, Shargar. Robert Falconer The conductor took the shilling, punched two twopenny tickets, and then stood trying to think it out. Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green I suppose they had wanted a twopenny cake, or something like that. The Way of All Flesh These are but a few common examples, chosen from a meagre little library, a "twopenny treasure-house," but they illustrate, on a minute scale, the nature of the collector's passion,—the character of his innocent pleasures. The Library Do you think I'm a man to propose mere twopenny infamies to you? Beatrix Robin thus seated, proceeded to light his pipe, and call for a pint of twopenny. Chronicles of the Canongate ‘The Financial Pilot’ does not take that sort of business; and I find you very bold to come and propose to me a twopenny rascality.” Other People's Money I won't be made game of by a twopenny literary adventurer like that. The Club of Queer Trades There's been more waste on this twopenny ship than what there is to an Atlantic Liner.' The Ebb-Tide Translators who employ prose “tell the story without the song,” but, at least, they add no twopenny “beauties” and cheap conceits of their own. Essays in Little He didn’t care a twopenny fiddlestring about the Cause, but he rather enjoyed the idea of having his finger in the political pie. The Toys of Peace, and other papers These books are extraordinarily rare; you are more likely to find them in some collection of twopenny rubbish than to buy them in the regular market. Letters on Literature We often set out on a fine morning, Salemina and I, and travel twenty miles in the day, though we have to double our twopenny fee several times to accomplish that distance. Penelope's English Experiences
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