| 单词 | ha'p'orth |
| 例句 | I'll slip up the stairs there, and maybe I can get a glimpse of 'em through the door an' no one a ha'p'orth the wiser. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z And not a ha'p'orth of sense, at least there's no making out the sense. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z If that were found impossible—well, Paton was an old man; he might be put quietly out of harm's way—no violence—och! no, not a ha'p'orth. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z "If ye cud jist spare us a ha'p'orth ov milk to keep th' life in th' chile fur th' night?" he pleaded. My Lady of the Chimney Corner It's the Bank of England to a ha'p'orth of figs that to-morrow morning I shall have a stiff leg. Jonah and Co. But this one thing we have done: we have clung to our patriarchal Constitution, not caring a ha'p'orth who administered our laws so long as the laws were our own. The Little Manx Nation - 1891 The morning was frosty, and his feet were bare, but he didn't mind the cold; he didn't feel it—no, not a ha'p'orth. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 "Innocent we be, but where the Deemster comes there's not a ha'p'orth to choose between you and us." The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Never a day's worry has my son Tom given to me, and never a ha'p'orth o' harm have we done to you. Shining Ferry He kept his ink in a single moderate-sized jar, out of which he measured penn'orths and ha'p'orths into the various receptacles brought by customers who came to demand "a sup" or "a drain." Strangers at Lisconnel Ha! at a coffee-stall, I suppose; a cup of coffee and a ha'p'orth of bread. A Crooked Path A Novel Then the schoolgirls and schoolboys and many other people of the poorer class used to drop in for penn'orths and ha'p'orths of stationery, for pens, for ink, for sealing-wax, &c. The Rebel of the School "We are alone and can do anything we like with you, and nobody a ha'p'orth the wiser." The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Women and men equal, not a ha'p'orth of difference between them! The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill We are not disposed to spoil a ship for a ha'p'orth of tar, and shall improve upon these generous instructions. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 23, 1892 I know he gives her bull's eyes—I seed him one day buying a ha'p'orth. Poor Jack Not because our people are ignorant and ungrateful, as you always explained it to yourself, but because in all your fads, if you'll excuse the word, there wasn't a ha'p'orth of love and kindness! The Duel and Other Stories Then, again, they buy their goods in small portions; for instance, their coal by the ha'p'orth or their wood by the farthing's-worth, which, in fact, works out at a great profit to the dealers. Regeneration Admitting that no great cleverness is needed for serving in our Zemstvo, for example, yet I suffer from . . . the devil knows what, a sort of faintheartedness, I haven't a ha'p'orth of pluck. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories I can't paint any more—or, at any rate, the world doesn't care a ha'p'orth what I paint. Fenwick's Career "A ha'p'orth of liver, cut into small pieces." Poor Jack Perhaps at bottom some coolness of temperament protected her; nobody, at any rate, suspected that it had anything to do with Isaac, or that she cared a ha'p'orth for so lugubrious and hypocritical a husband. The Story of Bessie Costrell Hazel: You have not a ha'p'orth on you. New Irish Comedies There are still more who have written off princely debts and do not seem to be a "ha'p'orth the worse." What is Coming? A ha'p'orth on it's mine, you know, Jack. Stephen Archer and Other Tales An old pensioner came in, and laying the coppers on the counter, asked for a ha'p'orth of returns and a farthing of snuff. Poor Jack "I don't care a ha'p'orth about the morality of these things—not I—but I am dead sick of their stupidity." The Christian A Story He will not 'spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar,' nor allow His children, whom He has made heirs of a kingdom, to starve on their road to their crown. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke And what's more, he hasn't a ha'p'orth of belief in the Heavenly Creator, who made us out of earthly clay; but he says it's all the work of nature even to the last beast. The Possessed (The Devils) Still, she manages to live, selling things by the ha'p'orth and clearing her couple of francs profit a day. The Fat and the Thin As Storran himself expressed it, rather bitterly: "Now that I can't buy a ha'p'orth of happiness with the money, my luck has turned." The Lamp of Fate A ha'p'orth of tea and sugar mixed, a ha'p'orth of bread, and a ha'p'orth of butter made a royal feast. The Christian A Story |
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