| 单词 | fourpenny |
| 例句 | In the carpenter's store forward there were hammers, awls, chisels, files, a saw, hundreds of nails, both sixpenny and fourpenny. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z That’s all right; £4 makes £99 10s. and 10s.—stop, let’s count them—count after your own father, as the saying is—four and five’s nine, and three fourpenny pieces; all right. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Soon after this meeting the fourpenny deliveries commenced; and these were before long followed by the establishment of the universal Penny-post. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z British fourpenny bright orange, Edward issue—has fifteen holes per 2 centimetres along the top and bottom edges, and fourteen holes along either side. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z Although frequently referred to as a groat, it had no other official designation than a “fourpenny piece.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Now came up a Spanish fourpenny, now a Yankee nickel, now a Frenchman, now a Dutchman, now a Mexican half-dollar, now a noble British quid. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z I never, in my fourpenny dining-place, looked at the drayman or porter at the next table and wondered whether he also knew the heights and abysses I knew. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z Then you can drink of the running stream, unless, as often happens, fortune throws the price of a pint of cold fourpenny in your way. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The fourpenny surface-printed stamp proved very successful, and was followed by other values—the shilling green, the threepenny rose, the sixpenny lilac, and the ninepenny straw colour. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z Sara clutched her little fourpenny piece and hesitated a few seconds. A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time 2011-09-09T02:01:08.700Z In some confusion the Sailor produced a handful of silver coins from his amazing trousers, out of which he solemnly chose a Spanish fourpenny. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z There was the fencing, and the houses she had bought in Honey Lane, and the two fourpenny doss-houses in Hoxton that they said were hers, and—well, nobody could say what else. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z The first general reduction of postage took place on the 5th of December, 1839—a fourpenny rate being interposed for a short time before the universal charge of a penny. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z At first sight there appears to be one variety of each value, with the exception of the halfpenny and the fourpenny, which are both found in two obvious varieties. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z Whatever Coleridge touched failed: his fourpenny paper, the Watchman, was an abortion; and the verses he wrote for a London paper did little for him. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Money was an article I seldom carried then, unless bound for the nearest settlement for stores, but I happened to have a fourpenny piece in my tobacco pouch, and I gave it to him. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z The one penny and twopenny English issued in 1840 had letters in the lower corners only, the fourpenny, sixpenny, and one shilling had no letters. Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895 The one penny blue and fourpenny red of this issue are "errors," and are worth $250 each. Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 There are two valuable triangular "Capes," however, namely, the fourpenny red and the penny blue, both of 1861. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z How does that agree with a fourpenny tax on a four-pound loaf of bread? Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal “Dat not tickpence, dat fourpenny,” shouted the fellow, indignantly, for constant communion with the settlers had induced a strong desire for the coins that would procure rum or whisky. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z There was a clergyman for you, of a very different pattern from that other, who gave, every Sunday, a fourpenny piece wrapped carefully in a piece of paper, to be divided among the waitresses! Black Diamonds A Cabman, being inclined to drink, stepped into a public-house, and asked for a pint of stout, which he swallowed at a draught, and in payment for the liquor laid down a fourpenny piece. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Gibbons catalogues the blue penny at �85, and the vermilion fourpenny at �95. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z In the morning, at six o’clock, there was a bellman out, proclaiming that everyone who killed a raven would get a fourpenny bit. The Irish Fairy Book It's all ready—see—this is one of my shillings, and a sixpence and three pennies of Tom's, and Racey's fourpenny and two of his halfpennies. The Boys and I Never a month but I’ve given you a silver fourpenny for yourself. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) Let her ask her own heart, write again, abstain from sealing with a fourpenny bit, and spell "intense" with an "s," not a "c." Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) "I'd be happy to pay for a pint," said Mrs. Demijohn, fingering a fourpenny bit so that he might see it. Marion Fay Now, lads, drink that ‘fourpenny’ up, and let’s send for some more.” Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement The boy "Betty" was already asleep, while the Lady Sarah and "the Panorama" divided a fourpenny pie most faithfully between them. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar There he is, with his shaven face and his hair powdered, as if he were going to a fourpenny fandango at Bagnigge Wells. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... “Thank ye,” dryly responds the Californian dispenser of drinks, taking the ten dollar tip with less show of gratitude than a London waiter would give for a fourpenny piece—little as that may be. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea I have no idea how many fourpenny tortoises would make a meal for a healthy young nun on Monte San Giuliano, where one’s appetite is sharpened by the air. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions Never mind if it is Sunday, send for some ‘fourpenny’ for us.” Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement Then there had been other expenses of his youth: he had purchased threepenny and even fourpenny cigars, the latter rarely, but the former frequently, sometimes singly, and sometimes in bundles of twelve for half-a-crown. The House of Souls Away from home he only smoked fourpenny cigars, but at home he smoked pipes. Renée Mauperin "Arf way down, fourpenny," said the man at the door, poking her in the direction of Mr. May, who wanted to put her in the red velvet. The Lost Girl Here you saw the spoils of the fourpenny box of cheap bookvendors mixed with volumes in better condition, purchased at a larger cost. The Mark Of Cain Brandy and “fourpenny,” or “hell fire,” as it is sometimes called, are their chief drinks. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement Before he left the place that colporteur had sold a fourpenny and a twopenny Testament, and several other religious works, beside distributing tracts gratuitously all round. Post Haste “There’s an artful one for you, Tom,” cried Bob, getting his hot wet hand into his pocket with no little difficulty, and throwing the man a fourpenny piece. Middy and Ensign Into it he pushed five fourpenny pieces, then called groats, and very commonly current. All's Well Alice's Victory The carving of ham is an art, a fourpenny piece representing the maximum of thickness which the lean should obtain. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War After that Orris called me to come into her room, and gave me a fourpenny piece and two pictures, so now I've got eightpence. Wonder-Box Tales I begged the old man to let me have it, and opened my purse to show him all I had—the ten shilling piece, two sixpences and a fourpenny, and a few coppers. Grandmother Dear A Book for Boys and Girls For example, a threepenny nail is 1¼" long, a fourpenny nail is 1½" long, a fivepenny nail is 1¾" long, a sixpenny nail is 2" long. Handwork in Wood Add now to the counterpoised scale, one and a half ounces avoirdupois, and a fourpenny piece; if the bottle prove the heavier, the guano is, in all probability, adulterated. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers A wedding ring, a bone button, and a fourpenny piece are thrown into the bowl, and all begin to eat, each dipping to the bottom of the bowl. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide I don't suppose anyone I meet imagines for a moment there is more under my arm than perhaps a trio of volumes I have picked up in the fourpenny box to take home with me.' The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont Then he took the ten-shilling piece out of my purse, and handed it back to me, leaving me in possession of my two sixpences, my fourpenny bit, and my five coppers. Grandmother Dear A Book for Boys and Girls Yesterday I gave him an English silver fourpenny piece, an English farthing, and a small French silver coin, with all of which he was greatly delighted. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government By an oversight a stereo of the penny value was dropped into the fourpenny plate and a fourpenny into the penny plate. Stamp Collecting as a Pastime With his hat at a very distinct angle indeed, with a fourpenny cigar, ornamented by a gold band, in his mouth, Burton sat before a hard-toned piano and vamped. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton "You said fourpenny," said I, indicating the beer. A Great Emergency and Other Tales Hence it is that the fourpenny restaurants are supplied; hence it is that the itinerant venders of gingerbread find their first material. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business And so Providence interposed with a special miracle, and obliged the officials to accept the actual penny stamp for the fourpenny stamp you meant to put, and we paid just nothing for the terrible letter! The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II I went away a bit, thinking no more about it, and met a man I knew and we went into a public house and had a quart o' fourpenny. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned After supper, he consoled himself with a pint of fourpenny ale. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 "And a bunch of radishes and a pint of fourpenny would be fivepence-halfpenny the lot, sir." A Great Emergency and Other Tales These you may long for, but you certainly will never find them in the fourpenny box. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 13, 1892 There are cuts by the "Van-somethings and Back-somethings" of the time: and the whole, though not worthy of anything better than the "fourpenny box," is an evident symptom of popular taste. The English Novel I once shared a pot of fourpenny ale with a man who used to earn £2000 a year by coaching at Oxford. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour But there is no mistaking the hideous ferocity of the countenance, and the "eyes bigger than a fourpenny loaf," as Ramusio has it. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 Bertram replied with all humility that he had only, been tossing up the fourpenny piece a few times for fun, when it fell into the ditch. Fated to Be Free He dreamed of the fourpenny piece, and the gentleman who had given it, and of Dolly, who bought a wondrous broom with it, in his dream, which swept a beautiful crossing of itself. Alone in London There is many an estated lord couldn't reach you out a fourpenny bit. New Irish Comedies I flushed up red to the ears, for I had only a silver fourpenny piece in my pocket. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales When the guests all came to the fourpenny table to sup, Nick spoke to Master Roger Clout. Master Skylark Eve of Nashville mentions a boy who placed a fourpenny nail in a spool to make a whistle, and, by a violent inspiration, drew the nail deep into the left bronchus. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine What she pulls in our store is to come in smiling with Christian Fortitude and keep a clerk busy for one hour while she picks out half a dozen fourpenny nails. Main Street Sara clutched her little fourpenny piece and hesitated for a few seconds. A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time Godwin keeps a shop in Skinner Street, Snow Hill, he is turned children's bookseller, and sells penny, twopenny, threepenny, and fourpenny books. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 In that fourpenny doss-house he remained as aloof as a god, and in some vague way the calmness of the man in face of this infringing realism for a time repelled me. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 For you will remember how when we were all boys the fourpenny bit of accursed memory still lingered, and how as against it the thruppenny bit has conquered. On Something The pennies and fourpenny bits—there were fourpenny bits in those days—that went behind that two-foot window, goodness! there was no end. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Confronting the resplendent languid loafer, he silkily observed, as he placed his cutting-whip beneath his left arm and extended his white cotton-gloved right hand:— "And how's the charming little Haddock, the fourpenny, common breakfast Haddock?" Snake and Sword A Novel A few beads, together with three or four gaudy-coloured cotton handkerchiefs, a zinc mirror, and a fourpenny butcher's knife, would purchase a tusk worth twenty or thirty pounds. Ismailia The fourpenny beefsteak pie, satisfying to the verge of repletion; the succulent saveloy, were not for the owner of the ivory-handled umbrella. The Angel and the Author, and others Hugh handed him the letter with one hand; and when he had read it, held out the fourpenny piece in the other hand, to be read likewise. David Elginbrod Rare books grow rarer every day, and often 'tis only Hope that remains at the bottom of the fourpenny boxes. The Library We side with the poor hunters of the wild game, who hang over the fourpenny stalls on the quais, and dive into the dusty boxes after literary pearls. Books and Bookmen Then you may imagine what I looked like in the midst of all this magnificence, with my old shoes and my fourpenny skirt. Other People's Money The decay of affection, the breaking of friendship, the decline of ambition, are all illustrated in these fourpenny collections. The Library Just before the engine whistled, Falconer said to Hugh: "Give me that fourpenny piece, you brave old fellow!" David Elginbrod |
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