| 单词 | fourpence |
| 例句 | “And cheaper! When 1 was a young man, mild beer—wallop, we used to call it— was fourpence a pint. That was before the war, of course.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But I was also impressed by the boycott’s effectiveness: after nine days, during which the buses ran empty, the company returned the fare to fourpence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of that two pounds, I paid thirteen shillings and fourpence a month for my room at the Xhomas’. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In August 1943, I marched with Gaur, and ten thousand others, in support of the Alexandra bus boycott, a protest against the raising of fares from fourpence to five. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every child pays fourpence a week. Sometimes they pay with eggs or wool or such things instead. It will help, Kit, a great deal.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He gave a crossing-sweeper fourpence, and a tobacconist--from whom he purchased two pounds of his celebrated Bull's Eye Shag--the benefit of his views on German methods of warfare. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z The steamers make an amazing number of trips each way daily, between these several piers, at intervals varying with the season, and at fares ranging from one penny to fourpence. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z However, they did find a sweet-shop open, where she ate what tasted like a pat of butter frozen in an old box of soap, cost fourpence, and was called a vanilla ice-cream. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z The great industries are cattle and sheep-rearing, and, as in all parts of South Africa, meat is excessively cheap, retailing at threepence or fourpence a pound. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Poor Victor Emanuel's slender purse would have had to bear a good many deductions of fourpence, people used to hint, if this penal decree had prevailed in his time at Windsor or Osborne. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Afterwards we hear of his fixing the price of his work at fourpence an hour, and measuring his time by a sandglass. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The lawyer, pronouncing the piece good, deposited it in his pocket, adding, with gravity, "If you'll send your lad to my office, I'll return the three and fourpence." Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z The wholesale price per dozen boxes of the best matches is fourpence, of the second quality, threepence. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z When the writer was there, in 1862, beef was retailed at fourpence per pound, and Port Stanley being a free port, everything was very cheap. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z One of the household edicts, I think, of Queen Elizabeth's court was that no gallant must "toy with the maids, under pain of fourpence." Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z I have fourpence," said the bride—"not a penny more. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z They were given with a will; and then a collection was made, and the champion was presented with fourpence half-penny, and, wiping his glory-covered brows, stalked off to the sweet-stuff shop, accompanied by his admirers. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z I should not get more than threepence, at most fourpence, at the shops for them. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z In 1549 the sheriff of Canterbury paid a fine of three shillings and fourpence for wearing his beard. England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z Were they then to advocate the same views, I would not give a fourpence for their lives. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z I am not like the poor seamstresses who make skirts for fourpence a-piece.' A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z Wine can be bought for fourpence a quart, but the upper classes make their own, and it costs less than this. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z In fact, if the clock registers tenpence or one and fourpence or one and tenpence I practically always get the odd twopence. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-11T03:03:44.993Z With attention, came invariably a few pence—fourpence one day—sixpence and even eightpence another. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z The Bailiff’s fee on this occasion appears to have been two shillings and fourpence, that of the Clerk of the Court, for inscribing the name of the refugee in the register, fourpence. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z At the time of the Prince's visit no workman employed in the yard was receiving less than fourteen shillings and fourpence daily, the average being very much higher than this figure. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Taking the "Water Witch"—for which I paid fourpence—I walked on again. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z The ecclesiastical council had assigned to each of them a pension of fourpence a day for subsistence, but this small pittance was not paid, and they were consequently in great danger of dying of hunger. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z I love fourpence, a jolly, jolly fourpence, I love fourpence as my life; I spent two pence of it, I spent two pence of it, And I took two pence home to my wife. The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes 2012-01-15T03:00:17.137Z Failing to convince Davie, he offered him fourpence a night for the accommodation, but Davie saw in this extravagance evidence of a determined design to supplant him. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Game and rubber, and you owe me fourpence, young Laird of Cockpen! A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z If you send a parcel and there is only fourpence and twopence booking between a letter and parcel, send two volumes of Isis and a bundle of the letter to Peel. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z A third exaction was that of fourpence for a stamp on every copy; and prices were thus prevented from falling below seven-pence, except in case of violation of the laws. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z Next year a Bill for Cheap Postage passed through parliament with slight opposition; and on the 12th of November 1839 the Treasury issued a Minute authorising a uniform rate of fourpence for inland letters. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Next, if here you do intend to ring, With hat or spur do not touch a string; For if you do, your forfeit is for that Just fourpence down to pay, or lose your hat. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z For about fourpence you can distend a small stomach to its utmost capacity, and you can wrap it up and keep it warm for very little more. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Before she woke up, I went as quietly back to the purse and placed the fourpence exactly where I had found it. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z 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 Next if you do here intend to ring, With hat or spur, do not touch a string; For if you do, your forfeit is for that, Just fourpence down to pay, or lose your hat. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z If you a bell turn over, without delay Fourpence unto the ringers you must pay; Or, if you strike, miscall, or do abuse, You must pay fourpence for the ringers’ use. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z Even the possession of his fourpence, as compared to the value of such treasures, would have placed him at a disadvantage. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z When I saw that she was asleep, I got up quietly, went to her pocket-book where it lay on the table and took the fourpence out of it. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z According to Chamberlayne, the charge for a horse was threepence a mile, besides fourpence a stage for the guide. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z An article that is sold for fourpence in London, costs but one penny at the manufactory. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z And the last stage of the proceedings consisted in the beaters being assembled and paid their wages—fourpence a man. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z His capital was now reduced to fourpence, and night was come, and he was on the threshold of the great city--that Land of Golden Dreams. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z “If you please,” said Sara, “have you lost fourpence—a silver fourpence?” A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time 2011-09-09T02:01:08.700Z But the amendment of 1765 provided a rate of fourpence on single letters passing between any two seaports in America, and thus put Halifax in comparatively easy communication with Boston and New York. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z Of course I carried far more, but they charged me eight pounds, six shillings, and fourpence excess. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z In England, in the prime days of coaching, rates were fourpence or fivepence a mile inside, and twopence or threepence outside. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z He thought of his money; he felt for his fourpence; it was gone! A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z Then she told him the story of the bun-shop, and the fourpence she picked up out of the sloppy mud, and the child who was hungrier than herself. A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time 2011-09-09T02:01:08.700Z From fort Erie to Niagara the postage would have been fourpence, which was the rate Heriot proposed to charge. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z For this they paid threepence, or at most fourpence. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z On he trudged the next day and sold his jacket for one shilling and fourpence. Charles Dickens' Children Stories 2011-08-20T02:00:15.847Z Yet the Barnham Chronicle was a “property” in more than one sense; it paid, as well it might, at fourpence per copy, and with the monopoly of auctioneer’s and lawyer’s advertisements in that district. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Miss Falkner, hearing their eager, excited voices, came to the rescue, and showed Jill that fourpence was the tenth of forty pence, and the two over would go towards the next tenth. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z The following are the rates charged by the postmaster at Halifax to the several post offices in Nova Scotia: to Windsor fourpence; to Horton sevenpence, and to Annapolis and Digby ninepence. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z He pawed his ear with a doubtful air, murmuring absently:—'Well I'm sure 'e said fourpence: an' sixpence for pickles, an' bring 'em round after the shop was shut. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z The squire's keeper will give sixpence each for pheasants' eggs, and fourpence for those of partridges. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z “And when my cake comes,” she continued, after five minutes’ thought, “I’ll spend fourpence in ginger beer, if you will each spend the same, and we’ll have a supper.” A Fluttered Dovecote 2011-07-29T02:00:21.880Z It was; but, I think, the very next week, a summons came for the Easter due, and two shillings and sixpence were added, because of the non-payment of "the fourpence". The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z Thus, while a single sheet weighing less than an ounce could pass between two neighbouring towns not over sixty miles apart for fourpence, if it tipped the ounce weight it was chargeable with sixteen pence. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z She pawned her boots for fourpence, and wore two old odd ones of Josh's; and she got twopence on a petticoat. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z The charge for admission is threepence or fourpence a night, or a little less by the week. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z We rewarded him with a shilling, and from his profuse gratitude we conjecture that he only expected fourpence for the job. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z Rector of St, Martin's, Birmingham, sent an order to us for his Easter due of fourpence. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z The spell of the wood spirits was on him; he forgot about the berries at fourpence a quart, and lay on his back and listened. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z “Lodgings for travellers” at fourpence a night, or two shillings a week, are a feature of these places, and how prominent a feature cannot be guessed by any one who has not been there. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z The amount, when compared with modern experience, seems ridiculously small: it was no more than fourpence. Pope: His Descent and Family Connections Facts and Conjectures 2011-06-29T02:00:22.613Z The lad thought it shameful that he should not get more for his pig; but then he thought that something was better than nothing, and so he took the fourpence and turned in the pig. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z The native pays fourpence for his two pounds of bread; the Englishman always has to pay fivepence. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z "Three pounds five and fourpence, as I make it out." A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z The Statute of Labourers, passed in the reign of Edward III., fixed wages in most precise fashion, settling that of a master mason, for instance, at fourpence and of journeymen masons at threepence a day. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z "Divil do you good with your one pound thirteen and fourpence!" Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z Yes, she would; and fourpence was her price. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z For a week he will charge you fourpence, and then he raises his price. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z I mean the one with the blue baize patched on the shoulder, the Widow Mackie,—she makes a nice thing of it,—won twelve and fourpence since the first of the month. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z "Seventeen shillings and fourpence, leaving eightpence for Thomas, Mr. Pugh; and remember that your driver is now fully paid, unless I should stay, to dinner." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z A shilling of this species, which exhibits nearly the appearance of what has been usually called a Birmingham shilling, is intrinsically worth from twopence to fourpence; and crowns and half-crowns are in the same proportion. 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 But consider the soldiers who devote their blood to their country at the rate of fourpence a day. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Before the morning he had lost every penny of his twenty-one pounds six and fourpence, and a couple of hundred besides. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z When the castle was done, she balanced her accounts and found that she had expended fourpence more than she had received. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z As a friend of mine said, a cheap-jack would not give fourpence for anything left in P�ronne, and that is true, also, of Bapaume. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z You read on a card in a window that within you can obtain "a go of brandy for sixpence, and a go of gin for fourpence," and that settles all your Falstaffian associations. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z The Victoria Cross is a simple Maltese cross of bronze, worth about fourpence halfpenny, and it is so called because it was first instituted by Queen Victoria in the year 1856. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z Tuppence a day in summer—fourpence in winter. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z Chinamen are generally used to clear this land, being engaged at the rate of from eighty to ninety cents a day; that is, from three shillings fourpence to three shillings tenpence English. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Here single-bedded cabins could be had as low as fourpence a night. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z The rebels at first demanded no more than that Richard should declare villeinage abolished, and that all feudal dues and services should be commuted for a rent of fourpence an acre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z And, finally, we remark, "the goodness of the pavement in Boston might compare with most in London, for to gallop a Horse on it is three Shillings and fourpence Forfeit!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Cyrus Verd wrote back that he had much pleasure in accepting the offer, and enclosed fourpence in stamps. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z The women heard they would be paid only fourpence a day, and the female workers dwindled to zero. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z A pair of hand-made shoes could be bought for fourpence, and no workman can do anything like that for a day's wage at the present or usually for more than double his daily wages. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z Their aim was to abolish all villein-service, and to wring from their lords the commutation of all manorial customs and obligations for a small rent—fourpence an acre was generally the sum suggested. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Even in 1634 we find that candles could not be bought for less than fourpence apiece,—a price above the limited purses of the majority. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z There is a gold coin termed a ducat in the Austria-Hungary currency, of the value of nine shillings and fourpence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Well, well; I did get a pound of tomatoes for my fourpence.” Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z His food costs him about fourpence or fivepence a day at the outside, but it is wholesome and abundant. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z No attorney ever made more of letter-writing than Mr Samuel did on that day: in place of three shillings and fourpence for two pages, every word he penned was equal to a pound. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 Our New England rum is four shillings per gallon; molasses the same price; loaf sugar two and fourpence; cotton-wool four shillings per pound; sheep's wool two shillings; flax one and sixpence. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams Writing was not an every-day accomplishment in those times, else fourpence for writing a “paper” would seem rather a high-priced service. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days An ounce of those mock-turtle jujubes at fourpence I had last time will do very well. Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories Levy, however, secured the first copy for fourpence in Farringdon Street, earning for his sharpness much praise. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Heaven knows what it has cost you, my dear boy, for even the carriage here from London, by the Royal Parcel Company, Limited, came to thirty-two and fourpence. Tony Butler He caught the shabby man in an unfrequented part of the park, took from him fourpence in bronze, which was all that he possessed, and administered to him an extremely thorough hiding. The New Gulliver and Other Stories The latter compromised for fourpence, slammed their door behind him and lurched down the creaking stairs. A Bed of Roses So you see, Kate, with mushrooms at fourpence a pound, it stands to reason that they're very plentiful at Frognall End, with fairies in strict proportion: one mushroom—one fairy, that is in English weather. A Man in the Open Michael did not greatly covet Buttmann, but he was sure that the surplus from three shillings and sixpence, possibly even from fourpence, would be very welcome. Sinister Street, vol. 1 I couldn't afford to sell one like it for less than fourpence. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves If bread, instead of being threepence per pound, becomes fourpence, a poor person would perhaps decide to take less bread, and to buy more potatoes. Political economy The question at issue is the sum—and here it stands: Three hundred and forty-two pounds, twelve shillings, and fourpence. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) “Jack,” she said, before it grew dusk, “will you give me your little purse that has the silver fourpence in it?” Mopsa the Fairy One brother assured me there were rules, but as the price was fourpence, and as trade was slack, he had been unable to procure a copy of them. The Religious Life of London A newspaper was sevenpence, of which fourpence went to pay for the stamp. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself Footman, after paying his fourpence, and gazing from stamp to label in a hopeless manner, opens his mouth twice, and withdraws, too intimidated to ask for further instructions. Their first dividend of fourpence will be paid in January, future payment will be announced by notice. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly So Mopsa, thinking she had explained everything, said again,— “And, dear Jack, will you give the silver fourpence to me?” Mopsa the Fairy I love sixpence, pretty little sixpence, I love sixpence better than my life; I spent a penny of it, I spent another, And took fourpence home to my wife. The Nursery Rhymes of England Newspapers reached the ship from Buenos Aires, one day old, and by that time having an antiquarian 126 value of twenty centavos, or fourpence. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Cruel King Coal and his merry men, Twenty and five fat rogues were they, Cabbaged fourpence a chaldron first, then ten, And a penny to boot made poor folks pay. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Even sixpence a line of sixty letters did not suffice to keep pace with such terrible improvidence, though the remuneration was much more frequently fourpence or fivepence. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections At any rate, fourpence, I know, was the sum I spent. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time On I trudged the next day and sold my jacket at Chatham to a dreadful old man, who kept me waiting all day for the money, which was only one shilling and fourpence. Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read "There's the salt ye bid me buy, Mary Cooney; and here's fourpence out of it,—do ye all be well, still?" St. Patrick's Eve It's worth fourpence at least, but it is quite in keeping with all that goes on here that a Judge should not know the value of a Joe. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) "There is nothing gives such an ascendency in a house as showing that you can maintain the establishment for fourpence less per quarter," said Zoe, gravely. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life If he had carried the ball to camp, he would have got about fourpence for it! Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Then I owe you fourpence for two twopenny bunches. Better than Play You have the same at any of the stationers; they do not cost above fourpence and will last nearly a year. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales His house, called the 'George,' in Bred Street, he gave to the salters; they to find a priest in the said church, to have six pounds thirteen and fourpence the year. Old and New London Volume I The "fourpence" of the foundation would be equal to some three shillings and fourpence of our money. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land He thought it was a little dear at fourpence, and he looked sorry when he received only twopence change. The Little Clown The duty minus the discount was fourpence, which he proposed to reduce to a penny, and to give of course no discount. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. Her eyes were riveted on a boxful of cotton gloves, bright yellow, black, and white, marked fourpence three-farthings. Anxious Audrey The former receives one shilling fourpence farthing, or thirty-three and one-half cents, per day, from which, deducting his rations and clothing, there will be left thirteen and one-half cents, or about four dollars per month. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 For supper, each man is allowed half a pound of cooked meat, a pound of bread, and half-a-pint of porter, and receives fourpence in money on leaving. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land Well, the first day cost me thirteen pence, the next fourpence, and afterwards it was only a penny now and then. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines He was very careful and prudent with his money; and whenever he added anything to his little hoard, he thought of the man who had become rich by saving up his fourpences. Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks Tom came to her rescue, "I know, we will get it for daddy between us, that'll be fourpence each, you shall give him the cup if you like, Deb." Anxious Audrey This done, under her unflagging supervision, the model was replaced; fourpence changed hands, and the glazier went his way, saying, as he made his exit:—"That was a chouse, mistress." When Ghost Meets Ghost I had been short of money and had allowed my debt to mount; and it had now reached the sum, which I shall never forget, of twelve pounds thirteen and fourpence halfpenny. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) Finally, there was fourpence for a glass of colonial wine in a George Street wine-shop; and this also, like the rest of the outing, had been practically decided upon before I left Dursley. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Who was that old fellow that saved up his fourpences till he was worth a hundred thousand dollars? Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks "I'll bet a fourpence!" says the clerk, with a cute nod. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes Six new pounds, and one, two, three, four shillings in silver, and two sixpences, and one fourpence, and a halfpenny! When Ghost Meets Ghost Prefixed to the thirteen sermons, at fourpence apiece, including the binding, is an excellent photogravure portrait of the Archbishop. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) I know of several lodging-houses where I could hire a baby from fourpence to a shilling a day. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly He had made up his mind to be a rich man; and he had carefully hoarded every cent he could spare, thus closely imitating the man who got rich by saving his fourpences. Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks This "old gentleman" has a way of sweating the crosses from a smooth fourpence, and makes them look so bran new, that he passes them for ten cent pieces! The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes Widow Thrale was not inclined to go to fourpence for it. When Ghost Meets Ghost All those graces that were now green in me were yet but like those cracked groats and fourpence half-pennies which rich men carry in their purses, while their gold is in their trunks at home. Bunyan "Fined fourpence for threat of physical violence and ninepence for executing the same," Roger murmured. Changing Winds A Novel English-made macaroni can be bought at fourpence, and even less, the pound, and the finest Italian at sixpence. Nelson's Home Comforts Thirteenth Edition One day, just before dusk, she said to Jack: “Jack, will you give me your little purse that has the silver fourpence in it?” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales I bid fourpence for the two white rats; we had arranged that in the trench. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914 It only cost me a penny, and I've made fourpence by it already. The Carroll Girls He goes to the gallery an' he hears gran', an' he can go to two music-halls in the one night ... in the one night, mind you ... for fourpence! Changing Winds A Novel Each man who had the benefit of it paid a small sum monthly—I think about fourpence. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 “Why, sir, I tell you he was sellin’ them before my face for fourpence apiece.” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Then he said the money was to go to buy things for the Indian troops, and what would they think of fourpence? Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914 "We don't need to look to our fourpences so sharp's all that," said Beale. Harding's luck Here is the fourpence, Fern; I don’t think I shall be hungry until tea-time. Wee Wifie Such a nourishment and comfort could not have been provided by themselves separately for fourpence a quart, if at all, and reckoning little for their fire, nothing for their time. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual It’s not a double letther at all; not above half the size o’ one Mr. Durfy got before my face for fourpence.” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Here’s fourpence—that will buy a few: Not quite so many as I want— However, I must make it do.” Phebe, the Blackberry Girl Uncle Thomas's Stories for Good Children Dickie fell asleep between clean, coarse sheets in a hard, narrow bed, for which fourpence had been paid. Harding's luck The postage was fixed at twopence for under 80 miles, and at fourpence for under 140 miles. The King's Post Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present time A quart of Arrack made into Punch for six shillings; and so in proportion to the smallest quantity, which is half-a-quartern for fourpence half-penny. All About Coffee A member of this club can dine for ninepence, and have a hot dish from fourpence to sevenpence. Home Life in Germany Our friend had exactly fourpence in his pocket. Somehow Good Of bread they eat a great deal; and, reckoning that at fourpence and the wine at a penny, we find eightpence to be the daily cost of living to the great body of Parisian workmen. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France A yard of calico made by hand costs two shillings, made by machinery it may cost fourpence. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production Before the war, the ruling price for a cup of tea, and a roll and butter, was fourpence, and the general tariff in proportion. All About Coffee In another establishment piece-work alone was done, a popular almanac being folded at fourpence a thousand sheets. Prisoners of Poverty Abroad It was, we believe, one of two copies, picked up by a well-known amateur for fourpence each. The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time Hans contributes to this sick-fund two marks—two shillings and fourpence—a quarter. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France At two shillings a yard few buy it; at fourpence a yard, multitudes are glad to avail themselves of it. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production Their pay is something like a penny half-penny a day for infantry, fourpence for cavalry, a shilling for commanding offices. In the Tail of the Peacock In the mourning department of one of the best known Oxford Street establishments, fourpence an hour is allowed. Prisoners of Poverty Abroad The roots are very cheap, a dozen of various colours costing only threepence or fourpence. Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young The passage cost ten florins, twenty-five kreutzers, or eight shillings and fourpence, and we slept on the table below, on deck, or not at all, as we best could. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France In the reign of Henry I., at ordinary prices, bread enough for one meal for 100 men could be bought for a shilling and a whole sheep cost fourpence. The History of London Every man in business . . . issued promissory notes, varying in value from the sum of fourpence to twenty shillings, payable on demand. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia In the next room was a woman who stitched very thick large trousers, for which she received fourpence a pair. Prisoners of Poverty Abroad He talked, if I remember correctly, about a cruel fourpence and a mythical ninepence. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914 The fare by railway from Munich to Augsburg, our next station, was one gulden, twenty-four kreutzers,—two shillings and fourpence,—and from the latter fine old city we proceeded entirely on foot to Strassburg. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France They charged fourpence a mile, and they pretended to accomplish the journey at the rate of seven miles an hour. The History of London "Ten thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine pounds, five shillings and fourpence," repeated Mr. Vanderkiste. The Chestermarke Instinct They were not sold singly or even by the score, but by the hundred; and a hundred of them cost fourpence. Through Finland in Carts He accordingly began taking lessons from him, paying fourpence a week. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson He has a wife and a number of children, and he has to walk four miles every morning to work, and four home again, because he can't afford fourpence for a 'bus.' Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young ‘Yes,’ answered I, ‘I have got two shillings and fourpence.’ A Sailor of King George And yet two or three years earlier he had certainly been earning from fourpence halfpenny to fivepence an hour, or, say, from three and sixpence to four shillings for a day's work. Change in the Village By-and-by, when the cottage was built, the labourer was summoned to the court-leet of the manor, and was assessed in quit rent, a mere nominal sum, perhaps fourpence or a shilling a year. The Toilers of the Field He was also employed to hoe turnips, and do similar farm-work, for which he was paid the advanced wage of fourpence a day. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson When he had but fourpence left, he came to a public-house, and thought that the money must go. Folk-lore and Legends: German Even his dinner beer tasted bitter to him to-day, and when he left his work and turned his steps homewards he still had fourpence of his precious sixpence left, wherewith to pay the tram fare. The Girls of St. Olave's The builders' labourers are rather better paid—if their employment were not so intermittent—with an average of from fourpence halfpenny to fivepence an hour. Change in the Village Considering that the pay of a lieutenant of the Royal Artillery was somewhere about six and fourpence a day and no emoluments, the lot of a mounted policeman seemed a happy one. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon There came in altogether yesterday nine pounds sixteen shillings fourpence. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller I wish I had a fourpence, Den I mought use a dime. Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study In the time of Polybius, the traveler was charged for victuals and lodgings at an inn only about two farthings a day, and a bushel of wheat sold for fourpence. Ancient States and Empires In July, a bill for penny Industrial development postage was introduced in Parliament, resulting in a new postage law providing a uniform rate of fourpence per letter. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) About the above period, continual payments are made for the destruction of hedgehogs, which seem to be valued at sixpence a-piece, in some cases fourpence; and to have been allowed in the parish accounts. Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc There was also found in the boxes at the Orphan Houses two shillings and a penny halfpenny, and one shilling fourpence came in for stockings. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller I suppose that shrivelled little carcass of yours isn't worth more than fourpence. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... And he charged me fourpence three-farthings for the information, and as I only had fourpence halfpenny I have to pay him the odd farthing when I sell some of my poems. The Wallypug in London At this time provisions were fairly moderate in price, meat being one shilling a pound and bread fourpence a pound, but luxuries, liquors, &c., were growing scarce. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Oh, my little fourpence, pretty little fourpence, I love fourpence better than my life; I spent a penny of it, I spent another, And I took twopence home to my wife. The Nursery Rhyme Book Donations varying in amount from three hundred pounds to fourpence continued to be received in answer to prayer. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller A mark is thirteen and fourpence; and six hundred and sixty six pounds odd, in days when an ox cost three shillings and a sheep fourpence was a handsome sum. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England The three stamps on it show a value of 34 cents—one shilling, one fourpence and one penny. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria I changed the solution once, the total cost from first to last being one shilling and fourpence. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. A well-known coin in most parts of Europe; the average gold ducat being nine shillings and sixpence, and the silver three shillings and fourpence. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Before this day has come to an end, the Lord has sent in one pound two shillings and fourpence more, so that we have also a little for to-morrow. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller “Give us fourpence to buy a pound of golden syrup for tea, please, Padre,” suddenly said Briar. Girls of the Forest Other persons have also been heard to threaten: among others, Charles Knight, who has just started a weekly publication price fourpence: Barnaby being, as you know, threepence. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete And I declare if they ask not three shillings and fourpence for a quarter of veal! It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot The mate following his finger, saw a small canvas bag, and by the side of it fourpence halfpenny in coppers and an unknown amount in brace buttons. More Cargoes 1897 At seven in the morning we were called up, and after another "good wash," went our ways, each with fourpence sterling in his hand, the parting gift of hospitable Master Watts. Faces and Places Those we visited were in the purlieus of the old "Rookery," and for these dens, I was informed, the men paid fourpence a night! Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis It is 'most all cents, but then there is one fourpence.” Rollo at Work The charges at this hotel were ridiculously small—only three and fourpence a day for board and lodging. A Tramp's Notebook The cost of the whole, the boys found, when they came to foot up the account, was only two shillings and fourpence. Rollo in Scotland “Without doubt,” said Lawyer B. “Then I’d thank thee to pay me three and fourpence; for it was thy dog stole my neck of mutton, and that’s the cost of it.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 The soldiers grumbled at the high prices; for, though beef was only fourpence a pound, and good wine sixpence a bottle, yet an egg cost threepence and a dish of cauliflowers eighteenpence. William Pitt and the Great War A letter from London to Otterbourne cost eightpence, and one from Winchester either threepence or fourpence, one from Devonshire elevenpence, and this was paid not by the sender, but by the receiver. Old Times at Otterbourne He coined sixpences for Ireland worth only fourpence in England. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The grand total she found was one and fourpence halfpenny. An Australian Lassie “Why, as you asked my opinion, my charge for that is six and eightpence—deduct value of neck of mutton, three and fourpence, and just so much remains.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 There is that woman again: "Strawberries! fourpence a pottle!" Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II I'm hoping to avoid the fourpence in discounts. Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914 "Seven and fourpence 'ap'ny—most of it beer," said the child. The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance He had known what it was to live on fourpence halfpenny a day and scorned the life of sofa cushions and beef-tea into which well-attended old gentlemen so easily slip. Dr. Johnson and His Circle “So, Neighbour Grace, you must pay me three and fourpence, and that settles the matter.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 He offered cigarettes, and presently the communicative one departed, having borrowed fourpence on the strength of his professional advice. The Man Who Lost Himself But he wouldn't, and I thought it was hardly worth while for the sake of one and fourpence, besides making her mother more furious than ever. Lalage's Lovers He was offering Estuary Rails at fourpence three farthings. Men of Affairs "Yes I am," she said, and she left her fourpence, and James's coppery, grimy fingers scooped it in, as the youth behind Miss Pinnegar shoved her forward. The Lost Girl There be at this present forty women broiderers a-working in the Palace, in such haste they be paid mighty high wage—fourpence halfpenny each one by the day.” The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century To form it, sixpence per month was deducted from the pay of sea-officers, and fourpence from all sailors’ wages from the port of London. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 We ought not to have had to borrow more than fourpence, for Selby-Harrison had a shilling the night before, but went and spent it on having a Turkish bath. Lalage's Lovers "Blighter owes me fourpence, anyway," roars Elf; and I infer that neither of them has a high opinion of 'Arry's character from the civilian point of view. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916 Twopence to fourpence was the sum which each put down at every stake, and it was astonishing to observe how rapidly the coins were transported from one pocket to another. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves On inquiry Mark found that fowls were sold at from fourpence to eightpence a-piece; geese and turkeys from a shilling to eighteenpence. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar Candles cost fourpence apiece, which made them costly luxuries for the thrifty colonists. Home Life in Colonial Days I should be surprised if she submitted meekly to the loss of one and fourpence. Lalage's Lovers Copies of Shakespeare, printed from the prompters' MSS. and published at fourpence, fetched £300 or £400. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting The oppression is, the farmer valuing the labour of the poor at fourpence or fivepence a day, and paying that in land rated much above its value. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Beef was three shillings and fourpence a pound, and mutton two shillings and ninepence. Danger! and Other Stories Fourpence a-day was a labourer's wage, but what need had one of even fourpence, with his hut free and the food piling richly at his very door? John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn It was renewed, and the next throw took fourpence. Despair's Last Journey This was indeed a grand salaam, a ceremonious acknowledgment of a gift of something less than fourpence! In the Forbidden Land He fumbled in his pocket, but his hands were so numb that he could scarcely capture the nimble fourpence. The Mark Of Cain "Yes, sir," said the postmaster, producing one—"fourpence." Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes Garrick had been his pupil at Edial, near Lichfield; they had come up to town together with an easy united fortune of fourpence—‘current coin o’ the realm.’ Obiter Dicta Second Series The learning which will be more particularly necessary to him is the ancient geography of towns, mountains, and rivers; for this let him take Culverius, value fourpence. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II Four an’ fourpence a year! think o’ that—not to mention the deduction w’en they goes for a month or two to the country each summer. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands “It will indeed, Hetty, and all for fourpence a day, say you?” Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure The gentleman paid the fourpence postage, and left the shop with his letter. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes Observe what significance there is in that fourpence! Post Haste Quite a good diet can be obtained for fourpence a day, yet the average working man spends sevenpence. Papers on Health Our captain on one voyage brought over some oysters, which sold, he told us, at fourpence each. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar With the remaining fourpence he could purchase the right to sit in the lodging-house kitchen, and to sleep in a bed in a room with thirty or forty homeless ones like himself. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure There was a public library in New York, from which books were loaned at fourpence ha'penny per week. Comic History of the United States They're one and sixpence too, so we can't have both, for it would be a pity to miss the chance of one and fourpence worth of macaroons. Priscilla's Spies His cheeks were somewhat hollow and his garments threadbare, for in truth the fourpence he received, though not a sum to be despised, was not sufficient to maintain him in much luxury. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham “Landlord, here’s the money for the pint of half-and-half—fourpence halfpenny, a’n’t it?—here’s sixpence; keep the change—confound the change!” The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" They charge only fourpence a day for this, and each baby has its own bag of clothing, brush and comb, towel and cot. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure The idea of paying fourpence for a cauliflower takes me heart out of me every time I go marketing, and the bacon is no sooner bought, than it is eaten. More about Pixie You get quite a lot of biscuits for fourpence," said Priscilla, "if you go in for plain arrowroot. Priscilla's Spies He observed that when Master Elliot entered he laid down fourpence, which he found was the fee for his admission into the school. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham Tea and coffee, threepence a cup; lemonade, fourpence; fruit salad, sixpence a plate!” A Houseful of Girls Each man pays fourpence a night here, for which he is entitled to a bed and the use of the kitchen and its fire to warm himself and cook his food. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure You can’t stir out of the house under fourpence or sixpence at the very least. The Independence of Claire At the end of it all they had fourpence left, which, after serious consultation, it was decided to expend in a bed for the night. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life Profit at least fourpence, three farthings on every half-dozen eggs. Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm “I’ve only three and fourpence in the world, and it’s mother’s birthday next month, and Aunt May’s and granny’s the month after that, and Agatha’s next week.” A Houseful of Girls Yes, the ordinary charge is fourpence, but widows get it for twopence for each child, and, perhaps, they may regard a deserted wife as a widow! Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure Having made a satisfactory arrangement with Emma, I went to the nearest hairdresser's; and afterwards bought for two and fourpence a white flannel shirt with a collar attached. Chatterbox, 1905. She protested at first at their coming so early, but finally yielded, on condition they would make the threepence into fourpence. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life He called for a glass of beer and bread and cheese, and was charged tenpence for the same, fourpence for the beer, and sixpence for the bread and cheese. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Thus we know that the enterprise cost James Burbage six hundred sixty-six pounds thirteen shillings fourpence, a considerable sum in those days, which would be equal to about eightfold that amount in our own time. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 "At the present moment your father is worth the respectable sum of forty-seven thousand two hundred and nineteen pounds eighteen shillings and fourpence; so he certainly hasn't run away from his creditors." Jack Haydon's Quest I had economised as much as possible, but walking is hungry work, and now I found myself with only one and fourpence by way of capital. Chatterbox, 1905. All customary tenants to become leaseholders at a fixed rental of fourpence an acre for ever. The Rise of the Democracy I wants ninety-two pounds thirteen and fourpence, Mr Scruby, and then we'll go to work for the new fight with contented hearts. Can You Forgive Her? Bobby had not the least desire to "swell;" so he settled the matter by bargaining with a little ragged fellow to help him carry the trunk to Mr. Bayard's store for fourpence. Now or Never The Adventures of Bobby Bright With as nonchalant an air as I could muster, I offered him a beshlik—fourpence halfpenny. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 It was to carry me ten miles for fourpence. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma He might ask not more than six of his friends to dine with him at the Canon's room, and their dinner was to cost not more than fourpence a head. The Customs of Old England The individual expense was not great, somewhere between a penny and fourpence for each member. The Growth of English Drama "How do you do, Mr. Timmins?" said Bobby to the spruce clerk, as he deposited the trunk upon the floor, and handed the ragged boy the fourpence. Now or Never The Adventures of Bobby Bright The Literary Gazette was compelled to reduce its price to fourpence in its effort to regain the lost subscriptions. Early Reviews of English Poets Female children were now offering at from three shillings and fourpence to six shillings each. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma The fund needed to meet these charges was raised by an annual rate levied on each craftsman—called "pageant money"—and varying from one penny to fourpence. The Customs of Old England Can you let me have nine shillings and fourpence halfpenny, Mrs. Ricketts? and I’ll give you this for the money!’ and she flashed that bit of a glittering stone right up into my eyes. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl The first number of this publication—a quarto weekly sheet, price fourpence—was issued on the first of September 1810. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century I found that he used to put fourpence in one pocket to meet the expense of his lodging-house bed, and he bought ten two-pennyworths of gin with the rest of the money. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary "The food's threepence and the bed fourpence," she said. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches For grammar the statutable amount was eightpence, for natural philosophy fourpence, and for logic threepence per term, and it was usual to reckon four terms to the year. The Customs of Old England Bridget got her fourpence the next day, a penny from mamma and threepence from papa. The Rectory Children A tiny sandwich cost fourpence, while a small basin of thin and unappetising soup, evidently prepared in anticipation of our arrival, was just as expensive. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Three of the top boys have a bank, and we all have to deposit, only I kept fourpence in one of my boots. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys Say fourpence for the waiter; that leaves sixteen shillings change, which I’ll ask you to put in your pocket.’ The Observations of Henry "I will run home and get my fourpence directly." Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 Frank produced his fourpence and laid it on the corner of the table. None Other Gods Reference to a time-table showed that the price of Pauline Roper's ticket would be two pounds nine shillings and fourpence halfpenny. Berry And Co. These Irishmen who migrate for fourpence to England, on the deck of a steamship on which they are often packed like cattle, insinuate themselves everywhere. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 But 'royal' is not capable of rapid enunciation, and 'groat' is decidedly objectionable for designating ten farthings, as it is still sacred to fourpence in the English mind. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 428 Volume 17, New Series, March 13, 1852 Upon every gallon of French wine twopence; of Spanish wine threepence; of Portuguese wine fourpence. Life of Adam Smith The Governor had given him half-a-crown to start life with, and he proposed to squander fourpence of it at once in two stamps, two sheets of paper and two envelopes. None Other Gods And therefore, since the cow is in my conscience worth but fourpence, my conscience cannot serve me, for sin of my soul, to appraise her calf above twopence. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens The gown was torn and bloody; it was not worth a penny; but in order to end a dispute between his brave countrymen he would offer fourpence, which they could divide in peace among them. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross You know something of life when you have only fourpence in the world and vice is the only trade for which your hand has acquired any deftness. Sally Bishop A Romance "Twopence added to twopence is fourpence, and twopence multiplied by twopence is also fourpence." Amusements in Mathematics He had bought some tobacco, and two or three other things that afternoon, and the total amounted now but to twelve pounds nineteen shillings and fourpence. None Other Gods The man may be a model husband, of course, but before taking it for granted we should want to know what he does with that fourpence. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920 When Major Kirkpatrick received three shillings and fourpence he was almost in a state of collapse. Private Peat Beer, or more frequently spirits, form the favourite 'nobbler,' the price of which varies from fourpence to eightpence in Sydney and Adelaide according to the drink. Town Life in Australia However, he bought some of each of the three other kinds and obtained exactly one hundred eggs for eight and fourpence. Amusements in Mathematics But he was never too hard put to it perhaps, seeing that "if he had not fourpence, wherever he came he would find respect and credit." The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened "I earn three pounds and fourpence a week," an applicant told the Willesden Police Court, "out of which I give my wife three pounds." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920 You can pay the amount, which is, with costs and Sheriff's Poundage, three hundred and fifty-one pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence, at once, or you may pay it five days hence. In Luck at Last Silver chain in pocket, with Freemason's token: a half-crown, a florin, and fourpence— And so on. The Ship of Stars He would then have one hundred eggs at a cost of eight shillings and fourpence, and the same number of eggs of two of the qualities. Amusements in Mathematics If the charges were so low that the journey from London to Edinburgh only cost fourpence, then even the most unreasonable passenger would be surely contented. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Thus it seems that a Rover may have six sails at the rate of one hundred and sixty-six pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence per sail! Side Lights That crowds of poor would attend his obsequies he was probably aware, for to each poor person seeking a bounty he bequeathed fourpence, "for the love of God and his soul's health". Winchester At the same time the pay of a labouring man per day, as fixed by law, was fourpence. Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. But we will assume for the purposes of our puzzle that twopence multiplied by twopence is fourpence. Amusements in Mathematics Sheep cost four Spanish dollars each and were so small that it answered better to purchase the mutton for the ship's daily use at fourpence per pound. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship For no nation can flourish when it is the ambition of the large majority to put in fourpence and take out ninepence. Outspoken Essays About ten pound three and fourpence between the pair of them. Nocturne You never read that women received a penny a day for hay-making or weeding in the corn, and that a gallon of red wine was sold for fourpence. Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. "And that's fourpence!" added the queer little voice from the chimney. The Child's World Third Reader Does he buy them by the dozen, from the nearest book-stall—out of that trunk full of miscellaneous volumes, boldly labelled, "All these at fourpence"? A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Elspeth discovered that guns cost fourpence, and dominoes threepence halfpenny; it seemed to her, therefore, that Tommy was defrauding her of a halfpenny. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood The price of half a pint of tea is twopence, of a whole pint fourpence. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 11, 1841 He furthermore promises to plant Blackheath and Government waste grounds with sugar-cane, and to raise the penny post stamp to fourpence, in so delicate a manner that nobody shall feel the extra expense. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 Bobby had not the least desire to "swell," so he settled the matter by bargaining with a little ragged fellow to help him carry the trunk to Mr. Bayard's store for fourpence. Now or Never As these cost about a shilling or one and fourpence per pound, and even a quarter of a pound is sufficient to ornament two or three dozen dishes, the extra expense is almost nil. Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet He had bought it from Hump Salt for fourpence. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood Fieldfares and Mistletoe Thrushes usually sell at fourpence each, the rest at fourpence a couple. Birds of Guernsey (1879) And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands My impression is that the journalists of those days caught at least fourpence by their wares. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 21, 1917 MERK, s. an ancient Scottish silver coin, value thirteen shillings and fourpence Scotch money, or thirteen pence and one-third of a penny sterling. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. The rents run from two and fourpence to seven and sixpence a week, according to the accommodation. Thrift Hump had pointed this out to him after pocketing the fourpence. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood All this, with towels, is not dear at fourpence. Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland A quart of Arrack made into Punch for six shillings; and so in proportion to the smallest quantity, which is half-a-quartern for fourpence halfpenny. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 578, December 1, 1832 The common weight of these half-pence is between four and five to an ounce; suppose five, then three shillings and fourpence will weigh a pound, and consequently twenty shillings will weigh six pounds butter weight. Political Pamphlets In one year, twenty-two thousand pounds were thus sent from Aldershot,—the average amount of each money order being twenty-one shillings and fourpence. Thrift On the first of every month Leonora handed to Bessie one paltry sovereign, thirteen shillings, and the odd fourpence in coppers. Leonora It was he who "named the house" to me, and for this reason The Green Man profited in fourpence worth of cider, 134 years later. Mince Pie "I forgot fourpence on the counter," muttered the chemist, pulling the quilt over him. The Duel and Other Stories Johnson was impolite, not because he wanted benevolence, but because small things appeared smaller to him than to people who had never known what it was to live for fourpence halfpenny a day…. The Bed-Book of Happiness Each member contributes to a common fund at the rate of from fourpence to sixpence a week, and out of this fund the stipulated allowance is paid. Thrift I knew the pangs of hunger again, and earned from twopence to fourpence a day, where I could, by heavy and unpleasant work. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories An extra charge of fourpence could be made if the clerks were wanted both in the afternoon and in the forenoon for the sermon or other service. The Parish Clerk Good land was to be had here for fourpence an acre of yearly rent. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Garrick had been his pupil at Edial, near Lichfield; they had come up to town together with an easy united fortune of fourpence--"current coin o' the realm." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Less legacy duty and incidental expenses, fourteen hundred and twenty-eight six and fourpence. The Firm of Girdlestone For instance, I wheeled earth, earning about fourpence a day by it. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories The beadle might charge fourpence for the use of the hearse cloth. The Parish Clerk With a head spinning with triumph, she calculated that at that rate she could earn fourpence a day! Hillsboro People And then, it is well worth fourpence to laugh once a week. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) "Six shillings on my own; five and fourpence on you," said Peake. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories Fatigue punished him, and simultaneously reduced two hundred and fifty thousand pounds to the value of about fourpence. Mr. Prohack The common labourers were to receive fourpence a day for the half year; for the remaining half, threepence. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Here, single-bedded cabins could be had as low as fourpence a night. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People Industrious women who spin in the factories get some fourpence, some fivepence, and so on to tenpence per day, and find their own house-room and diet. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters He dropped the eleven and fourpence into the kitty-shell, and pushed it across the table to her. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories And when I told her she said that that made them come to fourpence apiece, and that they were very dear. As Seen By Me Good wine, it may be incidentally remarked, was cheap enough when the Three Cranes was first opened, the delicate juice of the Gascoign grape being then vended, at fourpence the gallon, and Rhenish at sixpence! The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance The jaunt, if such an expression is applicable, cost him eleven shillings less fourpence. In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays Well," said Oliver, after a little pause, "I'll save the fourpence for you. Alone in London Three and fourpences might be picked up in the street, eh? The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories In Kentucky currency mutton and beef were fourpence a pound, in the summer of 1796, while four beef tongues cost three shillings, and a quarter of lamb three and a sixpence. The Winning of the West, Volume 4 Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 The cheese, when made and sent to market, fluctuates of course in price: it may be as low as fourpence a pound wholesale; it may go as high as sixpence. Hodge and His Masters He was reflecting, I suppose, on the other fourpence he might ha' had o' me had he asked them! Between You and Me Hollo, my lad!" he said, "you're the boy I gave fourpence to a week ago for holding my horse. Alone in London The bedesmen received one shilling and fourpence a day and a comfortable lodging. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Linen cost two and fourpence, or three shillings a yard; flannel, four to six shillings; calico and chintz about the same; baize, three shillings and ninepence. The Winning of the West, Volume 4 Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 How, then, is the dairyman to succeed when he cannot, positively cannot, make cheese to sell at less than fourpence per pound wholesale? Hodge and His Masters It varies, therefore, between that price and fourpence; and this pound contains something more than ours. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 284, November 24, 1827 The price is very moderate, being about fourpence a pound. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada She grows a great hatred for all fares above fourpence, because they need special thought. This Is the End Hubert learnt that there was no set dinner, but there was a beef-steak pudding at one, price fourpence, a penny potatoes, a penny bread. Vain Fortune It would be thought that in these days of cheap literature, these papers, charging twopence, threepence, and even fourpence per copy, could not possibly continue to exist. Hodge and His Masters I took off my jacket, and went into a shop, where I exchanged it finally for one and fourpence. Ten Boys from Dickens Happily, a man who knew Andy looked in for a letter, paid the postage of fourpence on it, and then settled the dispute between Andy and the postmaster by mentioning Mr. Egan's name. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Wonderfully cheap was the living in those days, when, at the Edinburgh ordinaries, a good dinner could be had for fourpence, small beer included. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 His breakfast, whether he had it at home or in the coffee-house, would cost him at least fourpence. Vain Fortune Garrick, as he pointed out, had been brought up in a family whose study it was to make fourpence go as far as fourpence-halfpenny. Samuel Johnson They ran behind him some little way, offering him first fourpence and then sixpence a day, but he only smiled and shook his head, until at last they fell away from him. The White Company I will inquire the cost of bottling, packing, &c.; it is about one shilling and fourpence a bottle here, sweet red wine, unlike any other I ever drank, and I think very good. Letters from the Cape It is very bad policy attempting to save the fourpence. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people I collected fourpence by the recital of "I remember, I remember." Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Our bread supply is very scarce—a little in the morning and less at night, for none of us can gain by her handiwork more than fourpence a day for her daily bread. Four Arthurian Romances There are in it twenty-three marks, one noble, three shillings and fourpence, which is a great treasure for one man to carry. The White Company H. O. wanted to go out at once and buy a mask he had seen for fourpence. The Story of the Treasure Seekers The only money his master allowed him at starting was fourpence. Men of Invention and Industry You confess that you purchased an old promissory note of mine for fourpence, and then sent a man here to seize my goods! Baron Trigault's Vengeance The successful players by degrees improved their external appearance, and obtained admittance into houses of higher play, where two shillings and sixpence or three shillings and fourpence was demanded for the box-hand. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) I can live now on fourpence a day. Ann Veronica, a modern love story I spent fourpence of that in bread and cheese, that on the table's the tuppence. The Story of the Treasure Seekers "Then you may give me six sticks;" and he threw a fourpence on her tray. Poor and Proud, or the Fortunes of Katy Redburn: a Story for Young Folks My breakfast and tea, with bread, cost me about fourpence each. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography On entering you pay fourpence, and are free of the establishment for the night. In Darkest England and the Way Out It contained three sovereigns, six and fourpence, two postage stamps, a small key, and her aunt's return half ticket to Morningside Park. Ann Veronica, a modern love story We bought peppermint bullseyes with the fourpence I had over, and the others wanted to know where we got the money, but we would not tell. The Story of the Treasure Seekers "Thank you, ma'am; you are very kind," replied Katy; and her nimble fingers had soon made a nice little parcel for the lady, who gave her a fourpence. Poor and Proud, or the Fortunes of Katy Redburn: a Story for Young Folks Putting aside the dirt upon his carpet and the loss of time, there were twopence gone upon the bandage, fourpence or more upon the medicine, to say nothing of phial, cork, label, and paper. Round the Red Lamp The foregoing, it will be said, is all very well for your outcast when he has got fourpence in his pocket, but what if he has not got his fourpence? In Darkest England and the Way Out We played for about an hour and a half, by the end of which time George had won fourpence—George always is lucky at cards—and Harris and I had lost exactly twopence each. Three Men in a Boat He had evidently expected her to offer seven and fourpence. Beasts and Super-Beasts Then she told him the story of the bun shop, and the fourpence she picked up out of the sloppy mud, and the child who was hungrier than herself. A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time The invisible Punch followed:— "You shall have the Bill, Mr. Brooke, per electioneering contest, and a seat outside Parliament as delivered, five thousand pounds, seven shillings, and fourpence." Middlemarch I could have got a bed for fourpence, and have lived for three days on the rest. The Middle of Things "I have got fourpence in halfpence, Tom, and there are our knives and watches." The Young Buglers The landlady received fourpence per head, I believe it was, for each of these wanderers. Twilight in Italy Fruit also I found cheap, figs fourpence a dozen, and other kinds in proportion. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" "You pay your fourpence and takes your choice," I said, with an intended grandiloquent sweep of my hand towards the dozen derelict beds. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 A fat pig could be bought for fourpence, and three pounds of beef for a penny; and in spite of occasional visits of the plague, the villager’s lot was by no means unhappy. English Villages By the Mutiny Act the innkeeper was required to find each foot-soldier lodging, diet, and small beer for fourpence a day. Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 Oranges are sold at fourpence halfpenny the kilo—it comes about five for twopence, small ones. Twilight in Italy His assets amounted to one pound seven and fourpence and he owed twenty pounds. The Gem Collector The spectators went where they liked, men paid fourpence, women threepence for admission. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc Little wonder that meat is a shilling a pound, instead of fourpence as before the annexation, that bread has doubled in price, taxation also, and, to make matters worse, that trade has remained persistently dull! East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne One pitiful subscriber of fourpence, every eighth day, thought his boys did not improve much under it. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey The first, and the only one for which prices were raised—to a fourpence entrance fee instead of threepence—was for the leading lady. Twilight in Italy Poor Christian Green got only fourpence half-penny for her soul, but her bargain was made some years later than that of the others, and quotations, as the stock-brokers would say, ranged lower. Among My Books First Series The average price of wheat, during the year, was sixty-four shillings and fourpence a quarter, about eight shillings a bushel; the quartern loaf was sevenpence. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 On Tuesday, the ist of March, 1796, will be published No. 1. price fourpence, of a Miscellany, to be continued every eighth day, under the name of "The Watchman", by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. For less than a million of pounds sterling, modified, taken down, and amoderated to the twelfth part of one fourpence halfpenny farthing, you are able to put it to a trial and make proof thereof. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 They tell you your character, your talents, your strong points, and your weak points at fourpence halfpenny a go. My Man Jeeves The result of the talk was that they offered him shelter at fourpence a night. The History of David Grieve She had never seen her mother give more than fourpence or fivepence a dozen; and she thought she would ask, when she got home, whether it could really be as Tom said. The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People "Divel do you good with your one pound thirteen and fourpence!" Celtic Fairy Tales He says that fourpence a week doesn't give him enough scope. First Plays And then he would again think of Waterloo Bridge, and the Monument, and of what might be done for threepence or fourpence in a pistol gallery. The Three Clerks We might have had more for three and fourpence. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War The very poorest could not escape; if he got some one to work for fourpence a day he would find a reason to keep back a portion of the small sum due to him. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs I determined to test the prodigy yet further, and choosing the middle price, at fourpence a quart, I said-- 'Pray give me a hap'orth in a mug.' The Path to Rome I dare say that eightpence was what he hoped to get, seeing that young male linnets are not unfrequently sold by London dealers for sixpence and even fourpence. Birds in Town and Village They put me into an omnibus, which charged me fourpence for a journey of some two miles. First and Last Such seductive scraps of meat, which would make a breakfast nourishing as well as relishing, possibly even what called itself a dinner, blushing to see themselves labelled threepence or fourpence! Our Hundred Days in Europe Shergold was on the spot and undertook to go with him for the sum of fourpence. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs I asked this friend of mine how much there was to pay, and he said 'fourpence'. The Path to Rome For young male linnets he got eightpence, sometimes tenpence; for hen birds fourpence, or less. Birds in Town and Village A pound of tea often costs six shillings on that side, and you can get a common lead pencil for fourpence at the rival store across the street in the mother province. While the Billy Boils Massachusetts taxed herself thirteen and fourpence in the pound. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 There was a fence round a pavilion where a band was playing, and within there were spendthrifts who paid fourpence for their chairs, when the music could be perfectly well heard without charge outside. London Films I was somewhat timid to ask for so little as a quart, but the apron man in the most businesslike way filled my bottle at a tap and asked for fourpence. The Path to Rome "Please not to speak of my affairs like that," I said, as if I were quite stupid; "I mean to pay fourpence for every twopence—both to friends and enemies." Erema — My Father's Sin He got them all right presently—and butter fell to fourpence a pound. While the Billy Boils For 40 centimes one may purchase a bottle of vin de gard, a thin tipple, doubtless; but what kind of claret could one buy for fourpence a quart at home? A Versailles Christmas-Tide Originally it had been fourpence; in 1836 Mr. Spring Rice, Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord Melbourne's ministry, had reduced it to a penny; and now, with a very general acquiescence, it was abolished altogether. The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 So they charged me fourpence, and I took my bottle of this wonderful stuff, sweet, strong, sufficient, part of the earth, desirable, and went up on my way to Rome. The Path to Rome The sequestrators, having discovered with whom she had deposited her money, took two-thirds, thirteen pounds six shillings and eightpence, for the use of the commonwealth, and left her the remainder, six pounds thirteen and fourpence. The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 Oh, my little fourpence, a jolly, jolly fourpence, I love fourpence as my life; I spent twopence of it, I spent twopence of it, And I took twopence home to my wife. The Real Mother Goose Here is, Master Doctor, fourpence—your due, and eightpence—my bounty. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 They are sold for fourpence each, and it is pretended that one makes an ample meal for twelve persons. Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. Former sultans were accustomed to allow their ladies half a dollar a day, but these have but twopence, or at least fourpence. Travels in Morocco, Volume 1. Is a soldier to fatten on delicacies, and to revel in superfluities, for fourpence a-day? The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I It was caused by an outrageous War Office order that fourpence a day should be stopped from the soldiers to pay for the rations they had always got free. The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton It's fourpence the single journey, so the fare there and back for three of us'll be two bob. The Triple Alliance Its trials and triumphs It should be remarked that all these advantages are enjoyed for the same price charged by the most crowded and filthy of lodging houses, namely, fourpence per night, or two shillings per week. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 He explains that he can live on about sixty pounds a year at Florence, paying four or five shillings a week for his rooms, breakfasting for fourpence, and dining quite magnificently for a shilling. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century I believe I've got one—or fourpence, which is all the same.' The Pillars of the House, V1 When we came to settle up with our host he proposed to charge us twenty-five cents, just one shilling, or fourpence each. The Naturalist in Nicaragua I think that fresh milk would have saved that child," he said, "but how was poor Thomas to buy fresh milk at fourpence a quart? Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales When we were there, butter was from two shillings and fourpence to three shillings per pound, bread fourpence, milk eightpence per pint, vegetables enormous, butcher's meat and sugar, as at home. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia I wouldn't give fourpence for the whole army of Italy. Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus The largest soul that was in all England; and provision made for it of 'fourpence halfpenny a day.' English Literature for Boys and Girls "Ten and fourpence!—never!" cried his incredulous companion. Sketches by Seymour — Volume 01 But the brandy went up in price, and the taverner said that he must have fourpence for the half-pint. The Pink Fairy Book To meet these heavy charges a duty of fourpence per chaldron was levied on coals and culm imported into London, and also an additional duty of sixpence per chaldron for fifty years. The Corporation of London, Its Rights and Privileges He touches children with the mace to cure them of ringworm for fourpence apiece. Getting Married "Oh!" said I; "and yet, life without tea—more especially as you brew it—would be very stale, flat, and unprofitable, and—" "Bacon and eggs—one shilling and fourpence!" she went on, consulting her accounts. The Broad Highway If you have not given any cheques since this was made up," he said calmly, "you have a credit balance of thirteen thousand, one hundred and eighteen pounds, nine shillings and fourpence. The Tempting of Tavernake Emile had risen from his pallet, and searching in his pocket said, "I haven't even so much as a fourpence for the poor old soul." Leah Mordecai It is now commonly supposed that the Corporation receive the entire duty of thirteen pence per ton, whereas their actual share of the impost is only fourpence. The Corporation of London, Its Rights and Privileges Everyone above fifteen years old had to pay fourpence, and the collectors were often very rude and insolent. Young Folks' History of England "No so!" said the mulatto; "I want fourpence; you done' dat befor' several times; I wants my money." Manuel Pereira "My face for a scrubber, if small change is n't pretty much the contents; the fourpences and dimes lie pretty near together, friend Bill." Town and Country; or, life at home and abroad, without and within us One pound four and fourpence to begin again at three-and-twenty the battle of life on which he had entered at thirteen. The Fortunate Youth You pay fourpence a week for tea and biscuits. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl I do really believe, Virgie, we could support life on less—say, on fourpence. The Odd Women You may say fourpence halfpenny isn't worth having. Demos If you went for a quarter of a pound of butter, you had no choice of quality, and paid fourpence three farthings, whilst in Lambeth Walk you obtained a better article for the even fourpence. Thyrza In current coin his whole fortune amounted to one pound, four shillings and fourpence. The Fortunate Youth "But Gellybrand foully libelled me," cried Mr Poulter, with another outburst of anger, "when he stated that I only paid one and fourpence a pound for my tea." Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl Well, it's seven mornings a pint at twopence is seven twos is a shilling and twopence over and these three mornings a quart at fourpence is three quarts is a shilling. Ulysses ‘Well,’ she said, ‘Paul’s right; it is fourpence.’ Friarswood Post Office Stella, you lost three shillings and fourpence t'other night at Stoyte's, yes, you did, and Presto stood in a corner, and saw you all the while, and then stole away. The Journal to Stella The next week his failure was announced, in consequence of some extravagant risks on 'Change, and eventually I received but three shillings and fourpence in the pound for my bond of sixty-three thousand. The Monikins My account with Mr. Ukridge is ten pounds eight shillings and fourpence. Love Among the Chickens Twopence a pint, fourpence a quart, eightpence a gallon of porter, no, one and fourpence a gallon of porter. Ulysses You can’t deduct a sixteenth of a penny, so call it fourpence.’ Friarswood Post Office When he was out of work, my mother used to give him fourpence and tell him to go out and not come back until he'd drunk himself cheerful and loving-like. Pygmalion "The cheese here at sixpence is pretty tidy," said a crone to her companion; "but you may get as good in town for fourpence." Sybil, or the Two Nations The annual sum wanted is two millions, and the average rate in which it falls, is thirteen shillings and fourpence per head. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。