| 单词 | pennyworth |
| 例句 | Each of us received sixpence a week for pocket-money, and whenever there was any money in our pockets, we would all troop in together to buy a pennyworth of this or that. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “The big treat was a pennyworth of peanut butter.” Glenda Jackson, Oscar-Winning Actress Turned Politician, Dies at 87 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Eesaac Oliver was not to serve packets of tea and pennyworths of bicarbonate of soda over a grocer's counter. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z A single candle, a small loaf, half an ounce of tea, a halfpennyworth of cheese, a pennyworth of butter, or sugar, or snuff, or tobacco, could here be obtained. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z A pennyworth of ease is worth a penny. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z "It would take two hundred pennyworth of bread to feed them," said Philip, "and even that would not be enough." Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z Better figs, we imagined, were never eaten than the experimental pennyworth we bought that October day in Palma market. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z A little girl came in for a pennyworth of bicarbonate of soda, and Howell, returning from serving her, again showed his white, but false, teeth. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z When the pennyworth of brimstone is used up, when the capital is exhausted, the night's labor is over. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z A pennyworth of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z It was then sold in convenient pennyworths;—hence coffee-houses where wits, quidnuncs, and idlers resorted, were called “penny universities.” Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z I shall always remember the November day when, in a moment of forgetfulness, I asked for a whole pennyworth of tomatoes, and was afterwards confronted by the difficulty of disposing of so many. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Howell still sells Mrs. Roberts her pennyworth of bicarbonate of soda, and with the same smile as ever, but he could do without her custom now. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z He was not loved; men who are bent on getting a pennyworth for their penny are not loved. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Well, I really only wanted a pennyworth, but I must have one of the blue ones—they are attractive, as you say. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-11T03:03:44.993Z And again, 'At a great pennyworth pause awhile.' The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z Not knowing the different prices, nor the names of the different sorts of bread, I told him to give me three pennyworth of any sort. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Then Philip answered, Though two hundred pennyworth of bread were bought, yet could not every one of them get a morsel. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z There is no need for discontent or vain regrets, for not one pennyworth of treasure is aboard yon craft. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z The person who works the lace of a pair of fine ruffles for example, will sometimes raise the value of, perhaps, a pennyworth of flax to L.30 sterling. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z At a costermonger's stall he bought a pennyworth of apples, and munched them as he went. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z He also had a small gravy-tight tin case, and in that he brought with him every day four pennyworth of hot meat, generally bought at the corner of Angel Inn Yard, Clement’s Inn. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z "We are going to beat him; and, to show that I am prepared to back my convictions, I may say that I have already hypothecated every pennyworth of my English property." The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Her fingers fluttered rapidly through the precious pennyworth in search of the "gem." The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z It is a well-known fact that during the French Commune when men of wealth suffered severe losses in property, the Jewish Rothschilds were not injured to the extent of one pennyworth. The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem 2011-10-16T02:00:19.257Z "Open your box, Doctor; bring out your pennyworths; show us the inside!" demanded several voices at once. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z Pitt then offered forty-five thousand, thinking that "if good it must prove a pennyworth." Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z Right; so much pleasure for so much money; we have had our pennyworths; and had I millions, I would go to the same market again. The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts 2011-08-26T02:00:26.760Z And it was he, when consulted about the feeding of the five thousand, who went off into a calculation of the price of the food required—two hundred pennyworth, he says, would not suffice. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z The hot green peas are sold out in halfpennyworths and pennyworths, some vendors, in addition to the usual seasoning supplied, add a suck of bacon. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z B. A pennyworth of urchins of the sea. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The fact ought to be, if it is not, common knowledge; yet the sale of the infamous drugs, necessary to the crime, by pennyworths, in every drug-store, is tacitly sanctioned by the community. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z Accordingly, he lifts up his voice like a trumpet as he deals out his pennyworths of the Elixir of Life. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z Again a tinkle, and again she stood up and went into the shop to a child who desired to buy a pennyworth of lemon drops. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Go to your mother, Sally, and desire her to spare me a pennyworth of fresh milk; and here, my dear, is the money to pay for it. The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:16.980Z I've bought a pennyworth of frankincense To offer to the gods and all the goddesses, And to the heroes I will offer cakes. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z As for vegetables, whether cabbages, lettuces, des asperges, celery, watercresses, parsley, beans, peas, radishes, turnips, carrots, cauliflowers, and onions, a pennyworth would last a man a week. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z For in another place he says, "many have been ruined by buying great pennyworths." The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z Three pennyworth a day would do me fine, and I could take my old clothes with me and put them on at nights and sleep anywhere. Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) 2011-05-29T02:00:06.640Z It availed little; only a dirty child came in for a pennyworth of brown sugar. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Then they buy three pennyworth of rye-bread, and publicly eat this Spartan breakfast. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. Walks and Words of Jesus A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists 2011-03-26T02:00:17.857Z The canny Scot may be trusted to make the citizen’s penny bring a full pennyworth. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z A short squat man, with an oleaginous face and remarkably bushy eyebrows, was in the act of weighing out a pennyworth of “sweeties” to a little girl as I entered. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z Who cares for fish, Game, or any other dish Who would not give all else for two pennyworth only of beautiful Soup? Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z But Sidney would not accept from any one a pennyworth more than she earned. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z The necessary materials are a pennyworth of whitening, a pennyworth of size, and of the required tints a pennyworth. Household Organization He looks out of the window all the time, so as not to miss a pennyworth of the money he has paid for his place. Friend Mac Donald The canary-shop was found, and two canaries and a bird-cage were bought, together with packets of seed and a bird's bath and a pennyworth of groundsel and plantains. Sinister Street, vol. 1 No, sir; he calls none of us master, though we are all of us willing to give him a night's lodging, and a pennyworth of meat; but he won't stay long with any of us. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom "Who would not give all else for two pennyworth only of beautiful soup?" Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions He had literally piled the money against it with the comfortable assurance that it would never run at all, and that he was about to net a huge fortune without a pennyworth of risk. Hard Pressed I have no property in such a rich pennyworth; for, if I had, I should wish—— Med. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 You little ones," she said, "may go and buy me a pennyworth of parsley and three lemons. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story A short squat man, with an oleaginous face and remarkably bushy eyebrows, was in the act of weighing out a pennyworth of "sweeties" to a little girl as I entered. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Every penny taken out of the pockets of the poor owing to an increase in the price of goods means the disappearance of a potential pennyworth of food from the poor man's home. The Book of This and That And again, 'At a great pennyworth pause a while.' Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 They are very fine, and you may afford a good pennyworth. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 In order therefore to make a better pennyworth of those poor people, he studied to overturn this odious method of appealing to the assembly, and to fix the last resort in another court. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts Was ever a man robbed of such ecstasy for a mere pennyworth of stick and a little sulphur? A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Then they have two pennyworths of haddock and a few potatoes for dinner, and back to the college again, for more dead languages, and mathematics. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl Please remember me to all at home; give Ramsay a pennyworth of acidulated drops for his good taste.—And believe me, your affectionate cousin, Robert Louis Stevenson. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) The pudding at that shop was made of currants, and was rather a special pudding, but was dear, two pennyworth not being larger than a pennyworth of more ordinary pudding. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land Or if a severer officer seized on commodities, it was in vain to offer pennyworths where no customer was to be had. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 No. I live upon the wealthy—and live well, too, for the matter of that—and no one can ever say that I took a pennyworth from man or woman who could not afford it.” The Count's Chauffeur There’s plenty o’ potatoes in the house, and a pennyworth o’ fish will make me a meal. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl No, The Auld Licht Idyls never reached me—I wish it had, and I wonder extremely whether it would not be good for me to have a pennyworth of the Auld Licht pulpit. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) I would have charged him, and all the smaller and greater nobility of the realm, half a crown, and been rather ashamed of the pennyworth they got for it. Records of Later Life They wanted two or three sen worth—not four pennyworth; also they did not care about ounces. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations Coming across a baker’s shop, he stepped in, and called for three pennyworth of bread. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series "Such a fuss over a pennyworth of this or that, it's not worth while." Nelson's Home Comforts Thirteenth Edition Ginger and cardamom seed, of each three pennyworth, saffron, orange-peel, and cochineal, of each two pennyworth, put into one gallon of brandy. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. "It was a most wonderful pennyworth," she often remarked, "for it brought me quite a lot of money, and Mademoiselle as a friend, and nothing could have been better than that." The Carroll Girls Put into a brass pan a pint of sweet oil, four pennyworth of oil of almonds, half a pound of spermaceti, and dissolve the whole over the fire. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families “Personally,” replied the Pilot, “I don’t intend to receive a pennyworth o’ benefit from that money. The Tale of Timber Town Yes, but it is not that particular pennyworth which is alone in question, there is the principle involved—the great principle of thrift—which must underlie all good government. Nelson's Home Comforts Thirteenth Edition Put them in whole with one pennyworth of cochineal, bruised fine; boil it up, and put it over the cabbage, hot, or cold, which you like best. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. To be asked if she could spare a pennyworth of parsley filled her with pleasure for days. The Carroll Girls Put into a pint of cold-drawn linseed oil, four pennyworth of alkanet root, and two pennyworth of rose pink. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families As if I care for one a pennyworth more than another.” The Tale of Timber Town The policeman had not hurt business a pennyworth as yet, but Palura felt the insult. The River Prophet With two thousand cucumbers put into the pot about a pennyworth of Roman vitriol. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. He never thought of so much as a pennyworth of toffee for Ethel, or a silver thimble for his mother, or a twopenny cigar for Mr. Pilkings. Oswald Bastable and Others In three pints of small beer, put two ounces of ivory black, and one pennyworth of brown sugar. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families So, not considering or knowing the difference of money, and the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I had him give me three pennyworth of any sort. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I He chirrups to me so when mother brings me a pennyworth of wall-flowers to put round his cage. The Grey Woman and other Tales Bruise a pennyworth of cochineal; put it into the vinegar, and pour it over the sprats with some bay-leaves. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. She bought a catapult at the toy-shop and a pennyworth of tintacks at the oil-shop, both on credit, and as Lucy had never asked for credit before, she got it. Oswald Bastable and Others For a bad cold take a large tea-cupful of linseed, two pennyworth of stick liquorice, and a quarter of a pound of sun raisins. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families We have to burn a shillingsworth of coal to capture the energy stored in a pennyworth. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use On Wednesday my family has soup for dinner, a solid soup made of goose, rice, and a pennyworth of carrots. Home Life in Germany One poor pennyworth of Sugar-candy, to make thee long-winded. 1st Henry IV, act iii, sc. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare But the pennyworth that seemed the worthiest of its penny was, no doubt, the old-fashioned galvanic battery, which shocked you for a sixth part of the smallest sum required by literature on first publication. Somehow Good Then put in a pennyworth of alkanet root tied up in a rag, with the jar closed, and boil it till it becomes red. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families I bought a pennyworth of grapes from one of the poor stall-keepers, and, in return for my coin, had my two extended palms literally heaped. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge It was like being a schoolboy again and going forth to the Crystal Palace with money in my pocket, an entire half-crown, to be dribbled away in pennyworths of sherbet and visits to curious side-shows. A Padre in France While Gerwazy has but a pennyworth of spirit, and enough strength to move even with one little finger his penknife, which still hangs on the wall, never shall a Soplica get this castle!” Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 “Very good; bring a pennyworth, and here is the money.” One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Take out the alkanet root, and put in two pennyworth of essence of lemon, and a few drops of bergamot. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Three pennyworth were served daily at the royal table. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers The string is the most expensive part, and two pennyworth lasts many kites, for they are very frail affairs, and in that land of trees do not long escape being caught, though they fly beautifully. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak No one cares to retail a pennyworth of milk. The Toilers of the Field So he called for three pennyworth of wine and a pennyworth of bread. Folk-lore and Legends: German Take as much vinegar as will cover them, boil it with a little salt, and a pennyworth of saffron tied in a piece of muslin. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families He makes a mock of the drawer who gives him his whole little pennyworth of sugar. William Shakespeare Fine knacks for ladies, cheap, choice, brave and new, Good pennyworths,—but money cannot move: I keep a fair but for the Fair to view,— A beggar may be liberal of love. Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age Six feet of butter muslin, four pennyworth of woad, and a harpoon. Jonah and Co. And again, At a great pennyworth, pause a while. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed Take six pennyworth of benjamin, as much of storax, six orris roots, and a little suet; beat and bruise them all together, and mix them with the stripped herbs. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families "To go round by Robin Hood's barn" is to travel in a roundabout fashion, and "to sell Robin Hood's pennyworths", to sell much below value, as a generous robber might. The Dukeries So they turned into the dirty little coffee shop to get their pennyworth of spirits. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 Honesty may be dear bought, but can ne'er be an ill pennyworth. The Proverbs of Scotland If you know any one that has an occasion for a parcel of dried spiders, I will sell them a pennyworth. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. And yet men will fling all away, but to buy one poor hour’s sinful pleasure, one pennyworth of foolish delight.” It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Contrary to his cousin's surmise, he happened to have two pennyworth of half-pence actually in his pocket. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes We made up our costumes into bundles, and Alice thoughtfully bought a pennyworth of pins. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune "Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?" said Philip. Child's Story of the Bible If, as the lady argued, a bottle of ink be useless without a pen, by what process of reasoning did she omit a sheet of paper from her pennyworth? From a Cornish Window A New Edition She had four different necklaces, representing four different pennyworths of beads purchased at a shop whose merchandise was sold for one penny per item. Mary, Mary A pennyworth of some familiar root will cure an illness that nothing else will touch. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John They were evidently more sought after than brandy-balls, of which he had no difficulty in securing a pennyworth at an early stage of his pilgrimage. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story One retail shop-keeper in a busy spinning town in Lancashire assured us that he retailed over four hundred weight of snuff a week in pennyworths. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce He passed along, until he came to the ale-house where he intended to get his pennyworth of tobacco. The Last Penny and Other Stories There was a slice of brawn, two pork sausages, two eggs, three rashers of bacon, a bun, a pennyworth of sweets and a pig's foot. Mary, Mary On the following morning, before breakfast, I went into the High Street to buy a pennyworth of hairpins. Eliza I cried, for that did not interest me at that moment, no, not a pennyworth. The Dew of Their Youth Do you think you could go and buy three pennyworth? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914 No sooner said than done: he bought a pennyworth of figs, and went to eat them in a tree. Italian Popular Tales One pennyworth of these beads was colored green, another red, a third was colored like pearls, and the fourth was a miscellaneous packet of many colors. Mary, Mary There was a village fair on that night, and we rode round on the horses, ever so many pennyworths. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales He was, they said, no man's enemy, and even the gipsies of the little settlement would have cut off their right hands before they touched a pennyworth belonging to the Laird, their patron and protector. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North "Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little," said he. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern We all strolled to and fro and took pennyworths of rest; the long, level cliff-top, edged in places with its iron rail, might have been the deck of a huge crowded ship. Embarrassments Eighteen pennyworth of mixture, to be taken thrice daily from tablespoons, spilled over the curb, and the skipper, thrusting the other packets mechanically into his pockets, disappeared hurriedly around the corner. A Master Of Craft And again, “at a great pennyworth pause awhile.” Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 “Why, I declare, it’s chocolate!” exclaimed one of the women, who had been already served with a cup, and had resolved to “go in,” as she said, for another pennyworth. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan You will also buy another pennyworth of brown sugar, and two more pats of butter.” Post Haste All hot!—if you are cold, Have a pennyworth of heat, Something nice and warm to hold, Something nice and warm to eat. London Town Two rabbits instead of six, at twopence a piece; three pennyworth of eggs at eight a penny: these she could scarcely do without. All's Well Alice's Victory For in another place he says, “many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.” Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Why, therefore, did they decide to take nine pennyworth of brandy-balls, a football, a pair of boxing-gloves, and other articles of luxury not usually held to be necessary to the equipment of a relief expedition? The Cock-House at Fellsgarth Buy a pennyworth of blue litmus paper from a drug store. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition “Have ye no had pennyworths for your charity?” she said, in spiteful scorn. St. Ronan's Well “A pennyworth of bread, an’ it like you, Master; a farthing’s worth of beef; a farthing’s worth of eggs; and a pennyworth of ale. All's Well Alice's Victory The minister that divides the word there, must give lumping pennyworths. Highways and Byways in Sussex Abernethy, who hated humbugs, and felt nettled at the tone, replied: "No, I don't; I want a pennyworth of figs; come, look sharp and wrap them up; I want to be off!" How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success A potato and a pennyworth of crackers for every year of my life. The Peace Egg and Other tales "I want a pennyworth of figs; come, look sharp and wrap them up; I want to be off!" The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings A provision dealer used to throw away outside scraps; but now respectable customers of twenty years' standing bought them in pennyworths to moisten their potatoes. Sophisms of the Protectionists Must we have no more pennyworths of sense to such a monstrous quantity of verbiage than Mr. Abbott gives us here? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 And again—At a great pennyworth pause awhile. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Tristram apologised, adding that, if the shopman had a pennyworth of any kind of seed, he would purchase it as a small reparation for his intrusion on the time of so learned a man. The Blue Pavilions Soon thereafter Gibson became like an insane man, and ran three miles along the highway, asking every one he met for a pennyworth of straw. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales "I paid for two pennyworth, but if this goes on I gets my money back!" The Mayor of Troy And now, at midnight, in the middle of the streets, she was praying for a pennyworth of gin, as the only comfort she knew, or could expect! Can You Forgive Her? She expected, no doubt, a good pennyworth from the merchants while they lay under this restraint. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. Budæus is said to have paid a very large sum for a course of lectures on Homer, and to have been not a pennyworth the wiser at the end. The Great Book-Collectors His malady was youth, aggravated, the food reformer would say, by eating fourteen pennyworth of bread and cheese at a meal, and certainly aggravated by literary ambition. George Borrow The Man and His Books And they say unto him: "Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?" Jesus of Nazareth, A Biography, by John Mark My young friends, that man who begged for a pennyworth of muddy ale was first of all a brilliant soldier, then a brilliant lawyer, then a brilliant historian. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary It pits me ay as mad’s a hare; So I can rhyme nor write nae mair; But pennyworths again is fair, When time’s expedient: Meanwhile I am, respected Sir, Your most obedient. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Sometimes a full style, like Macaulay's, may, by means of amplification and illustration, spread the elements of a single syllogism over several pages—a pennyworth of logic steeped in so much eloquence. Logic Deductive and Inductive Many a youngster found his first lift in life there; many a man got a sorely needed berth by simply dropping in for four pennyworth of birds'-eye at an auspicious moment. Tales Of Hearsay To raise these rather expensive monsters from pennyworths of seed is a floral adventure which brings its own abundant reward. The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine The victory was left undecided, though Mozart, who disliked the Italians, spoke afterward of Clementi, in a tone at variance with his usual gentleness, as "a mere mechanician, without a pennyworth of feeling or taste." Great Violinists And Pianists I shall write you more at large soon; as this letter costs you no postage, if it be worth reading you cannot complain of your pennyworth. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Discovering that for a half-penny he got six marbles, but for a penny fourteen, he bought pennyworths and sold them in half-pennyworths to his companions, thus realising a profit. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 429 Volume 17, New Series, March 20, 1852 Let me entreat you not to smuggle a pennyworth for anybody.' The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth And if you, then, had come to Falaise and gone to the market, you might have bought a pennyworth of cherries of me. The Halo He said he wanted a pennyworth, and was given five chestnuts. Amusements in Mathematics This small army of men consumed 22 bushels of wheat, 8 pennyworth of beer, and 41 bushels of malt, worth 18s. A Short History of English Agriculture No; I'll have a butcher's pennyworth of you; first secure the carcase, and then take the fleece into the bargain. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 Of these "Opera omnia" perhaps not a single copy can be found in England; but they may be a pennyworth on the continent. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 "The sort of cat who steals two pennyworth of liver is not likely to spare an axe worth forty pence." Miscellanea He said he wanted a pennyworth, and was given five chestnuts. Amusements in Mathematics "I'm just about broke—broke five or six times over, if it comes to that—and by that pennyworth of yellow ribbon!" Prince Fortunatus He had gone to the village, and got his pennyworth of yeast, and then, instead of returning immediately, he stopped to play with some boys. The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories She stopped at the first shop she passed and bought a pennyworth of cheese. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. A pennyworth of thread, beeswax a farthing, so much for needles; I should forget nothing. Marietta A Maid of Venice "You foolish boy, what do you know about it?—keep the house till I come back, and I'll bring you a pennyworth of tobaccy?" Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two The sperm light from the ton of oil as gas being 3,443 lb., he reckoned that fully 6 lb. of sperm light were obtained from a pennyworth of the crude oil as gas. Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 Joe, the costermonger, Bill, the market-labourer, Tom, the fish-porter, and the rest come home in a straggling way; and, if they can buy a pennyworth of coal, they boil the little kettle. Side Lights Not a pennyworth of taxation is imposed on the inhabitants of New Zealand, or of any colony whatever, by the Imperial Parliament. A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 Will you sell pounds of soap and pennyworths of tin tacks, or whole bars of saponaceous matter, and great tenpenny nails?' Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages Each of us knew one of them, her runs and her records, the skipper and his fads, the owner and his prejudice about the last pennyworth of tar. London River A pedlar of shrimps stood by the door retailing little pennyworths, and nothing would do but the countryman opposite me must buy some for his sweetheart. A Wanderer in Holland Men were sold like beasts, and Christians enslaved to Pagans at cheap pennyworths. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 The other woman, whose eyes were red as if she had been crying, wore a coloured straw hat over which, in a pitiful effort to assume black, she had stretched a pennyworth of cheap crêpe. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill Owl.—A weekly pennyworth of self-announced "wit and wisdom" first issued Jan. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically He went to the shop, and caused an immense quantity of the finest silks to be turned over, after which he coolly asked for a pennyworth of a certain splendid piece of satin. The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) He invited them all to come to his shop at the same time, and set them each to make up a pennyworth of salts into a packet. Thrift You should go and have a pennyworth of the mysteries of time and space! Prose Fancies (Second Series) But it is the pennyworth of sack to an intolerably large quantity of bread. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 17, 1891 The prisoners' allowance was a pennyworth of bread and a slice of cheese twice a day, and the use of the pump. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically But of genuine intoxication the pennyworth of gin and water that sustained the immortal Elegy was his last excess. The Divine Fire "Give me . . . give me four pennyworth of peppermint lozenges." The Duel and Other Stories What particularly struck me was the number of quite grown-up, even elderly, people who came and had their pennyworth of horse-exercise. Prose Fancies (Second Series) I have shared a pennyworth of sausage with the brother of a Chief Justice, and I have played a piccolo while an ex-incumbent performed a dance which he described, I think, as Pyrrhic. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour The Englishmens boat saved the Captain and about thirty others, but not one pennyworth of the goods, which were to the value of 200,000 ducats, in gold, silver, and pearls. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Searching in a drawer of the round table she found a large envelope on which was written, "Giant pennyworth of note." Women of the Country "Will you give me two pennyworth of soda?" said the doctor. The Duel and Other Stories "I have not yet seen it," says the Baron, "but wish the adventurous pennyworth every possible success." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 7, 1891 Being at that time compelled by College laws to obey the unreasonable demand, he proceeded according to orders, and returned with ninety-nine cents' worth of pipes and one pennyworth of tobacco. A Collection of College Words and Customs I used to see him every day, with his threadbare cloak, going to buy a pennyworth of milk which the girl who sold it poured into the tin he brought with him. Recollections of My Youth A slice of bread each and the wish-wash of a thrice-brewed pennyworth of tea had been their morning meal, and there was no prospect of dinner. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People But if Mr. Chesterton had called his book This, That, and the Other and Mr. Belloc had called his A Miscellany of Men, it would not have made a pennyworth of difference. Old and New Masters They came to buy a pennyworth of forgetfulness. The Man Who Laughs The best tooth-powder in the world is Armenian hole, a pennyworth of which will serve a man for six months. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 583, December 29, 1832 He found he could live upon a sixpence a day,—four pennyworth of bread, one pennyworth of milk, and one pennyworth of sugar. Science in the Kitchen. On rare occasions they purchased pickled Dutch herrings or brought home pennyworths of pea soup or of baked potatoes and rice from a neighboring cook shop. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People More important however is the fact that, owing to the inflated cheek of dairymen, it only contains three pennyworth of milk. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919 The applications grew longer and longer until they ran to four sheets of note-paper—a pennyworth in fact. Love and Mr. Lewisham The wants of the vicinity seemed to have come to an end, for not a child even entered to fetch a pennyworth of thread, or a few ells of tape. The Wonders of Prayer A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonderful Answers to Prayer We have Selden's pennyworth of spirit without the glass of water: the quintessence of condensation, which, we are told, is the result of time and experience, which rejects what is no longer essential. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 535, February 25, 1832 I do not believe there is a pennyworth of harm in the police news, as such. All Things Considered They have tasted too little of civil government and too much of military government,—a pennyworth of wholesome bread to an intolerable deal of sack. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins If that feeble lot could win their pennyworth of freedom, who might not expect deliverance? Essays in Rebellion Such zests as his particular little phial of cayenne pepper and his pennyworth of pickles in a saucer, were not wanting. Little Dorrit Abernethy, who hated humbugs, and felt nettled at the tone, replied: “No, I don’t: I want a pennyworth of figs; come, look sharp and wrap them up; I want to be off!” Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Who would not give all else for two pennyworth only of beautiful Soup? Alice's Adventures in Wonderland HTML Edition The cottage loaf and the pennyworth of milk had been set forth on a sheet of paper on the window-seat. Our Mutual Friend All he insisted on was that these wandering religions should be self-supporting and not feed a pennyworth’s out of the royal coffers. The Red One Oswald got a pennyworth of alum, because it is so cheap, and some turpentine which every one knows is good for colds, and a little sugar and an aniseed ball. The Story of the Treasure Seekers My own exclusive breakfast of a penny loaf and a pennyworth of milk, I provided myself. David Copperfield Please remember me to all at home; give Ramsay a pennyworth of acidulated drops for his good taste. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 But, on the other hand, the postilion who drove us was a Viscount, a son of some bankrupt Imperial General, who accepted a pennyworth of beer on the road. Vanity Fair I sometimes varied the meat with rice boiled with a few raisins and a pennyworth of milk. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography Barons and Franks, good vassals are ye all, Ye in the field have fought so great combats; See the pagans; they're felons and cowards, No pennyworth is there in all their laws. The Song of Roland The pudding at that shop was made of currants, and was rather a special pudding, but was dear, twopennyworth not being larger than a pennyworth of more ordinary pudding. David Copperfield But I'm not to be taken in by it for a single pennyworth, d'ye see? The Market-Place Philip was so amazed at the crowd that he answered Him, "Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little." The Personal Touch He certainly took pennyworths out of his friend's character. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 Good Lord! what pennyworths these strangers can afford. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 Guile takes alertness, adroitness; and the slim pennyworth of these that he could command he used up, no doubt, on Fontenette. Strong Hearts Mr. Hadley nodded at Harry, who said it was a dirty day, and called for his pot of small ale and his pennyworth of Spanish tobacco. The Highwayman And every one of them knows that there is more nutriment in a pennyworth of bread than there is in a whole gallon of beer. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin I answered that I wanted a bill brought in for the punishment of fraudulent milkmen; for I couldn't get a decent pennyworth of milk in all Camden Town. The Vicar's Daughter The farce was going to begin, and he advised them to 'go, and not lose full eighteen pennyworth out of their five shillings.' Anna St. Ives It contained a pennyworth of laudanum, which he had purchased a week or so before from the Raynham chemist, as a remedy for the toothache. Run to Earth A Novel All the people about made no end of a fuss about her, but Norah never seemed to think a pennyworth about it. A Little Bush Maid Moreover the King had given orders that no food should be sold them in Burgos, so that they could not buy even a pennyworth. Chronicle of the Cid Here he is as soft as two pennyworth of butter. The Mountebank You shall have weight for weight, measure for measure, chicken; aye, my market woman, and a lumping pennyworth. Anna St. Ives They bring them down from Uganda, where, for a pennyworth of beads, a man can have his fill. What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile To think that an article in three sections should be downright stranded by the simple fact of my not having a pennyworth of pencil in my pocket. Hunger There is no chemist's shop in the place, not even the humblest drug-store, where you can procure a pennyworth of boric acid or court-plaster. Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia For Athenaeus does relate This Bottle is the Womb of Fate; Prolific of mysterious wine, And big with prescience divine, It brings the truth with pleasure forth; Besides you ha't a pennyworth. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 You would have truly sworn they had been a parcel of your petty spiritual usurers, Rome-bound, selling their all, and borrowing of others, to buy store of mandates, a pennyworth of a new-made pope. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Not one pennyworth of sublimity would he or George allow henceforth to Mr. Home's performance. The Virginians Along the docks they sell an English pennyworth, put up in a little roll like confectioners' mottoes, with poetical lines, or instructive little moral precepts printed in red on the back. Redburn. His First Voyage Amelius spent all his shillings and sixpences, in doubling and trebling the poor little pennyworths of food—and left the place with tears in his eyes. The Fallen Leaves A pennyworth of sugar-plums would have made our eyes sparkle when we were scrawling pot- hooks at a preparatory school, but no one gave us sugar-plums then. What Will He Do with It? — Volume 07 The pedlar can accommodate you with everything, from a clock or bible to a pennyworth of pins, and takes rags, rabbit and squirrel skins, at two cents each, in payment. The Englishwoman in America You enter the shop, therefore, and purchase a pennyworth of vaseline. Old Calabria When the rice is nearly cooked, add a pennyworth of saffron, stirring it in evenly. The Belgian Cookbook Some of the most successful money-makers of our times have never added one pennyworth to the wealth of men. My Life and Work Run and get a pennyworth of salt from Camus. Swann's Way What I mean is, make a pinhole at each end, give a puff, and away goes two pennyworth, and you have a cabinet specimen, which your egg is quite fitted by its cost to be. Erema — My Father's Sin They are mistaken, Johnson, I am sure David Promoter has not a pennyworth of personal pride in him He is studying hard, and books—" "Books' sir, he's got a boat fu' o' them. A Daughter of Fife I have no straw, not a pennyworth of chaff, only this may stop your kind importunity to know about us. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 It was after hours, and the little man was alone, having tea on a small cottage loaf and a pennyworth of milk, for R. Wilfer was but a clerk on a small income. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction When his law lies upon his hands he will afford a good pennyworth, and rather pettifog and turn common barreter than be out of employment. Character Writings of the 17th Century And again, At a great pennyworth, pause a while! An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments For the first time since setting out in the morning I felt hungry, and bought a pennyworth of apples at a little stall kept by an old woman, and a bottle of ginger-beer. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) INGREDIENTS.—1 pennyworth of borax, 1/2 pint of olive-oil, 1 pint of boiling water. The Book of Household Management My breakfast was a penny loaf and a pennyworth of milk, and I kept another small loaf and a modicum of cheese to make my supper on at night. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction Is one that sells the devil the best pennyworth that he meets with anywhere, and, like the Indians that part with gold for glass beads, he damns his soul for the slightest trifles imaginable. Character Writings of the 17th Century For in another place, he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths. An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments The minister that divides the Word there must give lumping pennyworths. The Best Letters of Charles Lamb INGREDIENTS.—1/4 lb. of lard, 2 pennyworth of castor-oil; scent. The Book of Household Management They are accustomed to be sent shopping into High Street, where household stores are bought in pennyworths or twopennyworths, owing to uncertain finance and no storage accommodation. The Child under Eight "There is more food in a pennyworth of bread," said Livesey, "than in a gallon of ale"; and he proved it. Beneath the Banner People may please to walk a mile, without distemperating themselves; when as they shall go three or four to a market, to sell two pennyworth of eggs. An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments I desire, sir, you will get a larger thunderbowl and two pennyworth more of lightning against the representation. The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 INGREDIENTS.—8 oz. of olive-oil, 1 oz. of spermaceti, 3 pennyworth of essential oil of almonds, 3 pennyworth of essence of lemon. The Book of Household Management The kind of problem presented to the poor town child will deal with shopping in pennyworths or ounces, with getting coals in pound bagfuls. The Child under Eight His crew cheered, and then waited to be sent to the local shop for a pennyworth of gunpowder. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition If they do a pennyworth they do not strut about as though they had done a hundred roubles' worth, and do not brag of having the entry where others are not admitted…. Letters of Anton Chekhov The old practice of selling cherries upon shoots cut from the tree ended in their sale by pennyworths with their stalks tied to a little stick of wood. Playful Poems INGREDIENTS.—1 oz. of gum-tragacanth, 1/4 pint of cold water, 3 pennyworth of essence of almonds, 2 teaspoonfuls of old rum. The Book of Household Management He found another place where they gave him four pennyworth of meat and two vegetables and it was quite as much as he could put up with. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler The villagers do not come to this shop; they feel that it is a little above them, and they are shy of asking for three pennyworth of writing-paper and envelopes. The Life of the Fields But if things will rise, do thou be grieved, be also moderate in all thy sellings, and be sure let the poor have a pennyworth, and sell thy corn to those in necessity. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 He will count the shillings in a pound much more accurately than an Englishman, and will with much more certainty get twelve pennyworth from each. Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Why, I wouldn't hold my life at a pennyworth if you were out of it! Love's Pilgrimage There is no outlet which law can suggest—no back-door of evasion—none—if the lands of Glenvarloch are not redeemed before it rings noon, Lord Dalgarno has them a cheap pennyworth. The Fortunes of Nigel You will say this letter is like Falstaff's reckoning, with but a pennyworth of thanks to this monstrous quantity of pecking. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Oh, if I only dared drink another pennyworth! Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus If Sherif Ali's emissaries had been possessed—as Jim remarked—of a pennyworth of spunk, this was the time to make a rush. Lord Jim Philip answered Him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for every one to take a little. The Gospel of John for Readers Then I will take three pennyworth of your noble cheese," said I. "Cheese!" faintly echoed the gentleman upon the settle, "three pennyworth. The Broad Highway Even this allowance may serve the boasted hospitality; but the impression that there is a pennyworth of generosity for every pound of parsimony, forces itself upon us. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter But I must stop at Jacob Shoemaker's on the way—he'll surely let me have a pennyworth of brandy on credit—for I must have something to quench my thirst. Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus "Betty! bring a glass of clear water to put these flowers in!" and so we set to, arranging and displaying our pennyworth to the best advantage. Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing Where do they get their daily morsels of bread, and their poor cups of thin tea,—their cups of thin tea, with perhaps a pennyworth of gin added to it, if Providence be good! The Small House at Allington She was deemed a well-to-do woman, and as such—Paradise Street held it axiomatic—might reasonably adorn herself for the respect of those to whom she sold miscellaneous pennyworths. Thyrza Now, we can return to our old friend saint Thomas for another pennyworth of wisdom. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Yesterday I was at Jacob Shoemaker's, and I drank twelve pennyworth of brandy, so how could I have been hunting? Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus Pewter and brass, andirons and kitchen-ware, Metals, that we must use our medicine on: Wherein the brethren may have a pennyworth For ready money. The Alchemist You must admit that, for me at least, there was not a pennyworth of entertainment in Salzburg. Mozart: the man and the artist, as revealed in his own words The Duke sat in a pennyworth of chair in St. James's Park, listening to the pessimisms of Belturbet, who reviewed the existing political situation from the gloomiest of standpoints. The Chronicles of Clovis The person who works the lace of a pair of fine ruffles for example, will sometimes raise the value of, perhaps, a pennyworth of flax to �30 sterling. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Oh, if I only dared drink another pennyworth! Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus Will you sell pounds of soap and pennyworths of tin tacks, or whole bars of saponaceous matter, and great tenpenny nails?’ A Changed Man; and other tales And I am informed that some needy tradesmen employ fellows to run hawking about the streets with their goods, and sell pennyworths, in order to furnish themselves with a little money. London in 1731 The girl, who could not take her eyes off Thyme, now served them with three pennyworth of bull's-eyes, which she took out with her fingers, for they had stuck. Fraternity But his magnificence grew as wearisome to him as his poverty had been before; and not one of the doctors whom he consulted could give him a pennyworth of consolation. The Paris Sketch Book Oh, if I only dared drink another pennyworth! Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus We always get civility and good pennyworths at the Golden Dog. The Golden Dog I know that we both have a pennyworth of cream for breakfast, which is brought in in the same little can; and I know who has the most for her share. The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh May this pen never write a pennyworth again, if it ever casts ridicule upon either! The Book of Snobs He brought my little ones a pennyworth of gingerbread each, which my wife undertook to keep for them, and give them by letters at a time. The Vicar of Wakefield Oh, if I only dared drink another pennyworth! Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus To pass a halfcrown, after paring a pennyworth of silver from it, seemed a minute, an almost imperceptible, fault. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 As long as a man’s conscience is ignorant and weak and sickly it will, it must, spend and waste itself on the pennyworths of religion and’ morals instead of the pounds. Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) The word "lace," in Madame Cie's bill, invariably meant machine-made trash, worth tenpence a yard, but charged eighteen shillings a yard for one pennyworth of work in putting it on. A Simpleton But in Germany a boy will walk for miles down a lonely road, hedged with fruit trees, to buy a pennyworth of pears in the village at the other end. Three Men on the Bummel Let us have a pennyworth of brandy, Jacob! Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus But in general he dined, and thought that he dined well, on sixpenny worth of meat, and a pennyworth of bread, at an alehouse near Drury Lane. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 I get magnificent pennyworths at a shop in Cleveland Street, of a very rich quality indeed. New Grub Street O, very well, my lord: the music ended, We'll fit the kid fox with a pennyworth. Much Ado about Nothing Sir, your pennyworth is good an your goose be fat. Love's Labour's Lost You'll drink the other pennyworth next, so there's no use your troubling about change. Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus How many a time have I stood there, raging with hunger, unable to purchase even one pennyworth of food! The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft She had dined them upon one pennyworth of stewed tapioca without either sugar or milk. London's Underworld It pits me aye as mad's a hare; So I can rhyme nor write nae mair; But pennyworths again is fair, When time's expedient: Meanwhile I am, respected Sir, Your most obedient. Poems and Songs of Robert Burns In the midst of this spectacle, this din and uproar, the women are chaffering and bargaining quite calmly, watching the scales to see that they get their full pennyworth or sixpennyworth of this or that. Penelope's English Experiences A white hen and a speckled hen Got into a row with a rooster— Oh, if I only dared drink another pennyworth! Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus Until a pennyworth of acrid green apples turned the current that threatened to carry him away. The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll For them no automatic gas meter grudgingly doles out its niggardly pennyworths of gas. London's Underworld At four o'clock one of us is obliged to be, like Sister Anne, on the housetop; and if company approaches, she must descend and speed to the plumber's for six pennyworth extra of cream. Penelope's Experiences in Scotland We all strolled to and fro and took pennyworths of rest; the long, level cliff-top, edged in places with its iron rail, might have been the deck of a huge crowded ship. Glasses Sing hi ho, my honey, my heart shall never rue, Here's all pickt ware for the money, and yet a hard pennyworth too. Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 |
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