| 单词 | farthing |
| 例句 | We had earned four silver pennies, four farthings, and six loaves of bread. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z "A golden sovereign, a silver sixpence, a copper penny, and a fresh shiny farthing," said the man. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z "Right. But the worst of it is, they don't give Mr. Shakespeare a farthing for it. And it is his work, after all." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z At a time when bread cost a quarterpenny a loaf, the value of my mother’s daily labor—by King Edward’s royal decree—was a penny each day; mine, but a farthing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “I believe there is a little maggot in her brain whispers I don’t have two farthings to clink.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When I finished, I wiped my hands on my apron and he held out a coin — a farthing. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “Four pennies and three farthings and—and that’s all,” sighed Michael, putting his money in a little heap. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Another mole the size of a farthing on her thigh and something purplish on her calf—a strawberry mark, a scar. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Before leaving in the early morning the friar said, “We must leave a farthing for our host, whoever he may be, and our blessing.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Madam Platt could not countenance this insubordination, but neither could she insist upon service when she could not pay a farthing in wages. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Why, Hendrick’s Gin’s giant stationary penny farthing exercise bike, of course. Hendrick’s Gin selling a $2,500 penny farthing exercise bike 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Whistler sued the art critic for libel, winning one farthing in damages and going bankrupt in the process. Victorian social reformers saw beauty, truth and goodness as one. We no longer do 2012-10-12T18:00:01Z A law in Tudor England levied a fine on anyone who passed gas in church; the fine was set at a farthing. Style Invitational Week 1442: Same difference 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Thruppence Twopence A shilling A farthing "As for chimney-sweeping, and being hungry, and being beaten, he took all that for the way of the world, like the rain and snow and thunder..." Austerity in literature 2010-05-24T11:13:00Z I’m sure you’ve all missed ’em: The ha’penny, farthing and shilling. Style Invitational Week 1400: Back on track 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z The American expatriate artist was awarded just a farthing, worth one-quarter of a penny. At the Sackler, a glorious show of Whistler’s London works, paired with Japanese prints Instead local tradesmen and town corporations took on this role by privately issuing halfpenny and farthing tokens. Historic local currencies 2010-09-21T15:30:00Z Basically, people like it – they liked the shillings, pennies and farthings too, but they were abolished in the interests of reducing the nation's arithmetical agility. David Mitchell on new World Heritage sites 2011-03-27T00:05:36Z Someone wheels a penny farthing through a town square. ‘A steampunk fever dream’: why Carnival Row is not the new Game of Thrones 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z Sequences from the TV show were recreated shot-for-shot: men in black blazers with white piping rode around on penny farthings past a game of human chess. The joy of Festival No 6 2013-05-10T23:00:05Z Likewise, don't be surprised to see penny farthings around town, in tribute to one of the original events back in 1850. This week's new events 2012-07-06T23:05:00Z About 100 people have pedalled for a bone-jarring three hours in a charity penny farthing race. Thrills and spills in Cheshire penny farthing race 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Until 1885, the penny farthing bicycle amplified the rider’s pedal power by means of its oversize front wheel, and cyclists tumbled from a scary height when ambushed by a pothole. Opinion | Why crypto will rise again 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z The men in particular were hams, sitting on the ground before their thrown-down penny farthings, as the high-wheel bikes of the day were known. Slow-Wheeling to the Sea 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z A penny farthing is a natural Happenstance flourish. Happenstance Theater shifts its stage to an interactive website inspired by the shadow boxes of Joseph Cornell 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z It was a rose farthing from the time of Charles I, used to pay a wherryman, then dropped by drunken fingers. Letter of Recommendation: Mudlarking 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Contestants compete to finish the most number of laps for the Stockdale trophy, named after a local collector of penny farthings who also set up a museum focused on the eye-catching contraptions. Thrills and spills in Cheshire penny farthing race 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z You all are free to put your votes, hearts and contributions wherever you like and we care neither a farthing nor a fig. Trump ratings on economy start to slide 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z “Nah, we don’t use it,” she responded, as if I’d come in asking for a new wheel for my penny farthing or for a crank to start up my car. Here's what I learned from my privileged, western failure to go plastic-free for a month | Van Badham 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Other pieces include an old penny farthing bicycle and classic dresses. Albuquerque Museum offers journey through New Mexico history 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z In 1707 the smallest coin was the farthing, which was a quarter of a penny. What is the least valuable British coin ever? 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z For his wedding last year, the 26-year-old Slovakian wore a gold trimmed tunic, arrived in a Trabant car and at one point rode a miniature penny farthing across a tightrope. Professional cycling's latest scandal: unshaved legs 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Mr Davies told BBC Radio Wales his father, Tudor, left school at 16 without "two brass farthings to rub together". Tory leader's bare-knuckle boxer dad 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Penny farthings were the first bicycle used for sport by the Victorians, and now they are being used in a cheap version of polo. Polo on a penny farthing 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z A man who stole a penny farthing bicycle to ride home was only caught when he tried to sell it on eBay, a court was told. Penny farthing thief's eBay gaffe 2014-04-04T03:01:06Z The farthing was the smallest coin until 1960, except for a 27 year period in the mid-19th Century under Queen Victoria, when there was a half farthing. What is the least valuable British coin ever? 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z The farthing - an ancient coin worth a quarter of a penny - was becoming obsolete by 1957, Parker argued. The Labour MP who out-served Benn 2014-03-19T03:16:06Z “But we don’t have the normal people at ours. “I know one guy is going to be riding the penny farthing — that’s the old-fashioned bicycle with a big wheel in the front. About New York: A 47-Foot St. Patrick’s Day Parade That’s Long on Fun 2014-03-07T01:46:34Z Perhaps even more importantly, if Scotland were seen to be repudiating all UK debts, investors might be very reluctant to lend even a brass farthing to it as an independent state. What UK debts are Scotland's? 2014-01-13T10:55:51Z He was also ordered to pay the £75 fee the police paid for the penny farthing. Penny farthing thief's eBay gaffe 2014-04-04T03:01:06Z Even the half farthing never dipped below a value of five pence in modern terms. What is the least valuable British coin ever? 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Fan of the race David Preece took to a penny farthing bike to catch a glimpse of the race that is set to finish tomorrow. Pictures: Day in pictures - 21 September 2013-09-21T12:25:45Z Nobody was willing to risk a farthing on this dubious undertaking. The Volkswagen story, by general director Nordhoff: From the archive, 27 June 1960 2013-06-27T06:30:00Z "It's such a difficult ride to get here," Lennon told this morning's newspapers, dismounting with a wince from his fixed wheel wooden-tyred penny farthing. The Fiver 2013-02-12T16:32:28Z “So far, no one has actually parted with a brass farthing as far as I can tell.” Mugabe Seeks Zimbabwe Edge by Pressing for Black Ownership 2012-05-20T13:03:02Z After the farthing was withdrawn in 1960, the halfpenny was the lowest denomination coin until its demise in the run-up to decimalisation. What is the least valuable British coin ever? 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z As a result the content of the farthing, which was once made of silver, was steadily switched to cheaper copper, tin and bronze. Buttonwood: Making no cents 2012-05-10T15:06:15Z She was an admirable economist, And, without prodigality, Dispensed plenty to every person in her family; But Would sacrifice their eyes to a farthing candle. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z They may never dream of travelling otherwise than first-class, but they know the price of everything to a halfpenny and a farthing. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z It is a well-known fact that a Persian mullah will exact the uttermost farthing from his followers, but will never lend a helping hand to them in their need. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z Eumenides pays all his money except three farthings to bury the body of Jack, while the conjurer compels Delia to goad her brothers at the work to which he has set them. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z The British farthing was worth just a quarter of an old penny, or one-960th of a pound, but it still lasted almost 700 years before it disappeared from circulation in 1960. Buttonwood: Making no cents 2012-05-10T15:06:15Z "He that loses his wife and a farthing hath great loss of his farthing." Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z At last there was an International Commission appointed, which cost the Viceroy of Egypt £12,000, and yet no single member took a farthing for his services. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The Indians would give twenty-five or so pounds of cotton for three Portuguese brass coins not worth a farthing. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z When he had buried the man, he found himself without a farthing, and so slept in the forest. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z By the time the farthing disappeared, Britain was entering its most rapid period of peacetime inflation. Buttonwood: Making no cents 2012-05-10T15:06:15Z When the old king was losing his reason, he drew him as a "farthing rush-light," around which were the Prince of Wales, Fox, Sheridan, and their friends, all trying to blow out the flickering flame. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Lucky was it for her that she did not tell him what sum of money she had belonging to Laud, or every farthing of it would have gone into this fellow’s hands. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Keynes also made titanic bets on industries he thought were cheap; by 1936, he had 66% of his portfolio in mining stocks and not a farthing in bank or energy shares. Keynes: One Mean Money Manager 2012-03-31T02:43:41Z Almost rubbing elbows with her was a philosopher, who had conquered all the secrets of Nature except cleanliness, and was prepared to sell infallible love-philtres and the potion of perpetual youth--for four farthings! The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z Four farthings and a thimble make a tailor's pocket jingle. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God! The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z And Mr Hennessy K. Waldron was about right--a copper cash, in the coinage of China, having the approximate value of the fifth part of a farthing. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z He lowered the price of the picture by about half a farthing in Turkish money, but I resisted the blandishment and escaped into the jewel bazaar, half regretting a lost opportunity. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z The manufacturer sells this article, produced with such care as we have described, at one farthing and a fraction per box. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z She had to account to him for every farthing, and only by denying herself many little things she had naturally a right to expect, was she able to help her poorer neighbours. Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z But he seems to have studied too much in dark rooms, where the subtleties of flesh colour are lost in the dusky smoothness and uniform redness of tints procurable from farthing dips. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z "Then, really and truly, you took the money for your own horse, kept it, and did not give the Doctor a farthing?" Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours 2012-03-14T02:00:27.650Z As for this more modern firm, one suspects that, in like case, it would prove so insolvent that it could not pay a farthing in the pound. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z Every farthing she could save upon herself was saved for her poor. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Every farthing spent in this house has been accounted for in the book which you look over every week. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z It was published originally at a farthing, was widely read, and passed through many editions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z It is a year since I got a farthing from my estates or my mines or my salt-works. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z It shall be returned to you, every farthing of it, as soon as we can lay our hands on it. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z It is true that I had never earned a farthing in all my life, and so had nothing to offer my sovereign, save what fortune my father had left in trust for me. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Then he was set to calculate sums of great intricacy—to add up, to multiply, not only pounds, shillings and pence, but farthings and fractions of farthings. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z "What are 'two mites, which make a farthing?'" Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z Will you carry off the money and leave the poor women-folk alone, or will you lay your hands on the down-trodden, lame, halt, consumptive beggar-women, whom you will find here, and not see a farthing? The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z And if they have their way in five years the money will be gone, every farthing, and the woman will come begging to me! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z All I can say for myself is that I am animated by no dislike to any set of men and without one farthing’s financial interest in West Africa. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z Oh, yes," the other went on; "every one knows how miserably poor they are; but the fellow says he will do his duty to the creature, though she has not a farthing. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z Not another farthing, or the value of one, shall you ever obtain of me. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z "Because he does not mean to give his lads a single farthing of it." The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z He did not charge for any shrinkage or shortage or anything in the world, but made himself liable for the uttermost farthing. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z Not another penny should he have from him, not another farthing. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z "I dare say, Bullock, the gemman does not care a farthing whose son he was," cried the impatient barber. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z You have got to pay for all of your mistakes, and you have got to pay to the uttermost farthing. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z If there be one thing in the world nobody out of Naples cares one farthing about, Mr. Punch supposes that thing to be mentioned above. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Feb 3, 1872 2012-02-10T03:00:16.947Z On selling out, Captain Dutton had honorably paid every farthing he owed in the world before intrusting the remainder of his capital to the unprincipled Smith; and now this upright conduct was its own reward. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z You may, in truth, buy anything and everything in these “Scotch shops,” from three farthings’ worth of tape to the most costly articles. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z No, I am not in a state to take any part at Pharo—I am ruin'd.—Would you believe it Sir George, I am not worth a farthing in the world. Next Door Neighbours A Comedy in Three Acts 2012-02-06T03:00:17.157Z I want to teach the people of the world that America is not only capable of self-government, but that it has the self-denial, the courage, the honor, to pay its debts to the last farthing. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z This was, however, by no means the case with Susy Aylmer; she knew a shilling's worth to the uttermost farthing, and it was surprising with what a number of parcels she returned home. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z She was in arrears to her landlord, her shawl with the fringe and her blankets were in pawn, she hadn't a farthing in her pocket. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z Jesus says that even the widow who put her farthing into the treasury, gave more than the scribes and Pharisees, who put in large sums of money. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Not a farthing of it is mine at all.' Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z You cannot pay one solitary farthing by all the resolutions, by all the speeches ever made beneath the sun. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z I offered him, besides, the rest of my money, so that he might try again; but he refused to take a farthing more. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Her rooms were empty, there was not so much as a crust of bread in her kitchen, in her purse were two farthings. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z Ralph could not touch a farthing of the capital, and he was aggrieved. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Not a farthing will you get from me, but only a thrashing that will make your bones ache this month to come.' Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z The people of Porto Bello replied they would not give one farthing, and he might burn it as he chose. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z At that moment, whatever the consequences, the fellow’s life would not have been worth a farthing if the boy had had a gun! The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z His object is to lease his house for a term of years to the best tenants, and get the uttermost farthing in the shape of rent. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z My husband has never asked for a farthing since the Ten Brothers slipped out of Gibraltar. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z You have proved to me that what I held most precious was never worth so much as a cracked farthing. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Those awful tidings told how ill-gotten, carnal wealth is mortgaged under woe, and to the uttermost farthing must be released; how offending men affront the Lord; and how all offenses must be avenged. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z “Constant at Church and ’Change; his gains were sure, His givings rare, save farthings to the poor! Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z "Poor dear James is the worthiest soul, but he has no more brains than a pin—the small kind of pin that you get in change for a farthing!" Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z BUTTONS, a farthing a pair, Come, who will buy them of me? The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes 2012-01-15T03:00:17.137Z For the copyright of the music he received not a farthing. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z Mite, mīt, n. the minutest or smallest of coins, about one-fourth of a farthing: anything very small, even a person: a very little quantity. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Mr. Macaulay admits, that Penn received not a farthing; and, that, had he refused, matters might have been worse for the oppressed. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z If good, it is hard he should now be aggrieved, And the more, as he fought for his national glory, Nor valued, a farthing, the right of the story. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z Come, who will buy them of me, Buttons, a farthing a pair? The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes 2012-01-15T03:00:17.137Z "You can do as much in your own house, and blow up your wife without its costing you a farthing." Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z But though she made no apology, I assured her, with wicked good-humour, that a farthing's worth of spirit of salt would repair the disaster. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z There is comfort, even in a farthing rush light—I felt warmer. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z After Franklin's dismission, they never received a farthing from it. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z I was destitute even of a brass farthing. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z He would have given, that night, his last farthing for a smile from her! Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z If once she hence could fetch it, I guess her whole intent; I doubt not, every farthing would to my hurt be spent. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z “About Lord Wynderbroke?” suggested Longcluse, with a gentle carelessness, as if he did not care a farthing—as if a dreadful pain had not at that moment pierced his heart. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Many a Chinese, who is now an important and wealthy man, possessed not a farthing when he landed on the hospitable shore of the English colony. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Pitt at any rate did not hesitate, and refused to take a farthing beyond his salary, which, in truth, was splendid enough. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Think not lightly of the farthing that I had to give now and then, for pen, ink, or paper! Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z When every farthing had been scraped together, we were thirteen pounds short on the three bills. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z I don't care a farthing about other people; I've seen how it tells upon you. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Let us live, my Lesbia, live and love; and, as for the slanderous tongues of greybeards, value them all at a farthing’s worth. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z A five cent piece represents about twopence farthing. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z When he again saw Mademoiselle H—— he put into her hands a document by which he conveyed to her unconditionally and absolutely every farthing he had in the world. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Never in my life have I borrowed a hundred pounds—nay, never have I borrowed one farthing. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z I don't want to press for a settlement, but if you urge it, by Heaven, I'll make you pay the uttermost farthing!” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z There is, however, one consolation—neither Turkey, nor Egypt, nor any ruffian with a bundle of dirty clothes upon his head instead of a hat, will ever get another farthing of our money. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z But they have to be fried just before they are eaten; if fried during the soup, they are not worth a brass farthing. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Regular attendance at St. George’s Chapel was Dinely’s duty; and the long blue mantle which the Poor Knights wore covered his shabby habiliments, as the dingy morning cloak hid red herrings and farthing candles. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z We cannot for a moment suppose that these holy disinterested missionaries would charge a farthing; above the prime cost in pursuing their "glorious work." Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z His capital was gone, even to the uttermost farthing; he must labour to obtain new capital. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z The two stamps are easily confused, but a careful examination of our copies will soon tell us whether each used specimen is worth a fraction of a farthing or a sixpenny piece. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z Then came there a poor widow, and offered to God one farthing. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z Gentle faces, pleased old men, stopping by the way; young lads, venturing a purchase with their last remaining farthing; why here was a world in little with its fame at the sizar’s feet! Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Her supply of milk usually cost one farthing, and this she economised by pouring part of it in with the tea. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z The Attorney-General for Ireland advised that the clerks of the roads were still liable to the last farthing of their salaries; and the clerks at the castle refused to abate one jot of their claim. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z The cost of the subjugation of the wilderness is the endurance of hunger and thirst, cold and crushing fatigue; and somebody pays to the uttermost farthing. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z Thus had the poor widow bought eternal life with a little money, that is, with one farthing. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z He much wished to see ‘Douglas,’ as did some companions, but all of them were without a farthing. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Meanwhile, hoist your morsel of ensign, and, Rory, fire that farthing gun of yours.” The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z For providing them and keeping them in thorough repair, for which of course the contractors had to pay, the patentee's terms would be five farthings a mile or 2-1/2d. a mile out and in. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z Once we were expecting the Governor Davis to arrive at New Orleans, where the freight rates were higher than they had been in many years—three farthings the pound. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Having entered our family without a farthing, accompanied by her father and mother, whom we had supported for many years and buried at our own charges, she was incapable of making claims on the estate. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z ‘I care not a farthing for that—live or die, ’tis all one to me.’ Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z “The farthing gun made a deal of noise for the price of it, anyhow,” said Rory. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z ‘Ah ha!’ said he, ‘this little fellow will be worth fifty francs if he’s worth a farthing by the time we get back to Marseilles.’ The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z When wheat is at twelve shillings the quarter, says an ancient statute of Henry III. then wastel bread of a farthing shall weigh eleven shillings and fourpence. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z The climax of all this buffoonery is a panegyric of some famous pills, which lasts an hour or two, and leaves the charlatan wrangling over cents and farthings with his swiftly dwindling audience. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z On the day that the performance was to take place at Braintree, the actor stood, without a farthing in his pocket, on the Kent bank of the Thames. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Had she not taken it for granted that Nora would be a rich woman she would not have touched a farthing; of that she was certain. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z This was a conspiracy against the footwear of his sons; it would take all the little pile of farthings hoarded together by Teresa to buy new sandals for the little ones. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z Yet neither one nor the other can carry one farthing with him into the unseen world. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z I gave him a few farthings and told him to send me a confessor—an errand very different from what he had expected. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Look here, I tell you what it is, I won't lend you a blessed farthing! A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z She was inclined to make it a condition that he should marry her before she gave him another farthing; in that way she would make sure of him. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z French, they did not care a farthing for them, they would fight them at any time. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z I do not think it need cost you a farthing. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z After all, he reflected, the damage could be made good with two farthings. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z It wants a boy to make a man, not a farthing sugar stick! A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z The only difference is that I get everything instead of Margaret Wallace, and that instead of my five thousand pounds she gets five farthings. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Coote, were gone, I heard Mr. Dockwra say to Mr. French and Mr. James, We don't care a farthing for them, we will fight them at any time. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z But yet there is one kind of fine that must be paid to the last farthing, namely, an eric-fine; for of this it is not lawful to hold back even the smallest part. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z Inexperienced and without a farthing, I energetically began to learn the business of publishing books, and then of selling and subscribing L. N. Tolstoy's works. Autobiography of Countess Tolstoy 2011-11-17T03:00:32.207Z Then you open your treasury and find not even a farthing in it! The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z I would wager ten pounds to a farthing she be revealed in time if she but will it. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z He has no claim to a penny of yours, not to a farthing. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z For instance, the father writes, “I see what you have done and what you are doing among my debtors from whom I would never have drawn a farthing but for you.” Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z But to Archie it had passed from being a gleam of wonder to a farthing dip. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z Till now I have received but one letter from them, and that not worth a farthing, though it conveyed 305 a draft for one hundred thousand pounds sterling on the bank of hope. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z The ingenuity of the Spaniards in contriving methods to exact the utmost farthing from their submissive colonists, is not a little remarkable. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z After running an infamous career of vice, both in England and France, abandoning his wife to disease and total destitution in Manchester, with two children and without a farthing, in a strange lodging-house? The Bront? Family, Vol. 2 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:25.173Z And would it be of material benefit to them to sweep from the landlord the last farthing of his rent, and to grant the same to them? The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z To be sure, the tradesman charges elevenpence three-farthings for many things, but an odd farthing on the total of his bill always becomes a halfpenny. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z Leases of houses, and household furniture stuff, were sold in 1564 by an out-cryer and bellman for the day, who retained one farthing in the shilling for his pains. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z With these cheap ceremonials, however, he satisfied his hypocritical piety and absorbing avarice, but he never bestowed a farthing upon the collegiate church of the Virgin. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Her husband lived and died a pauper, was buried as a pauper, and his widow has determined to make the most of her destitution, and extract the utmost farthing from the reluctant guardians. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z For a filial love, or a conjugal love, about which the wife or the child is uncertain, you would not give a farthing. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z I remember wondering how he had come by the phrase, since I do not recollect ever seeing a farthing in this country. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z I say, how is it possible for a stranger to understand that this jargon is meant as an invitation to buy a farthing’s worth of milk for his breakfast or supper?” The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z Not a farthing," answered Cherry, "not till you have to get me some boots. Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z One farthing's worth of hemp leaves, or about one ounce, suffices for fifty persons or more, so that it becomes almost harmless when so copiously diluted. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z He has filched from them the last farthing they possessed. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z The whole village is about as lively and bright as a farthing candle stuck in an empty beer bottle. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Chuck′-far′thing, a game in which a farthing is chucked into a hole. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z He counts over every penny slowly and carefully, for the rector requires account to the uttermost farthing, and small boys waiting for their receipt fidget impatiently. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z Woman.—I don’t know, sir! perhaps none at all, or at most only a pack of small nonsense, that nobody would give three farthings to know. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Worthy the sword raised by farthing subscriptions among 'haters of the English,' which was presented to him for so distinguished an exploit! Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z At last he had sworn never to bet another farthing upon him, and had declared that after the Kimberley Cup he would sell him for what he would fetch. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z Yes, before many years," replied the little man dryly; "if we do not make ourselves masters here, we are not worth a farthing. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z And he threw on the table a couple of florins and half a farthing. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z One Halifax newspaper spoke of these men as “squeezing the uttermost farthing out of the anguished necessities of the homeless men, women and children.” Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z But we cannot help thinking, that such an inadequate sort of relief very much resembled a bankrupt's paying one farthing in the pound, and then claiming the gratitude of his ruined creditors! Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z Profound were the researches into those mysteries of nature that in this world can never be elucidated: and long and elaborate were the dissertations on points that, when established, would not be worth a farthing. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z He had spent his last farthing upon the invention and had no funds for securing a patent. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z Pawnbroker round the corner declines to advance a farthing on the Remedy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 2nd, 1893 2011-09-30T02:00:16.737Z Not a farthing's worth of property had been abandoned to, or destroyed by the enemy, out of millions of dollars transported from Culpepper. Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers 2011-09-29T02:00:13.017Z What have you got to say for yourself, you frig-faced farthing freak, you? Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z Constance was willing to share with them her little income even to the last farthing, but it was too small to enable them all to live on it with comfort. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The convicts prayed with deep fervour; every one of them had with him his poor farthing for a little candle, or for their collection for the church expenses. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z But there are those whose every farthing is needed to supply themselves with necessary clothing, their unfortunate parents, or orphan brothers and sisters with a subsistence. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z No, Wickham's a fool if he takes Lydia with a farthing less than ten thousand pounds. Pride and Predjudice, a play 2011-09-17T02:00:30.190Z People that have their living to get, and that a'n't worth a farthing, have other things to think of than air and exercise! The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z Mr. Ruskin too, doubtless, is not gratified at finding that the fullest weight of his disapproval is thought to be represented by the sum of one farthing. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z I am a poor needy fellow; give me your three farthings. Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z The piece hands had an interest in working overtime, and the day hands were obliged to follow suit without receiving a farthing extra for the additional hour or half-hour. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z She hasn’t a brass farthing to call her own.” A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time 2011-09-09T02:01:08.700Z Then I might even earn the fee you talk about; otherwise, not a brass farthing! The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z Which saucy question I smiled aside, though it irritated me, and oddly, too, because Penelope Grant had heard—though why I should care a farthing for that I myself could not understand. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z I will give you three wishes, one for each farthing; and every wish shall be fulfilled.’ Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z A few days ago, however, his roving bands captured the Prince's Patrol-officer, and proclaimed through his mouth to the whole district a fresh tax of a farthing per head. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z He borrowed my bay steed, and brought him never again, Nor no farthing him-for, for nought I can plead. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Post routes should be opened to every court house, and the charges on letters and newspapers conveyed by steamboats should not exceed twopence and one farthing each respectively. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z She did not seem the sort of girl to appreciate the farthing change of talk. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z I suppose they couldn't put it in for elevenpence three farthings.' The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z Anyhow, according to their law, the paper isn't worth a farthing,' and meanwhile it became impossible to settle it within the community. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z I picked up every farthing of the change. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z This was fortunate for him, for he never received a farthing; but I am not so certain as he was that the baronet did not intend to do what he promised. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z He has extreme fascination of manner, but he has not a farthing! Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z For what, in his egregious folly and egotism, he had done, he would pay—if fate demanded, to the uttermost farthing. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z He had inherited the narrow strip of land you have seen from a great-grandfather, and not a farthing in money. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z But, supposing there were not one farthing of change in the whole nation, I will maintain that five-and-twenty thousand pounds would be a sum fully sufficient to answer all our occasions. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z It is ridiculous to pay in farthings the man who has to educate the people. Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov 2011-08-21T02:00:35.470Z One class of literature which the late Jemmy Catnach made almost his own, was children’s farthing and halfpenny books. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z "Since that imprudent transaction," Franklin observes in the Autobiography, "they have receiv'd from it—not one farthing!" Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z For my own part, if I could sit down to dinner on a piece of excellent salt pork and pumpkin, I would not give a farthing for all the luxuries of Paris. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z One copy of this paper may serve a dozen of you, which will be less than a farthing apiece. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z At this time I had not one farthing of money just being robbed of all, and also of my clothing except what I had on. Journal of Dr. Elias Cornelius, a Revolutionary Surgeon 2011-08-12T02:00:23.570Z Buy Rue, Sage and Mint, a farthing a bunch! A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z Pan Michael, a soldier and a splendid officer, possessed not, however, a farthing's worth of that seriousness which misfortune and suffering had developed, for instance, in Skshetuski. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Then I would not take your oath for a farthing. The Recruiting Officer 2011-08-10T02:00:18.323Z Secondly, you are not obliged to take any money which is not of gold or silver; not only the halfpence or farthings of England, but of any other country. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z Under neither of the wills does that man take a farthing. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z And when good fortune brought match-boxes, there was an undue loss on the twopence farthing in the matter of paste. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z “How can we change them without a farthing in our pockets?” Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z Sir, I don't care a farthing for you, nor your bench neither. The Recruiting Officer 2011-08-10T02:00:18.323Z He never enjoyed a farthing in the way of legacy, nor by any fortunate turn of business or speculation. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z No; they were forced to do so, as they had not A single farthing to buy clothes or soap. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Under her skirt, and tied round her waist with string, she kept her money-bag; and it was soon found and dragged away, yielding two and eightpence farthing and a lucky shoe-tip, worn round and bright. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z The duty of the three was to find out, by public inspection and by private espionage, the uttermost farthing the tenants could pay, and extract it from them legally. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z Coming directly, ma’am—one farthing is one forty-eighth; one halfpenny is one twenty-some-thingth—oh, fourth. A Fluttered Dovecote 2011-07-29T02:00:21.880Z But one cannot use up his money to the last farthing. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z And, in his Apeglaucomenos, a man being asked for his contribution to the feast, says— A. Indeed you shall not half a farthing draw From me, unless you name each separate dish. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z I paid him what I owed him to the last farthing, and wished him a prosperous journey. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z But there was a small red spot on each cheek—a spot about the size of a farthing. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z My little brother," said the horseman, "a fellow who is ruled by his stomach is not worth a farthing. King Matthias and the Beggar Boy 2011-07-24T02:00:11.047Z I would not have given two farthings for the life of the deserter. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z "I will not Take half a farthing less: don't waste my time." The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Not one of these unhappy creatures claim a farthing; they would be ashamed to ask anything of their country at such a time as this: the Princes of Orleans, alone, claim their millions. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z A candidate was to be bled to the uttermost farthing, and he was to repay himself how he could, and as best he could, when he got into Parliament. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z You can’t fly 125 false colors and succeed, for sooner or later you pay the penalty to the last farthing. Treading the Narrow Way 2011-07-21T02:00:18.563Z They had already saved the nation about a farthing per head per annum, and this new sacrifice would save about an eighth as much more. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z The invention of numerous ingenious machines for weaving, type-founding, &c., proved the activity of his genius, but produced not a farthing for the maintenance of his wife and child. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z Quadrans: a Roman coin, worth about half a farthing of our money. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z But every one was interested in Valentine, and no one, except his master, seemed to care one farthing for Governor. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z She counted out ten pennies and two farthings. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z It took the king some time to calculate, but he found he cost that cabman, at his present rate of expenditure—he cost that cabman about an eighth of a farthing every ten years. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z I believe your mother's as innocent of cajoling as I am, and that's saying something; and as for your being destitute, sweethearts, you'll have fifty thousand pounds apiece if you've a farthing. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z I took the money, firmly resolved to restore it to the uttermost farthing. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z Come, who will buy them of me, Buttons a farthing a pair? National Rhymes of the Nursery 2011-07-12T02:00:29.700Z ‘Not one farthing!’ said the man of money with determined emphasis. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z "Where would ye that I should turn, fair son, I that have not so much as a farthing in the world?" Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z I don't care a farthing what his age maybe," cried Mary; "do you, Miss Mowbray?... The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z I shall leave you nothing—not a farthing. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z The Bank was an unlimited concern, and every farthing he had in the world except his last half-yearly dividend was invested in its shares, and now it had fallen with a crash. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Here the travellers were forced to be content with one of the unpretending hostelries from the time of Eric Glipping, which were often stigmatised as dungeons and farthing taverns. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z “I should say, a capital sum representing three thousand a year—not one farthing less.” Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z “I would give you an undertaking, cautiously worded, of course, to make no further demand upon you, nor upon anybody after you, for another farthing.” The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z He saw the kinsman, in whose place he had for so long stood, ejecting him pitilessly, vindictively; exacting, it might be, all arrears to the uttermost farthing. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z She would literally redeem him, would buy his release, even though it cost her every farthing she had in the world. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z “Every farthing of it—bar probate and succession dues.” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Poor Willfried ran through all my money to the last farthing. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z We play till I’m beggared of every farthing I have, or till you’re beggared of them. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Look here!... look here!... my box broken open, and every farthing of money gone.... The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z Paid it must be and to the uttermost farthing. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z The copper farthing was first introduced in the reign of James I., a patent being given to Lord Harington of Exton in 1613 for the issue of copper tokens of this denomination. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z But the glory that encompassed her nephew's thick head as with a halo flickered like a farthing dip in the mind of Susan Yellam. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z To pay off Collins' scores at New-York, and also his expenses on the road to Philadelphia, would drain him to the last farthing. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z He had extorted the uttermost farthing, not because he had any moral claim to it, but because laws which men had made gave him the right. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z So he asked the old wife if she would take four farthings for her cat. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z In 1860 the copper farthing was superseded by one struck in bronze. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Had he not, under a 1� Louis d'or hat, hung on a disgraceful queue, for which he had given no more than six farthings of our present money? The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z He never wasted a moment of time, or lavished a farthing of money in folly or dissipation. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z With not a farthing o' me own to show for it, or a change o' breeches. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z I gave him all that I had, even to the last farthing. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z Thy fancy has depicted strange things; but believe me that, without a farthing and without a name, I should not have incurred the slightest inconvenience. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z No; but because Irishmen do not care a farthing about them. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z Since that imprudent transaction, they have received from it—not one farthing! Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z "Twenty pence a pound in London, when our tobacco used to clear three farthings." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z "You are right," I said, "I have not a farthing in the world, and I know not even where to shelter my head." The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z Many hundreds of shareholders in unsuccessful lines have never received back one farthing of what they paid to the laborer. Some Objections To Socialism From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:37.647Z The jury, composed of Devonshire landowners, only gave me a farthing damages, and Mr. Baron Channell refused to certify for costs. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z Not one farthing would he allow her, &c. &c.; and so on. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Hugh Winston, her lover in times past and still the only friend she had worth the bother, was down to his last farthing. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The other two papers here are sufficiently supplied with reporters, and though ready enough to receive my writings, don't pay a farthing. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z As to the success or failure of the venture of the impresario they are supremely indifferent, but pertinaciously continue to demand the utmost farthing, no matter how badly things may be going. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z I tried to earn my living as a coal merchant, but at sixteen, and without one farthing in my pocket, the business was not extensive enough to be profitable. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z The damages were laid at £500; the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages one farthing. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z "They're doubtless conspiring this very minute how best to squeeze every farthing of profit from our sugar trade." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z She said that her life wasn't worth a farthing to her if the flies got into her home, and she would sooner jump in the river than submit to the pestilential infliction. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Opening it, he went back to Granny's side and showered its contents upon her lap—two halfpennies and four pennies, a sixpenny and a threepenny bit, and a bright farthing. That Little Beggar 2011-05-21T02:00:09.877Z However, not a soul offers either of us one single farthing, by way of indemnification, on account of it. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z The jury assessed the damages at one farthing. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z He did not bring down his prices one farthing. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z "But there is such a great, great difference in people," said Amy; "that poor woman has not a farthing, and my uncle Harrington has thousands a- year, you have told me." Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z "My darling, I won't take it all," she said, replacing the money in the purse, and putting it into his pocket—all save the "golden farthing", which she kept. That Little Beggar 2011-05-21T02:00:09.877Z And she only once made him any pertinent answer, namely, "How long will it be before we're without a farthing in the house?" Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z In the Court of Exchequer, on June 27th, both sides agreed to a verdict being entered for one farthing damages. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Every one knows that though I don't care a farthing for game, I allow no poaching. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z Since that imprudent transaction they have received from it—not one farthing! Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z As for Granny, she stood still on the door-step, heedless of the keen morning air, with one hand shading her eyes from the sunlight, while the other grasped tightly Chris's parting gift—the "golden farthing". That Little Beggar 2011-05-21T02:00:09.877Z Here is a fragrant fruit-shop, where a poor Chinese is buying an iced slice of pine-apple for less money than a farthing. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z After two days’ trial the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages one farthing. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z The uttermost farthing and the least last stone were to have come out of his own pocket. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z For a rigorous account might be exacted of every farthing of property, which the late Mr. Trevethlan left behind him at his death. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z I was much pleased with my neighbour—a Yorkshireman, I think, who had brought with him a bag of new farthings to be utilized for backsheesh. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z And, besides, Lizanka will keep the purse for both of us: not a farthing will be wasted. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z Considerable indignation was expressed at the action of the solicitor in question, which, it was pointed out, involved an increase in the rates of one farthing in the pound. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z He naturally disliked my choice of a career so much that till his death he would never give me a farthing. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z "Oh! you may have that with pleasure," said Snowflower, "it is only a brass farthing." The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z He ordered Sancho to take up the helmet, who, holding it in his hand, said, "The basin is a special one, and is well worth a piece of eight, if it is worth a farthing." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z A girl without a farthing in the world! That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z Many of their customers were tramps and beggars, who could buy only an ounce or half-ounce of tea; but even a farthing was welcome to the Masons. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z I tell you once for all, that I wouldn't give a farthing for your calling. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z "More shame for him, then, never to let me know or leave a farthing to support the boy!" Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z Now the three hundred remaining three-halfpences make an hundred and fifty threepences, and threescore and fifteen sixpences; put that together, and it comes just to eight hundred and twenty-five reals, or sixpences, to a farthing. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Yonder farthing dip will be burnt out within the hour, and if that sky don’t deceive me, we’ll have a night dark as doom. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z It’d be as good for me to make her a present to the gentleman all out as take three farthings less for her! Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z Sold for two millions, not a farthing less. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z "Moses," said Habermann, "only give me time, and you shall have principal and interest to the last farthing." Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z "He is an honest man," quoth Sancho, "who pays to a farthing; I only mean to give myself a handsome whipping; for do not think I need kill myself to work miracles." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z A farthing and a sixpence, And both of them were mine; The farthing went for water, And the sixpence went for wine. Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems 2011-04-14T02:01:01.217Z No; not one farthing shall be spent elsewhere. The Last Laird of MacNab An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada 2011-04-14T02:00:54.620Z Not a farthing!" cried Moses starting to his feet; then addressing his son: "David, what are you about? An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. I (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:43.727Z But I shall not give you a solitary farthing until I am furnished with a substantial guarantee that this will be your last impertinence. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Who reverentless shall swear or curse, Must lug seven farthings from his purse. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z "But if we have no more?—if we have given every farthing we can raise?" Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Although he had paid the duties to the Chief, and he, by word only, had indemnified him, not one farthing of the duties was returned, not one penny of the costs paid. The Last Laird of MacNab An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada 2011-04-14T02:00:54.620Z It doesna need an educated woman to sweep, and darn, and cook, and save a farthing, wherever it can be saved.” All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z "Not by so much as one farthing, Sir Charles." First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z There are many to tell you how much I lose by my farming; I only say that, as yet, no one else has lost a farthing by it, and I do not complain. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z It does not signify a brass farthing to me to know why. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z He might strengthen the charge: Still lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God; though the price of the Gospels is a farthing and all know of the mission of Christ and its fulfillment. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z Getting their shilling’s worth for their shilling, ay, their farthing’s worth for their farthing. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z The poor creatures then held out their hands, filled with cuartos, a copper coin of the value of a farthing, but unfortunately I had no Testaments to give them. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z He said he wouldn't give us a farthing. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Take your own line, then," said Grenfell, angrily; "it doesn't signify to me personally a brass farthing. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Boxes, pit, and farthing gallery were, almost at the usual play-hour, set off and filled out with Gratulantes, all fit to be canons. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z He has drawn them now for five months, but I have never seen a farthing of the money. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z A copper coin in use in Germany previous to 1848; in value about one farthing. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z "Landlord," said Pinckney, severely, "you ought to turn that low blackguard out, and not take another farthing of his money until he finds the woman a fit place to sleep in!" At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z They are sold, however, by the coiners to the large dealers at about a farthing each, or 100 per cent. profit in the tale or aggregate number. A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention 2011-03-23T02:00:17.353Z And, as I say, no sooner had Panurge married that accursed daughter of the Rue Quincangrogne than she robbed him of everything, down to the last brass farthing. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z 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 A copper coin of the value of four maravedis, or about one English farthing. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z You would have bound upon your back, for the term of your natural life, a ready-made family of three, none of whom, I dare swear, will ever earn a farthing as long as they live. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z "The Equivalent Lands" were sold at public vendue at Hartford, in 1716, for a little more than a farthing per acre. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z She had mistaken that wretched farthing rushlight for day. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Heaven preserve us from paying a single farthing! Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z One who doesn’t care a farthing about it, at any rate. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z "Your few farthings!" he said, with annihilating severity. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z When I tell him that I can’t manage to keep within my allowance, he twits me with the prudence and moderation of Bruce, as if I could skin flints or count farthings like Bruce.” The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z I won't pay him a farthing, and I meant to have given him a handsome sum. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z After some days he came to put them on again, and received a reward, and then taking them off did not get a farthing. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z “Twenty-one pounds six-and-fourpence farthing—no; it’s a brass button—and a brass button.” Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Morse returned to New York after eleven months, disappointed that Congress had done nothing, "without," as he said, "a farthing in my pocket, and have to borrow even for my meals." Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Besides, you know that they pay me as killed for all who die from disease, and I don't get a farthing for runaways. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z He will not pocket a farthing that is the right of any man living, and he is always on the watch lest some designing fellow overreach him in these minute particulars. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z Not a single farthing shall I leave to you or your Józio! More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Certainly not—not a shilling—not a farthing—but I have taken prompt, and I trust decisive steps to check-mate those gentlemen. The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 2011-03-04T03:01:04.443Z But, good heavens! the idea of toiling all one's life just to put by a few farthings to give one's sisters! Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z He did not care a farthing whether she was surprised or not, or glad or sorry. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z "Ha—well I don't care a farthing about him," said Mr. Dingwell. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z I dare say you are a servant of the Lord, and His wisdom speaks through your tongue, but not a farthing will you get from me. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Lord George said, "Everything considered, it was reasonable enough;" and if that implied that I 'd never repay a farthing of it, perhaps he was correct. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Ay, Tom, I can't deny it, old Celt that I am, I would n't give a brass farthing for a fellow whose temperament cannot be warmed up to some burst of momentary enthusiasm! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z Beyond that, I am unable to give either her or you one farthing. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z I must tell you that all expenses for myself and my servants are supplied, so that I have not to spend a farthing for anything in the world that I need. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z ‘Not an ounce more,’ he added, with that love of metaphor so common in old age, ‘and not a farthing less!’ Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z Don't put cockroaches in it, and sell it cheap, and I don't care a brass farthing whether it grew in Barbary or Barbadoes! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z I should feel it an indelible disgrace upon me forever to concede one farthing to a scheme so base and contemptible. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z I only feel, Madame Clementine, that—er—my—my upper part is, well—is superior to my lower part, what in our vernacular we call ‘a ha’-penny head and a farthing tail.’” The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z Such is, nevertheless, the case in spite of these curious names: 3 farthings 1 gill. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z I do not wish them one farthing less, for they deserve richly all they get, and are, generally speaking, an honour to the country. Christmas Stories 2011-02-27T03:00:31.413Z The fact is, Tom, he's in Parliament, and he is a Lord of the Treasury, and he does n't care a brass farthing for one of us. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z The Friar, we are told, had made many a marriage at his own cost, and would get a farthing out of a poor widow, though she had only one shoe left. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z One farthing, plus the labour and care and affection and time that the old woman put into the making of it—plus, in other words, her thrift! A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z An infant school in a very poor part of London sent 298 farthings as its contribution, while a school of poor little blind children sent a sum which represented much self-denial. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z She bore the knowledge as cheerfully as she could, working hard to comfort her father, bidding him not trouble about her, but to pay to the uttermost farthing every demand. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z Fill a paper bag with quattrini, every day another farthing, and lie down to sleep happily when one paper bag is full, and a fresh one can be twisted up--that is not my style! Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z His wages—to the uttermost farthing—are regularly given up to Betty's safe keeping. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z We shall not require to borrow a farthing from any one. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z Youth will exact the uttermost farthing, knowing not how it will need much mercy itself. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z Werner had relieved Lothar of his large gambling debt, and the latter had had a lucky evening at play shortly afterward, and had repaid his friend every farthing. The Eichhofs A Romance 2011-02-19T03:01:37.327Z Mattie had one fear of seeing her money melt away to the last farthing, and being left in the world penniless and friendless, as in the days of her desolate childhood. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:19.937Z "Why, the rascal is gone off, and left his wife without a farthing, to maintain herself as she can." A Wife's Duty A Tale 2011-02-17T03:00:19.313Z Not a farthing of it, sir, by your good leave," said Sidney, proudly; "I wish to work on and wait for her. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z She could refuse to allow him one penny, and leave every farthing she possesses to Ada. A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:18.213Z Big Lazy-bones said he would have his money back; but he could not get a farthing of it: and Alf drubbed him till the bristles flew. Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z She not only gave alms to the poor, but made them givers, organising their own farthings into a powerful auxiliary of the institutions which helped them. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z The Rideau Canal!—what is it but a monument of England's folly and waste; which can never return a farthing of interest; or for a single day stay the conquest of the province. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z They pay not a farthing of tribute to the Mother Country. The Character of the British Empire 2011-02-07T03:00:24.553Z I'm sure you don't care a brass farthing for his opinion. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z Ferrer, who is the best of all of them, has he ever been here to drink the health of any one, and to spend so much as a farthing? The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z I don't care a brass farthing for that part of the matter, Scanlan. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z "It's the small still that never paid the King a farthing." The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z "Not one farthing will I pay for the idiot," retorted Martin-Roget savagely. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z He said: "I cannot leave my sheep, and I have but three farthings in the world." The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z If, to afford relief to these unhappy persons, Providence had kept in reserve the last farthing of a fugitive stranger, would he leave the wants of that stranger unsupplied? The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z The manorial accounts were kept with precision and detail, and we are told that a skilled official could estimate to the utmost farthing the value of the services due from the villein to his lord. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z I am informed that England keeps its control of the market of cotton goods by a difference in cost of production of a farthing per yard. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z It'd be as good for me to make her a present to the gentleman all out as take three farthings less for her! Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z I am like a man who has mortgaged every farthing he has in the world to take a thirty-five to one chance on a number. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z But the use of the farthing has not been confined to the collections of bygone days. Bygone Church Life in Scotland 2011-01-14T03:00:48.713Z No. They cannot help giving me fifty thousand florins, but they won't give me a farthing more. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z It is an incomparable kind of sport to seek for food and lodging with devil a farthing to purchase it. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Not to the uttermost farthing, that may perhaps be made possible--but in my heart. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z Mrs. C. Twopence each orange, and twopence and three farthings each lemon. The Cat and Fiddle Book Eight Dramatised Nursery Rhymes for Nursery Performers 2010-12-29T03:00:28.543Z This ingenious plan was not, however, put into practice, for the minister was assured that for the popular farthing would be substituted no gift at all. Bygone Church Life in Scotland 2011-01-14T03:00:48.713Z She had need to be expeditious, poor wean, for she received just one farthing for every hundred packages she made! Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z "You gave it away without receiving a farthing for it!" cries Cynthia aghast. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father.” True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Two pennies for each orange, and two pennies and three farthings for each lemon. The Cat and Fiddle Book Eight Dramatised Nursery Rhymes for Nursery Performers 2010-12-29T03:00:28.543Z The electorate of this country," he says to himself, "do not care one farthing dip about Education as such. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z In a low voice, sweet as a thrush: "Oranges and lemons Said the bells of St. Clement's, I owe you four farthings Said the bells of St. Martin's..." The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z It was ever his chief foible to make a halfpenny go as far as two farthings possibly could. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z "I had already repaid you your money, to the last farthing, with the proper interest." The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z Now, twopence for this, you say, and twopence three farthings for this. The Cat and Fiddle Book Eight Dramatised Nursery Rhymes for Nursery Performers 2010-12-29T03:00:28.543Z I can only repeat, sir, that I have not a shilling, nor a cheque; I left every paper and every farthing I possessed in my despatch-box, in my berth. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z We just went on being respected, and sometimes, if we'd been very nice indeed, one of us would get a greasy farthing after all the pearls were gone. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z I had always liked the mere fact of a ha'penny; the sweetly poetic touch of putting the jenny wren - the smallest British bird - on the smallest coin, the humble farthing. Funny money 2010-04-30T15:00:00Z "Of course we can't, but I must! or I should not care a brass farthing for the whole project!" cried the other. The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z Now, here's a sixpence, and you must give me five farthings change. The Cat and Fiddle Book Eight Dramatised Nursery Rhymes for Nursery Performers 2010-12-29T03:00:28.543Z Under great momentary temptation," continued the young man, "and without an idea of ultimately injuring any human being to the amount of a single farthing. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z He's flung pearls away, all the splendid pearls of himself, flung them to the grunters as they did in the Bible, and all they wanted was common greasy farthings! The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Elsewhere, however, there were few farthings to rub together, and passages on cuts were far more interesting than anything else. Budget 2010: Verdict | Tom Clark, Deborah Hargreaves, Jackie Ashley, Ruth Sunderland 2010-03-24T15:14:00Z I tell you we've paid for everything, even to the uttermost farthing! The Joy of Living (Es lebe das Leben) A Play in Five Acts St. M. You owe me five farthings, says the bell of St. Martin's. The Cat and Fiddle Book Eight Dramatised Nursery Rhymes for Nursery Performers 2010-12-29T03:00:28.543Z The greedy are rebuked in the adage—"The eyes here are bigger than the stomach," and the thoughtless and thriftless are warned that "One may in seeking a farthing burn up three candles." Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources He knew that he would rather cut off his right hand than take a single farthing from the hand that now lay cold and gentle in his. The Undying Past He exacted his rent to the last farthing, or without ceremony paid himself double from the stock upon the farm. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 Not a farthing," he said—"not a farthing shill I take. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 The money he had saved while in Ceylon he counted as mutual; nor would he allow me to expend one farthing of my own. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 Sell it, if you will, but not for a farthing less than it cost me. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams You know that you needn't expect a farthing from me. The Undying Past He was a man that would have walked ten miles to pick up a farthing. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 Keen, energetic, and unscrupulous, they will “pick a farthing out of a dung-heap with their teeth”; “lead turns to gold in their hands.” Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Similarly we may take the farthing as a unit, and invent smaller units, represented either by tokens or by no material objects at all. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" I would have my children attend to duits and farthings as devoutly as the merest Dutchman upon earth, if such attention was necessary to support their independence. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams The wretched beggarman of Ireland famishes for a crust, yet he has his farthings to spare for the greedy hypocrite who flatters his vanity, and heaps laudations on his social importance. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 I could trust Mr. C. P. Richards—he would not pay a farthing till he had an order under my hand or a proof of my decease. Deep Moat Grange Hunger rattled its dry bones among the roasting chestnuts in the turned cylinder; hunger was shred into atoms in every farthing of husky chips of potato, fried with some reluctant drops of oil. Labor and Freedom Of the two diagrams below, A exhibits the successive multiplication of �3 by 20, 12 and 4, and B the successive reduction of �3 to shillings, pence and farthings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" "But I have got nothing," said Rachel; "not a farthing." Rachel Ray I say this—that I love her so dearly that I would marry her if she had not a farthing. Love Works Wonders A Novel Either he would cable back the uttermost farthing through his bank, or that young man would tap him on the shoulder without more ado. Witching Hill His manhood and self-respect cost him dearly, but he paid the price to the last farthing. Labor and Freedom Well, I will pay it to the uttermost farthing. The Man Who Rose Again Was it possible that her whole existence revolved round him and his personal comforts, a man who was nothing to her, who had not even rewarded her labours so far, with a brass farthing? Regina or the Sins of the Fathers If he could have changed a farthing into a florin to the advantage of the city he would unquestionably have done so. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster They were idle, drunken, and ill-conducted; and it was not to be supposed that they would get a farthing candle on their words. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry The inheritance had been exactly divided to the very last farthing among him and his six brothers and sisters, not counting the reserve which his parents claimed for themselves. The Wish A Novel For years Leicester had brooded over his vow, and now the debt should be paid to the uttermost farthing. The Man Who Rose Again It has been said that the farthing was introduced to allow the Scotch to be generous. Friend Mac Donald "And yet, for the fifteen months that Germain has been cashier, he was never a farthing deficient in making up his books." The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 After walking and walking, I fairly lost myself; I had not begged a farthing, and the more I thought the more frightened did I become. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 "Not one farthing, if it cost me my life," was his reply as he sat in the prison at Gate House. A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Heavenly Father. The Man Who Rose Again To similar professions, made in 1537, the King "replied by his letter to the lord deputy, that their oaths, submissions, and indentures, were not worth one farthing". The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, August 1865 A child who had never cost a farthing, and she should like to know how much Necheh's children cost their parents! Yiddish Tales With the adjoining small closet, one hundred and fifty francs a month,—not a farthing less. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 He was better, now I know it, than our soberheaded crew, We who added not a farthing to the country's revenue. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 26 1890 This man was a great dunce; he had lived to be sixty-six years of age without earning a farthing except by rowing, and had died a year before, a pauper. Magnhild Dust "More shame for him, then, never to let me know, or leave a farthing to support the boy." Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir The day he died saw the last farthing of Feigele's dowry disappear after the others. Yiddish Tales And thus I leave it to the world, not caring a farthing whether they like it or dislike it. The Old English Herbals It was because He was often sent to buy them that He knew that two of them were sold in the market place for a farthing. Victory out of Ruin It was one night a coffin and cross-bones, the sign of an approaching wedding; at another time she imagined her daughter's pockets filled with farthings, a certain sign of their being shortly stuffed with gold. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 A fair maid is surely worth a farthing candle to kiss her by. The Firebrand "It's four weeks since I put a farthing into the savings-bank." Yiddish Tales They will see that you do the right thing, or they will dog your steps till you have paid the uttermost farthing of the wrong. A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story Thank Heaven, I have not spent one farthing from whim or caprice. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern We have saved up the interest with much trouble; every farthing of it you are to receive. The Progressionists, and Angela. "I have yet to see the woman I would give a brass farthing to marry, or for whose mess of connubial pottage I would sell my good bachelor's birthright." The Firebrand In doing this he never took a farthing from the property allotted to his step-mother, and every year he got a receipt from her after submitting detailed accounts. Stories from Tagore Still, if you want it and will promise to put it to a good use, I will give you every farthing cheerfully. Hard Pressed And so have I to mine, but without the hope of saving a farthing in his service. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern She sought them immediately in their humble retreat, and offered Mr. Evering her assistance to the utmost farthing she could command. Stories for Helen "The Lord send it," said the Englishman devoutly; "perhaps in that case he will part with his Priorato wine a farthing the gallon cheaper!" The Firebrand But then the father-in-law had told him that he would be welcome to the young lady,—without a farthing. Ayala's Angel Then Gizur the Old cried: I will crave no single farthing, Nor ringing coin of gold; I will take my shield And ride to the field To the Huns with their myriads untold. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes She paused, and then said, “He shall not have a farthing.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. I don't touch a farthing of the money! Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts For in all countries flowing with oil and wine no man affords so much as a farthing's worth of grease for his waggon-wheels. The Firebrand I do not think that I can show you any greater kindness than to protect you from a man who I am quite sure does not care a farthing about you. Ayala's Angel If I were not so wretchedly poor, I would not accept one farthing of this money for her. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story His accounts lie all ready, correct in black-on-white to the utmost farthing: these he wants but to have audited, that he might retire to remote obscurity, to the country and his books. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII |
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