| 单词 | pound sterling |
| 例句 | He was a man of business, and I suspected he would not like losing the ten pounds sterling he had invested in me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The stranger did not share his amusement. "—my former apprentice, Widge, in consideration of which I have accepted the amount of ten pounds sterling." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He told us that his mother would give us a ride if we paid a fee of fifteen pounds sterling. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And what’s more, the loans were denominated in U.S. dollars but had been paid to those of us in the London office in pounds sterling. Watching Lehman Brothers collapse from the inside: A 2008 recruit on the bank’s final days 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z It puts the pound sterling, the dollar and the yen into perspective if people can make a real-life living from buying and selling virtual items for digital platinum pieces. Untangling the web with Aleks Krotoski 2011-03-20T00:05:19Z I even forgot to pick up the case of wine I had agreed to accept in lieu of pounds sterling. Should the Parthenon Marbles Be Returned to Greece? 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z There is an argument that her steadfast, almost emotional loyalty to the pound sterling has helped the UK weather the storms of European monetary uncertainty. Meryl Streep praises Margaret Thatcher as 'figure of awe' 2013-04-09T09:19:56Z Long-term Treasury yields, traditionally subdued in Asian hours, spiked to a fresh 16-year peak , keeping the dollar close to multi-month tops to G-3 rivals the euro, pound sterling and yen. Morning Bid: Treasury yields march on 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z But the fact is, like the 19th-century system in which the British pound sterling was pegged at a fixed rate to gold, such arrangements only work until they cease to work. Republicans have a plan — to hold America hostage over the debt ceiling yet again 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z The first minister said there would be a "careful and responsible phased approach" to introducing the Scottish pound and in the meantime, Scotland would keep using pound sterling. Independent Scotland would introduce new currency 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Eight years ago, the SNP and Scottish government prospectus for independence would have seen joint control of the Bank of England and of the pound sterling. Five questions on the economics of independence 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z That strategy, fleshed out by Mr. Kwarteng on Sept. 23, sent the pound sterling plunging and raised borrowing costs for the government, a development that rippled through into the domestic housing loan market. Britain’s New Finance Chief Repudiates Prime Minister’s Signature Economic Plan 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z The lender said it was making a cash tender offer in relation to eight euro or pound sterling denominated senior debt securities for an aggregate consideration of up to 1 billion euros. Credit Suisse to buy back $3 bln of debt securities 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z “These two events could be considered markers in a long historical procession in the British economy and the pound sterling becoming far less important than they once were.” In an Echo of History, the British Pound Has Lost Its Dominance 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z An employee is seen walking over a mosaic of pound sterling symbols set in the floor of the front hall of the Bank of England in London, in this March 25, 2008 file photograph. Analysis: Pummelled pound faces long road back as investor confidence shredded 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Today, Britain faces the worst inflation crisis among the world’s wealthier countries and the pound sterling’s value has fallen almost to parity with the dollar. Opinion | Charles III saw climate change coming. Can he still speak out? 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z This has been driven by volumes of Russian gas exports going down, the closure of a key gas export facility in the USA, and a weaker value of the pound sterling. UK household energy bills to hit £3,000 per year 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z But let’s face it, she and the Windsor family’s biggest contemporary contributions are two: raising pounds sterling for charities and attracting tourists to their country. Opinion | God save the queen — for England’s sake 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Both have provisions that payment can be made in alternative hard currencies such as dollars, euros, pound sterling or Swiss franc, while the rouble is also listed for the euro-denominated bond. Explainer: Washington holds key to Russia's sovereign default 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Like the taxes on molasses, moreover, the stamps would have to be purchased with pounds sterling, or official British currency, just when the Currency Act had stretched the demand for scarce coinage even tighter. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Fnality submitted an application to the BoE to become an operator of such an account and is due to go live with its pound sterling payment system in October. Euroclear joins bank-backed blockchain payment system 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z "This means that Sberbank will not be able to make transfers to other banks in U.S. dollars, Canadian dollars, pounds sterling, Danish crowns and Swedish krona." Russia's Sberbank says sanctions limiting some forex transfers in Russia and abroad 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z “Cutting off these financial institutions from utilizing the dollar, euro, pound sterling is still a pretty significant step,” Lowery said. Biden and Europe waiting on one key sanction against Russia 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z The dollar index - which measures the greenback against six peers, including the yen, euro and pound sterling - edged further away from Wednesday’s 96.938 - its highest level in nearly 17 months. Yen rallies, rand sinks as new COVID variant spurs flight to safety 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Their value is based on a basket of international currencies — the U.S. dollar, euro, Chinese renminbi, Japanese yen, and British pound sterling — and is reset every five years. How the I.M.F. plans to build a $650 billion fund to fight the pandemic. 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z If they are left to expire and are not handed in before the deadline, the value of each note will revert to pound sterling and be returned to the Bristol Pound Company's bank account. Bristol Pound to be withdrawn from circulation in September 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z In other words, if you go to England, for example — this is a good example — we have British pounds sterling. Is there a future for bitcoin? An investor and a skeptic make their cases 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Bitcoin is traded in much the same way as real currencies like the US dollar and pound sterling. Bitcoin value surges past $30,000 (£22,000) for first time 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z The new tariff regime will be in pounds sterling and will apply from Jan. 1, 2021. Factbox: Britain sets out new post-Brexit global tariff regime 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z So, the Bank is considering a Central Bank Digital Currency, which would be denominated in pounds sterling, just like banknotes. Is this the digital future for banknotes? 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z British business wants a deal badly, however, and the pound sterling fell by about 1 percent on the currency markets after Mr. Johnson spoke. Brexit Done? Not So Fast. Britain and E.U. Enter New Trade Deal Battle. 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z And the US came into the picture after World War I. The dominant currency before World War I was the pound sterling, that was the international currency. Is there a future for bitcoin? An investor and a skeptic make their cases 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z In after-hours trading, the pound sterling surged on the news. U.K. election: Boris Johnson wins majority, while Jeremy Corbyn says he won’t lead another general election campaign 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The pound sterling fell as low as $1.1960 on Tuesday, down about a cent on the day before, stabilizing around $1.1990. U.K.’s Boris Johnson weakened by party defections over Brexit 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z On the bright side, the pound sterling is not the worst performing currency in the world today. Pound suffers further slide after Boris Johnson takes Brexit hard line – business live 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z The micro pound sterling mark for British currency. Behind the process of Helvetica’s 21st century facelift 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Once worth more than a billion pounds sterling, it ended up being bought by another business for 70 million pounds. The Motley Fool: buy-side, sell-side analysts 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z You could have warm feelings for the queen, and the pound sterling, and still be independent, was the thinking. Scotland dreads Brexit. But is it enough to boost sentiment for Scottish independence? 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z They assumed the pound sterling would probably drop in value and there would be delays at the ports. Hardcore Brexiteers push to leave European Union with no deal ahead of key vote 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z When I started saving up my babysitting money, it cost $1.65 to buy 1 British pound sterling. New thoughts about gratitude, charity and our brains 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z On news of Brexit chaos, the pound sterling plummeted and the stock markets in the United States and Europe dipped. Theresa May delays parliamentary vote on Brexit deal 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The pound sterling plummeted and the stock markets in the United States and Europe sank on news of Brexit chaos. Why have a chief of staff at all? 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z When I started saving up my babysitting money, it cost US$1.65 to buy one British pound sterling. When you’re grateful, your brain becomes more charitable 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Last summer, travellers going through Southampton airport were offered just 86 euro cents for each pound sterling, thought to be the lowest rate on record. Holidaymakers hit as pound falls 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The pound sterling slid after the Johnson resignation, while the markets ticked up. Boris Johnson and ‘Brexit minister’ resign, leaving Theresa May’s government in disarray 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z In 1746 a young Englishman steps off the boat and into the bucolic village of Manhattan with a bill for 1,000 pounds sterling, payable to the bearer. Mary Ann Gwinn’s favorite books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Inflation has spiked due a significant fall in the value of the pound sterling since the referendum, putting a squeeze on living standards. Brexit Cost Rises as Britain Retreats on Divorce Demands 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z New export orders increased at a slightly slower pace as well, according to IHS Markit, due to the recent fluctuations in the pound sterling. UK manufacturing 'sees stronger growth' 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z As the pound sterling sank amid the political chaos and increasingly downbeat economic news, Mrs. May’s desperate political weakness risked undermining her credibility as a negotiating partner. Theresa May’s Nightmare Week Ends With Party Coup Attempt 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z After a difficult postwar recovery from the devastation of World War II, that country was enjoying robust employment, lucrative international investments, and the prestige of the pound sterling’s stature as the world’s reserve currency. The demolition of U.S. global power 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Under this system, each national currency had an established gold value: the British pound sterling was backed by 113 grains of pure gold; the US dollar by 23.22 grains, and so on. Globalisation: the rise and fall of an idea that swept the world 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Middle-aged, with a shaved head, a blue suit and a shiny pound sterling pin badge on his lapel, Booker quickly established himself as a man of forceful views and colourful expression. From rust belt to mill towns: a tale of two voter revolts | Thomas Frank 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z The company's most recent accounts show decorative paints revenue was down 4% in 2016, "mainly due to unfavourable currency effects, in particular the pound sterling and currencies in Latin America". Dulux owner invests in UK paint research - BBC News 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Reflecting the blow to Britain’s competitiveness, the value of the pound sterling has fallen sharply since the referendum. Britain Jumps Into a Brexit Wonderland 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z He also said the sum discussed was in British pound sterling, not Egyptian pounds. Giulio Regeni: Egypt airs video of murdered Italian student - BBC News 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z The next day, the pound sterling falls to its lowest point against the U.S. dollar in two months. How Brexit Has Dominated Theresa May's First Six Months 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z He also bought put options that offered a big payout if the pound sterling dropped below a certain level, that person said. Chris Rokos Is Said to Be Seeking to Raise More Than $2 Billion 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z The pound sterling steadied on Thursday after two nervous days drove it below $1.30 for the first time in more than three decades. May and Leadsom to fight all-women contest for British prime minister 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Last week's shock referendum vote to leave the EU has caused global financial market turmoil, sent the pound sterling tumbling and wiped billions off the value of British shares. EU tells UK single market access requires full free movement 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z And the steep drop in the value of the U.K.'s pound sterling doesn't do anything to help the dollar. Trade Gap Widens as Brexit Fallout Looms 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z As results became clear that the anti-EU campaign was the winner, the pound sterling at one point plunged to its lowest level in more than three decades against the dollar. ‘Brexit’ Expected to Rattle U.S. Economy, Shake Its Influence 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The bad news is the British pound sterling fell off a cliff Friday and dropped to levels unseen in decades, which incidentally strengthened the U.S. dollar. Why Should an American Care About Brexit? 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z I guess if there's one positive aspect of the Brexit vote dragging down the pound sterling, it's that British brands like Aston Martin and McLaren will suddenly become much more affordable to wealthy people overseas. Aston Martin's one-off Vantage GT12 Roadster was designed to roar 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The instant reaction of the markets and the plunging of the pound sterling seemed to confirm the predictions of those who were accused during the campaign of scaremongering. We have woken up in a different country | Jonathan Freedland 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Britain voted against joining the Eurozone and still uses the pound sterling. Key things to know about the British vote on whether to remain in the European Union 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z If the referendum result is a surprise, the stock market, the bond market, and the pound sterling would all fall simultaneously. The Economic Arguments Against Brexit 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z In November, the International Monetary Fund admitted China's yuan into its benchmark currency basket alongside the dollar, euro, pound sterling and yen. U.S. need not fear challengers to dollar, Fed official says 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z He said GM is long on the pound sterling, so any weakening of the currency would impact GM’s short-term result. GM’s Profit More Than Doubles 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z "What does that do to pound sterling?" he said. GM earnings beat estimates on strength in North America 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The British pound sterling dropped 3.8 percent against the dollar last week, making it the worst week for the currency since 2009. Brexit's 'Uncertainty' Could Wallop U.S. Industry 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Cameron also received safeguards to ensure that Britain’s financial sector will not face discrimination as a result of the fact that Britain did not join the euro currency, and kept the pound sterling. British Prime Minister Announces E.U. Referendum Date 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z “Why should the micron sign or the pound sterling sign figure so prominently today?” he said. France Plans a New Keyboard to Shift Control to Typists 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Above your finger, a box will pop up showing several currency symbols; these include the peso, the euro, the cent sign, the pound sterling and the yen. How to Add Currency Symbols to Text in Android 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Britain never adopted the euro and retains the pound sterling, the world’s oldest currency still in use. Geoffrey Howe, Cabinet Minister Who Hastened Thatcher’s Fall, Dies at 88 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z They plan to add the euro and pound sterling next, followed by other currencies such as the Chinese yuan in the future, she said. New York regulator issues first bitcoin license to company 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Also, will London players be paid in pounds sterling, or dollars? NFL 2015 predictions: our writers call the winners, losers and also-rans 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Yet London wasn't always king of forex: The hegemony of the pound sterling in the British empire meant that before 1914, London played second fiddle in forex to Paris, Vienna, Berlin and New York. 'Brexit' fears haunt London's roaring trade in euros 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z New export orders showed a fifth consecutive monthly fall, illustrating the challenge of exporting with a strong pound sterling. Fall in manufacturing despite overall growth for Scots economy - BBC News 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Mrs. Thatcher, who opposed European federalism in general, drew the line at a common currency, saying the value of the pound sterling should not be set by a European central bank. Geoffrey Howe, Cabinet Minister Who Hastened Thatcher’s Fall, Dies at 88 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z In last fall’s referendum on independence from Britain, Scottish nationalists claimed an independent Scotland would still use the pound sterling. Euro’s Salvation Lies in Its Political Appeal 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z The monitor also indicated a significant fall in export activity, with a slowing world economy and a rising pound sterling taking their toll of firms' assessment of their export prospects. Scottish economic recovery 'picking up' - BBC News 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Helen Macdonald was in her third and final year as a research fellow at Cambridge, a prestigious postgraduate position, when her father died and, for eight hundred pounds sterling, she acquired a ten-week-old goshawk. How to Train Your Raptor 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z And the Bank of England’s QE program has also coincided with a significant devaluation of the pound sterling, again one of the routes by which it is all supposed to work. Paul Krugman Pretty Effectively Trolls The Republicans On Monetary Policy 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z For example, the City of Saint-Etienne saw the interest rates on one of its major loans rise from 4 percent to 24 percent in 2010, due to the depreciation of the pound sterling. How Toxic Loans Helped Local Politicians Get Reelected 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z About the only way to persuade foreign-exchange traders to buy pounds sterling, and thereby maintain the pound’s value, was to offer them high interest rates on sterling-denominated assets. Has Russia Learned the Lesson of Past Currency Crises? 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z The U.S. dollar remains buoyant on Wednesday, keeping the euro under pressure, while leaning on the yen and pound sterling as investors jockey for positioning in anticipation of the Federal Reserve tightening its monetary policy. Sterling Slips, Euro Pressed As Mighty Buck Reigns 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z A billion pounds sterling is certainly a mouth-watering figure. A New Era For English Spurs But Is It Really Worth £1 Billion? 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Relying on the pound sterling after independence was not a good strategy. What Scotland Should Have Done (And Still Should Do) 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z In February 2014, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne addressed directly the Scottish government's plan that Scotland would continue to use the pound sterling. Scottish independence: 10 key moments 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z At seven o’clock that evening, Lamont announced that Britain would immediately withdraw from the Exchange Rate Mechanism and allow the markets to determine the pound sterling’s value. Has Russia Learned the Lesson of Past Currency Crises? 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z They have got bigger questions - Can we keep the pound sterling? Column: Without Scotland, not so great Britain 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The day after an independence vote, the pound sterling will remain Scotland's official currency. Scottish independence could mean messy divorce 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z This sent the British pound sterling sharply lower and pressured U.K. equities. Gold Market Watching Whether Pound Weakness Ahead Of Scottish Vote Means Dollar/Euro Gains 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Finally, swapping the pound sterling for the euro does not mean Scotland would be shaking itself free of outside controls. Can Scotland be independent and keep sterling? 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Investors prefer investments in currencies they know and trust, such as the U.S. dollar and pound sterling. How Countries Deal With Debt 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z The point there that sparks my interest is that pounds sterling number. Money Does Buy Happiness As Everyone Who Looks At The Ads Knows 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z But the First Minister only said he was “in favor of keeping the pound sterling” over the euro, despite being booed by at least one audience member. Pro-Independence Leader Falters in First Scottish Independence Debate 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Dumping the pound would be a wrench given that it was in 1696 that the Bank of Scotland issued the first notes in pounds sterling. Can It Make Sense For Scotland To Want to Retain the Pound? 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z "I am in favour of keeping the pound sterling," Salmond said, arguing that the currency was as much Scotland's as England's. Scotland's pro-independence leader fails to turn tide in TV debate 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z "I am in favor of keeping the pound sterling," Salmond, dressed in a dark grey suit, said, after he was booed by at least one member of the audience. In Scotland, pro-independence leader flunks TV debate 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z The most controversial is the argument for shared use of the pound sterling, to which the three main Westminster parties say they are opposed. Could the referendum reboot Britain? 2014-03-03T00:11:36Z For the last five years most people have been using US dollars or South African rand, but pula from Botswana and British pound sterling have also been changing hands. Zimbabwe’s multi-currency confusion 2014-02-06T00:28:20Z It does this by trying to keep the value of our currency - pounds sterling - at a good level and also by trying to keep money flowing. New governor for Bank of England 2013-07-01T13:41:16Z Britain's foreign office declined to comment on reports that the settlement would total 14 million pounds sterling. Britain agrees compensation deal for Kenya torture victims 2013-06-05T15:08:24Z Last month the British government suggested that an independent Scotland would not be able to keep the pound sterling and would have to either adopt its own currency or embrace the euro. British Study Raises Warning on Scottish Banks 2013-05-18T23:01:00Z Dennis Canavan's view is at odds with that of the SNP Scottish government which would rather continue to share the pound sterling. Yes chief lobbies for Scottish pound 2013-04-30T18:01:21Z Drawing lessons from the euro zone’s continuing problems, Mr. Osborne added, London would be unlikely to agree to share the pound sterling with an independent nation that might pursue incompatible economic policies. Scottish Independence Would Mean Loss of Pound, Osborne Warns 2013-04-23T18:45:12Z Singlehandedly she forced the European Commissioners to return a billion pounds sterling, in effect just by fixing them with her steely blue eyes and banging her handbag on the table. The New Thatcher Era 2013-04-08T12:15:00Z Despite urgings from her chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson, Thatcher refused to give up the pound sterling for visions of a new unified European currency. Margaret Thatcher's Most Scathing Retorts 2013-04-08T12:30:00Z Or on what conditions would it use the pound sterling? Scottish independence: Braveheart or iPad? 2012-10-15T16:01:28Z Given this principle the party does not share the SNP's vision for an independent Scotland retaining the pound sterling. Greens debate 'Yes Scotland' role 2012-10-05T23:25:13Z Because the Scottish people are concerned about joining the Euro, he now says he would join the pound sterling area. Osborne doubts SNP currency plan 2012-09-06T20:34:52Z The increase in costs ''is mainly a result of the bank's U.S. dollar and pound sterling cost base being negatively affected by the weakening of the euro,'' the bank said in a statement. DealBook: Deutsche Bank Blames Weak Euro for Drop in Second-Quarter Profit 2012-07-24T18:42:42Z For the avoidance of doubt, the currency to use is pounds sterling, and, yes, it's a good idea to bring some with you. London 2012 – eight days to go! 2012-07-19T08:18:48Z The company, which collects fees in U.S. dollars, euros and pounds sterling, took a $2 million hit from currency fluctuations over the quarter. NYSE Euronext Profit Falls 2012-04-30T12:27:56Z However, as its insignificance represents a gain of some hundreds of thousands of pounds sterling per annum to the Administration, it should be worthy of a passing thought at any rate. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z The youngest brother pays four thousand pounds sterling to bury properly a man who has been dead eight months. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z These giant birds want no food but grass, and the yearly feather yield of each adult ostrich realizes about twenty-five pounds sterling. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The sum called for by these projects was three hundred millions of pounds sterling, which was more than the value of all the land in Great Britain. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The breakwater was completed under Napoleon III., at a cost exceeding two and a half million pounds sterling. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Cromwell had demanded compensation of them, and they had agreed, as now appears by the treaty, to pay a hundred thousand pounds sterling as a compensation. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z The mother English society was most liberal in dealing with its offshoot and until the Revolution, it annually sent over sixty pounds sterling for the support of the minister. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z This story is childish and wicked, and his action resulted in the destruction of animals which must have been valued at about four thousand pounds sterling. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The pope succeeded only in extorting from the king of England, Henry III. fifty thousand pounds sterling. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z As much as ten pounds sterling could be involved in a suit and there was no appeal from the decision; when larger amounts were involved, the defeated litigant could appeal to the General Court. How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties, An Abstract of Their Formation 2012-03-16T02:00:20.963Z My house rent has, on an average, cost me more than one hundred and fifty pounds sterling a year, although mostly I have lived in furnished lodgings. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z Received a letter informing me of my wife's health, and that she had been obliged to pay ten pounds sterling to find a man for the American army in my stead. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Lots in the business part of the town now sell for pounds sterling where paper dollars would have sufficed ten years ago. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z M'Clure and his crew thus made the northwest passage and received therefor the reward of ten thousand pounds sterling. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z The Earl was a member of the Virginia Company of London and invested four hundred pounds sterling in the enterprise. How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties, An Abstract of Their Formation 2012-03-16T02:00:20.963Z Clementi further engaged by this agreement to pay Beethoven the sum of sixty pounds sterling for three Sonatas that were not yet composed. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z In short, I leave behind me at least three thousand pounds sterling. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Allerton, who was sent over in 1625 to beg the loan of one hundred pounds sterling, was obliged to pay thirty pounds in the hundred interest for the two hundred pounds he had obtained. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z For the discovery of the northwest passage various parliaments offered a reward of twenty thousand pounds sterling. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z He had but to contract a loan in London or Paris, and he had millions of pounds sterling to build palaces, and to carry out every Imperial desire. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z The Violin Concerto—for sale in England, the sum of two hundred pounds sterling. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z It prints everything from the UK's pound sterling to the newest version of the currency in Iraq, the dinar. What if Greece had to get a new currency? 2012-02-13T00:28:30Z There is nothing about the exterior of the Lee mansion to attract the stranger's attention, though it cost the colonel, when furnished, ten thousand pounds sterling. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z My property in this country has been taken care of by my friends, and is now worth six thousand pounds sterling; which put in the funds will bring me £400 sterling a year. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z He was reared and educated, with almost patrician indulgence, and inherited from his father a considerable amount of property, variously estimated from twenty to fifty thousand pounds sterling. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z The innkeeper, in his turn, parted with them for one pound sterling to Master Edward Kelly, who, believing he had obtained a hermetic treasure, hastened to London to submit it to Dr. Dee. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z One of the merino rams shown to him had recently been bought for two thousand five hundred pounds sterling. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z In Manchester, the Custom House area cost from 10 to 12 pounds sterling per square yard; in the center of the city, as high of £40, that is, nearly £200,000 per acre. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Was it in consideration of the services of a drunken beast that the Legislature of Pennsylvania presented Thomas Paine with five hundred pounds sterling? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z This was the theft from the “Blue” coach of a package of bank-notes representing a sum of between three and four thousand pounds sterling. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z The amount claimed in this case is four million nine hundred and ninety thousand thirty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents, or, nine hundred and eighty-five thousand three hundred and fifty pounds sterling, in gold coin. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z Here pastoral land, though still dotted with the blackened stumps of bygone forest, is worth to-day anything up to one hundred and fifty pounds sterling per acre. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z In Liverpool, in the neighborhood of the Exchange and of Town Hall, the cost is from 30 to 40 pounds sterling. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z So the eminent ship-builder returned home disconsolate, and next day instituted proceedings in Chancery against the Holy Roman Empire at Andorra for the recovery of five million pounds sterling. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Mon′etise, to give the character of money to, to coin as money.—Monetary unit, the unit of currency—the pound sterling. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z "The Americans of that day," says Bancroft, "computed that Cornwallis, in his midsummer marchings up and down Virginia, destroyed property to the value of three million pounds sterling." The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z I learnt also that the average pay of the labour employed in the works was about one pound sterling daily per man. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z "Poor 12,000 pound sterling per annum nearly subverted the constitution of these kingdoms!" Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Whenever a remittance of a thousand or two thousand pounds sterling arrived from England, he proudly descended from his mountain to the Castle. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z We finally made a deal, and it was this: I was to pay him the equivalent of one pound sterling in gin for every day I used his donkeys. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z They live and spend as freely as their prototypes in London, without pounds sterling, shillings, dollars, and pesetas, or anything of the kind. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z At half-a-crown a yard, which we will take as the average price about forty years ago, they would amount to eighty-four millions of pounds sterling. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z In particular, the proposition of a reduction of the pound sterling to the 25-franc piece was rejected. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z An American had gone away with a million; an Englishman had won ten thousand pounds sterling with five louis that he had borrowed. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Inasmuch as many of the prices sound large and important when quoted in piastres, the dealers have learned to demand English pounds sterling or American dollars. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Would all this have been said, if the value of the library, in "pounds sterling" was, as has been alleged, to be made good by the country to its late owner? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 93, August 9, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-20T03:00:34.177Z The wool-growers at home still found a ready market; the great body of the population had good coats and flannels and blankets; and, in addition, we exported ten million pounds sterling of woollen manufactures. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z The raw cotton imported by Great Britain in 1894 had a value of nearly 33 million pounds sterling; the exports of cotton yarn and manufactured goods amounted to about 66 millions sterling. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z He had disappeared from the neighborhood of Ballarat, and a reward of one thousand pounds sterling had been offered for his capture, dead or alive. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z On April 27, 1817, Jane Austen sat down and wrote her will, leaving almost all of her assets—valued at less than 800 pounds sterling—to her sister Cassandra. Was Jane Austen Poisoned by Arsenic? Science May Soon Find Out 2011-12-05T13:15:00.263Z The docks are most extensive, as they cover an area of about one hundred and seventy acres, and they must have cost many millions of pounds sterling. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z Its accumulations, or capital, which have been considered to amount to twenty-two hundred million pounds sterling, could not be purchased by several times the amount of all the bullion that exists in the world. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z We exported woollen and worsted yarns of a value of over four million pounds sterling in 1894, and of woollen and worsted manufactures, a value of 14 millions sterling. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z "There ye are, Mr. Lovely, and never say I don't treat ye with consideration, with generosity, sir, for I dare swear I shall lose fifty pounds sterling by this adventure." The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Her father was lacking in the business capacity, while her other parent was under the impression that one pound sterling was endowed with the purchasing power of three, and acted consistently upon that conviction. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z If they were really what they were supposed and stated to be, their value would have been reckoned by thousands of pounds sterling. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z At five pence a yard, the seven hundred million yards of cloth amount to above fourteen million pounds sterling. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z About the end of September 1833, the Royal William was disposed of for ten thousand pounds sterling, and chartered to the Portuguese government to take out troops for Dom Pedro's service. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z They think that if her Majesty would bestow only three thousand pounds sterling for this year, except some foreign force shall be brought in against them. Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 2011-11-20T03:00:16.107Z For 1,400 pounds sterling, the Jew renounced the speculation. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z Till now I have received but one letter from them, and that not worth a farthing, though it conveyed 305 a draft for one hundred thousand pounds sterling on the bank of hope. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z The British Parliament voted, in 1780, to pay forty thousand pounds sterling to disinfect and improve the prison where the Spanish prisoners were confined, and where a fatal fever had declared itself. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z Its present value is computed at about twenty-five thousand pounds sterling. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The dispute with Spain was then compromised; and Pitt compromised with Miranda for his services by giving him twelve hundred pounds sterling, for this was the contents of the letter. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z In the same year, they paid repeal rent, amounting to the enormous sum of seventy-eight thousand five hundred pounds sterling; amounting in all, to one hundred and six thousand five hundred pounds British money. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z But he wanted and finally obtained a larger and more effectual payment Bills were drawn in his favor on Dr. Franklin, our Minister in France, at long sight, for about one hundred thousand pounds sterling. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z The yields were uneven, but the lowest was an ounce, the highest three ounces ten pennyweight, and the day's aggregate just under one pound, or upward of forty pounds sterling. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z You ask of the emperor a fund of twelve thousand pounds sterling, your government allowing you only eight thousand pounds sterling, for all these expenses. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z My property in this country has been taken care of by my friends, and is now worth six thousand pounds sterling; which put in the funds will bring me �400 sterling a year. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z He also promised the composer that he should receive two hundred pounds sterling every year. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z I have," said I, "two thousand pounds sterling at my solicitor's in Albany. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z For what it is intrinsically worth, about sixty pounds sterling, your east-end dealer will pay four-hundred pounds, and make a big profit on it. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z He has been investing any number of pounds sterling. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z She is unhappy; miserable in an ill-assorted marriage, with a jealous tyrant who now would constrain her to sell her diamonds, which are—" "Worth thirty thousand pounds sterling. In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 2011-08-25T02:00:31.597Z A rich man is never mad in England, unless, of course, his heirs-at-law cast wistful glances at the pounds sterling. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z An official pounds sterling figure is yet to be confirmed. Sony announces PlayStation 3 and PSP price cuts 2011-08-16T22:50:00Z The object of this paper was to forward the loan of two millions of pounds sterling that the United States were desirous of procuring abroad. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z So late as 1831, the loss of life by a similar visitation was over two thousand, while the loss of property aggregated some two million pounds sterling. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z According to the Italian press, for example, he has "the patriotism of the pound sterling." Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z The difference between eccentricity and madness may be measured in pounds sterling. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z Did we not pay the Dutch six hundred thousand pounds sterling for assisting the late King William? And What if the Pretender should Come? Or Some Considerations of the Advantages and Real Consequences of the Pretender's Possessing the Crown of Great Britain 2011-07-19T02:00:23.110Z A draft for one hundred pounds sterling accompanied the letter, together with an assurance from the committee that Dumas' services would be "considered and honorably rewarded by Congress." Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z You must put up with our company until your friends can disburse the sum of ten thousand pounds sterling.' Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z He thought the sum I named very reasonable; but I really believe he supposed me to be quoting the figure in lire, not in pounds sterling, which he found quite impossible. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z Twenty tons of oil would indicate one ton of bone, and that was worth some two hundred and fifty pounds sterling. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Wages a pound sterling per day! if I would only work for it—the price of food scarcely anything—cattle running wild—large gold-fields! Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z In the spring of 1853 he had saved three pounds sterling, and his grandfather gave him two pounds sterling. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z I presented him an inventory of a little printing-house, amounting by my computation to about one hundred pounds sterling. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z Sight bills from the Council, all co-signed at his insistence by Benjamin Briggs, in the sum of two thousand pounds sterling, payable in twenty-four months. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z For all this accommodation, I paid three hundred and fifty piastres—about three pounds sterling—and this was a higher rent than would be paid by any native. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Well, he would give thirty pounds sterling per annum to a good man. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z He made it a rule to allow none of these servants to become settlers unless he possessed fifty pounds sterling to start with. Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon 2011-05-20T02:00:38.647Z I presented him an inventory of a little printing house, amounting, by my computation, to about one hundred pounds sterling. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z Rolls of wool broadcloth worth almost three thousand pounds sterling. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The annual revenue which he had reserved to himself out of the wealth of half the world, was twelve thousand ducats, or about fifteen hundred pounds sterling. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The landlord, on showing me one of these beds as mine, demanded a pound sterling of me in advance as one week's payment. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z The payment of members continued as under the Second Empire, the salary now being fixed at 9000 francs a year in both houses, or about a pound sterling a day. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z The document posted earlier this week by New Statesman says a "genuine and reasonable pre-estimate" of losses which WikiLeaks would incur if the agreement were breached "is in the region of" 12 million pounds sterling. Ex-WikiLeaks spokesman attacks Assange "gag" orders 2011-05-12T22:24:01Z Owen felt a desperate temptation to fold her in his arms and beseech her to marry him to-morrow, throwing prudence and pounds sterling to the winds. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z Before leaving England, some weeks previous, they had robbed and plundered the estate to such an extent as to reduce the actual income from five thousand pounds sterling per annum to three thousand. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z For this work the wages are about thirty-five pounds sterling a year with double rations, a free house, use of cow, &c. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Still, to you I shall leave just enough to carry you out of the country—that is one thousand pounds sterling. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z In your book you write that the dollar overtook the pound sterling in a relatively short period of time. How to think about Tea Party economics 2011-04-18T13:01:00Z Of course, there's always somebody that knows English; and pounds sterling are a pretty universal language, I find, and make themselves understood everywhere. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z To my dear friend, Sarah Kane, five hundred pounds sterling and my wearing apparel. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z I obtained work at one of the plantations for three pounds sterling per week. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z It was calculated by the government that the quitrents would amount in the aggregate to fourteen hundred and seventy pounds sterling. History of Prince Edward Island 2011-04-16T02:00:17.027Z And you can have fifty people—and we never had less—for about five pounds sterling. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z Well, Major, by that you've cost me at least one pound sterling. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z "Did you ever receive five hundred pounds sterling, Mistress Kane, left you, by the will of the late Mrs. Villiers?" he asked, slowly, and with emphasis. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z I had now paid out to me twelve pounds sterling as the balance of wages due, so it will be perceived that I had not been extravagant. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Divorce proceedings in England are very expensive; the costs in an ordinary uncontested suit amount to from thirty to forty pounds sterling. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z It was a sad shock to society when it was learned that Don José and Donna Maria had absconded suddenly, taking with them about fifty thousand pounds sterling, obtained by forgery. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z A hundred pound sterling to a German pfennig, Grindley'll come back with that message from the Dutch agent neatly decoded. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z A well known coiner has been said to finish from sixty to eighty pounds sterling a week. 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 Over a million and a half pounds sterling that England has made Ireland a present of in the past year! The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Let there be, therefore, established a new joint stock company to be called the "Grand United Ancestral, Kindred, and Blood Relation Society"—capital any number of pounds sterling. Nuts and Nutcrackers 2011-03-08T03:00:45.687Z There was an income-tax of two shillings on a pound sterling; but the taxes which caused the most suffering to the poor were the indirect taxes on wheat, shoes, salt, etc. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z We left Ems, like a thief, in the night; the robbery, however, was performed by the landlord, whose bill for five days amounted to upwards of twenty-seven pounds sterling. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z This precious volume cost her three weeks' loss of rest, and me about thirty pounds sterling. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z From Auckland to reach any part of Australia required a further outlay of six pounds sterling. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z In fact it has been asked to bail out countries such as Ireland, Portugal and Greece to the tune of many millions of pounds sterling. New Irish leader in bailout vow 2011-02-27T13:25:26Z It has been reported that the British Government has offered half a million pounds sterling for this diamond. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Secondly, K. I. D., on his part, agrees to give acceptances for two thousand pounds sterling, with interest at the rate of five per cent per annum on same till the time of payment. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z His property was valued, after his decease, at about eighty thousand pounds sterling,—a very much larger sum for that time than its precise money equivalent would represent at the present day. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z At this same period, the sum exacted for the poorest Spaniards was "a thousand shillings;" while Genoese, "if under twenty-two years of age, were freed for a hundred pounds sterling." White Slavery in the Barbary States 2011-02-10T03:00:50.200Z Well, Major, by that you’ve cost me at at least one pound sterling. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z The calculation is made by Robertson, who estimates the peso at a pound sterling. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z I sat down to a table, and after some calculation made out the total to be two hundred and seven pounds sterling. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z The mines there are of great depth, have been worked for centuries, have produced in tin and copper during the last hundred years at least ten million pounds sterling, and are now all abandoned. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z We have now before us the receipts of the bankers of the Company for the whole amount, eighty-eight thousand pounds sterling. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z It is even possible to imagine that Britain would have given up the pound sterling and joined the euro, if it shared a land border with Germany and France. Class of its own? 2010-12-24T11:01:24Z Even the baases disliked it; for it seemed almost as the leaving behind some thousands of pounds of ivory, with as many hundreds of pounds sterling. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z Divide each amount by five, and you have the sum in pounds sterling. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z With the pound sterling weak and with a lot of Next's apparel imported, there's a profit-margin squeeze. Interview with Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund manager Jeff Tillinghast 2010-08-01T04:00:00Z "Our little company," said Mr. Field ten years after, "raised and expended over a million and a quarter of dollars before an Englishman paid a single pound sterling." The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z He's broken down British government data that estimated the annual cost of obesity at between 3.3 billion pounds sterling and 3.7 billion pounds. Special Report - In austere times, can bribery be healthy? 2010-07-15T10:57:00Z "They buy them here, and pay in pounds sterling." Far-flung voters 2010-05-01T06:34:00Z Market jitters Elsewhere, it is the pound sterling that is the centre of attention. Money matters trouble front pages 2010-03-02T06:23:00Z They are asking an outlandish price, in my opinion, that is to say, 30 pounds sterling. 2010-02-12T17:08:00Z Arrived at Boston, he strolled into his brother’s printing-office, dressed in beautiful clothes, with a watch, and jingling five pounds sterling in silver in his pockets. The True Benjamin Franklin Even the servants who had heretofore received a Saturday night allowance of spirits, received in lieu thereof two pounds sterling per annum added to their wages. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. We reached the habitation o' the worthy gentleman for whom I was surety in the sum o' three thousand precious pounds sterling. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 One mine alone, known as the Moonta, has paid its shareholders in dividends the large sum of twelve hundred thousand pounds sterling. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Between them they had succeeded in getting the price down to 27-and-a-half pounds sterling, plus "a grey Holland beaver hat" thrown in - a fashionable piece of headgear depicted in at least one of Vermeer's paintings. 2010-02-12T17:08:00Z A storekeeper on this thoroughfare told the author that the late Lady Brassey purchased goods costing her a thousand pounds sterling, during the few days in which the Sunbeam lay in the harbor. The Story of Malta A moderate proportion between these two extremes of extravagant oppression and transient indulgence, therefore, may be fixed at sixteen gold pieces, or about nine pounds sterling, as the common standard of the impositions of Gaul. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Know ye not that my venerated sire, A Soap-boiler successful in his line of business Beyond his wildest visions, Purchased for eighty thousand pounds sterling, These acres, as an investment Speculative and commercial. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93. September 17, 1887 We were a little startled when informed of the magnitude of the public debt of New Zealand, which aggregates nearly thirty-three million pounds sterling. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The petition of the Archbishop set forth that the entire income of his see did not reach four hundred pounds sterling per annum. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, August 1865 We saw an indifferent specimen offered for sale in Valletta, for which ten pounds sterling was demanded. The Story of Malta A hundred years ago that acre would be bought and sold at its agricultural value of a few score pounds sterling. Stand Up, Ye Dead We had been "given away" for the reward, three pounds sterling—about fifteen dollars each—being the amount for apprehension of deserters from Her Majesty's service, and off to the calaboose we were marched. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document The export of New Zealand produce from Littleton in 1886 reached the aggregate of nearly two million pounds sterling, and the revenue collected during the same year was two hundred thousand pounds sterling. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands When the course of exchange is at par between France and England, 25 fr. are considered equal to the pound sterling. Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France It cost the Maltese exchequer over fifty thousand pounds sterling. The Story of Malta He sold it in England for seventy-five pounds sterling. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day The English navy was giving four pounds sterling as a bounty for seamen. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document Official returns show that New Zealand has produced over fifty million pounds sterling in gold, or two hundred and fifty million dollars, since its first discovery there. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands In England people are continually paying and receiving money in pounds, but few could say exactly what a pound sterling means. Political economy While in Egypt, the author saw an insignificant article purchased of a peddler by an English lady, which was said to have been exhumed at ancient Thebes, and for which she paid five pounds sterling. The Story of Malta If I may believe the report of men lately come from Madagascar, she has taken above 2,000,000 pounds sterling. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day The blue cloth for my best trousers at Government prices was one pound sterling. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document Up to the present writing Australia has realized from her auriferous soil over three hundred and thirty million pounds sterling. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands There are now some fifteen companies at work in Scotland, representing an aggregate capital of about two and a half million pounds sterling. Coal and What We Get from It The rents of the government lands, together with customs, licenses, etc., bring in an annual revenue of about two hundred and sixty thousand pounds sterling, which is calculated to be quite sufficient. The Story of Malta To Phips fell his allotted share of a sixteenth, which set him up with sixteen thousand pounds sterling. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Then he sent proofs to the universities and to other publishing houses offering a prize of several pounds sterling in cash for every typographical mistake that could be found. Harper's Round Table, July 23, 1895 We have not seen an official statement of a year's clip for the whole country since that for 1883, which gave as the aggregate value of that year something over twenty million pounds sterling. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The total value of the imports of madder and garancin in 1868 was over one million pounds sterling; in ten years the value of these same imports had been reduced to about £38,000. Coal and What We Get from It When these deposits amount to one pound sterling, the money begins to draw interest. The Story of Malta After vainly groping for several months, the luckless "Upper Strand finder" confessed himself beaten, and there was nothing to show for an expenditure of five thousand pounds sterling. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day These remarkable musical instruments are manufactured especially for this region, and frequently cost, as we were told, a thousand pounds sterling each. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Neither party could possibly have anticipated that in so few years this land would be valued at many millions of pounds sterling. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The gross amount was about fourteen thousand five hundred pounds sterling; in which were included moneys expended for secret intelligence and service, and in various incidental charges. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools We were told that a hundred pounds sterling had been offered for this coin not long since, by an agent of the British Museum, London. The Story of Malta They toiled in good weather for a year and a half, and recovered treasure to the amount of eighty-three thousand pounds sterling. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day I have earned nineteen pounds, Philippa, spent five on my dress, three on my cloak, over two on cabs and gloves; grand total for a year’s effort—ten pounds sterling!” The Daughters of a Genius Five million pounds sterling in gold is annually produced in Victoria; yet it is perfectly well known that the cost of its production, in labor and money, amounts to about the same sum. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands He, entering the office one day, asked for twopenny revenue stamps to the amount of two pounds sterling, which having received, he threw down a deed. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance Attend to what I say; here I put a million pounds sterling—so—hold tight. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine For a man not born in this country to give a sum, I believe, more than a quarter of a million of pounds sterling for purposes of benevolence is a fact unexampled. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 One hundred and fifty estates had been purchased, twelve thousand allotments made, £400,000 had actually been received, and two millions of pounds sterling was actually being subscribed for. Freehold Land Societies Their History, Present Position, and Claims Statistics show that somewhat over seventeen million pounds sterling in gold have been exported from South Australia since its first discovery here. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands But Birkenhead was gratified with his freedom, and a reward of two hundred pounds sterling. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts "Twenty-two topsail vessels," with their cargoes, worth four hundred thousand pounds sterling, were a part of the spoil. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 The quit-rent revenue amounted to about eight hundred pounds sterling per annum. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia They awarded in satisfaction and final settlement of all claims, including interest, a gross sum of about three and a quarter million pounds sterling. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Assuming that he gave his master twenty-five years of service, the cost for each year would be but one pound sterling. The Planters of Colonial Virginia A good first step would be to make the pound sterling legal tender throughout the continent. Black Man's Burden In France, however, authors are more fortunate, for Scribe, the celebrated dramatist, has just purchased an estate, for which he has given upwards of ten thousand pounds sterling. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) These amounted to three thousand pounds sterling per annum. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia At the end of two years, the steamboat brought in a clear seven hundred and fifty pounds sterling a year, or eighteen thousand francs. Toilers of the Sea It is obvious, however, that after all expenses had been paid, a goodly margin of profit was left, a margin perhaps averaging some three or four pounds sterling. The Planters of Colonial Virginia In the reign of King Edgar, Earl Aethelwold possessed a table of silver that was worth three hundred pounds sterling. Women of England It is valued at one million pounds sterling and is the property of the Ranee of Jhang, who prizes it above all other of her marvellous and priceless jewels. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories There are five francs in a dollar, but five dollars in a pound sterling. Lord Stranleigh Abroad The pound sterling of Guernsey is worth twenty-four francs only, that of England twenty-five, and that of Jersey twenty-six. Toilers of the Sea The production, too, of these pageants was extremely costly; indeed, each one has been set down at fifteen or twenty pounds sterling. Folk-lore of Shakespeare Mrs. Mapp, commonly termed "Crazy Sally," who had repute as a bonesetter, received from the town of Epsom the offer of an annuity of one hundred pounds sterling if she would remain in that neighborhood. Women of England The pound sterling of England was reduced in weight of pure metal from �1 : 18 : 9 in 1436, the date of the first of the corn statutes, to 4s. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Merck the publisher offered three pounds sterling for a drama of Goethe. The Intellectual Life The house, demon included, was offered for sale for a few pounds sterling. Toilers of the Sea "Something over three hundred and fifty pounds sterling, sir." The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Parliament voted her a grant of five thousand pounds sterling. Women of England Be that as it may, however, I sold him at Lucknow, to the king of Oude, for two thousand rupees—about two hundred pounds sterling. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment A few years since an English company took possession of or purchased this site, and, with a capital of nearly a million of pounds sterling, commenced operations. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 They were three bank-notes of one thousand pounds sterling each; making together seventy-five thousand francs. Toilers of the Sea The Roman money-unit—the as—consisted originally of a pound of bronze; that of England—the pound sterling—and that of France—the livre—consisted each of a pound of silver. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 Let there be, therefore, established a new joint stock company to be called the “Grand United Ancestral, Kindred, and Blood Relation Society”—capital any number of pounds sterling. Nuts and Nutcrackers She might feel herself bewitched; but pounds sterling and railway tickets were tangible things, and not to be explained away by any fantasy. The Silent Barrier The bank makes a policy of recruiting—even going to Europe, where clerks think five dollars is equal to a pound sterling—to keep down expenses. A Canadian Bankclerk The net revenue from the boat was about a thousand pounds sterling per annum, and the traffic was constantly increasing. Toilers of the Sea Flemish for the pound sterling to 22s., at which rate he discharged all the king's debts, and made money plentiful. Old and New London Volume I The extent to which recognized and legitimate exactions were carried is shown by the fact that upon the institution of the empire the annual revenues were about forty millions of pounds sterling. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Four millions, therefore, of the above annual sum of 5,666,6667L. will be required for four hundred thousand aged persons, at ten pounds sterling each. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 This premium will often amount to fifty pounds sterling, or more. Noah Webster American Men of Letters You counted out to him seventy-six thousand francs in French bank-notes; in exchange for which he gave you three notes of the Bank of England for one thousand pounds sterling each, plus the exchange. Toilers of the Sea In 1910 alone seventy-three of the large towns of Germany bought land to the aggregate extent of 9,584 acres and to the aggregate value of over four million pounds sterling. German Problems and Personalities A business man would have measured his permanent fund of capital in pounds sterling and would have included in the amount whatever he had invested in land. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy A nominal pound sterling in such bills would not be worth one penny. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 He expects three pounds sterling an acre, including fixtures, and he got the ground for nothing; so that's doubling one's capital, I imagine.' Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement The Durande was reported to have brought a revenue of one thousand pounds sterling per annum. Toilers of the Sea Lbs. was permitted to stand as the abbreviation for pounds sterling, and whimsicalities was spelled with two l's. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education Thenceforward, all day and most of the next night, volley followed volley; and pounds of lead and pounds sterling of money continued to be blown into the air without cessation and almost without result. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) I do not suppose that more than one family in ten, in any of the countries of Europe, has, when the head of the family dies, a clear property left of five hundred pounds sterling. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 There were some seventeen shillings in English silver, the rest was Chile; and the Chile dollar, which had been taken at the rate of six to the pound sterling, was practically their smallest coin. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) This was an unfruitful end after the expenditure of some 6,000 pounds sterling. The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 Two months later, undaunted by the recent unpleasantness, the treasurer was requested to "Import from London on account of this Company a fire engine value from seventy to eighty pounds sterling." Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria The Lorenzo was insured against accidents to the tune o’ three thousand pound sterling, provided—provided, ye understand, that repairs came up to that figure. An Ocean Tramp There would not, however, be more than that number that would accept the proposed ten pounds sterling per annum, though they would be entitled to it. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 The aggregate rent from country estates amounted, in pounds sterling, to:— Countries. Woman under socialism The gold, five, ten, and twenty dollars, which are roughly worth a little over one, two, and four pounds sterling. The Truth About America After one hundred pounds sterling had been expended at Jamestown, the structure partly completed and fourteen guns brought up, the merchants procured orders from the English government that the fort be transferred to Old Point. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 He remained after the war a pensioner of the British government, and General Arthur St. Clair is authority for the statement that he received an annual stipend of four hundred pounds sterling. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 I have no idea it would be accepted by many persons who had a yearly income of two or three hundred pounds sterling. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 The citizens were compelled by law to accept inflated Virginia paper currency as legal tender for debts which they had contracted in pounds sterling. The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 The new brick church which the Vestry decided to erect in place of the old wooden structure was built, according to reliable information, by Mr. James Wren, for about 600 pounds sterling. A Virginia Village As for my expenses, I took from the Valy Commandant sixteen Turkish pounds and three pounds sterling for the necessary expenses of the journey by steamer and land. With Manchesters in the East Among the Indians of British Columbia a wife will cost from twenty to forty pounds sterling, while in Oregon they are exchanged for bisons' skins or blankets. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study The booty thus acquired by Pointis amounted to one million seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling, with which he embarked and made sail. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The writer once saw an article sold at Cairo as an antique for ten pounds sterling which was afterwards proved, by an unmistakable mark, to have been made in Birmingham, England. Aztec Land Parsons failed to complete his contract and the building was finished for an additional sum of 220 pounds sterling by Col. A Virginia Village Edward the First's pound sterling was a Tower pound of silver of a definite fineness. The Paper Moneys of Europe Their Moral and Economic Significance The money value of the whole amounts, at the present time, to something between twenty-three and twenty-four pounds sterling. Leading Articles on Various Subjects Entering the city without resistance, the men were confined in the great church, and a ransom demanded of more than two hundred and eighteen thousand pounds sterling. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy At the organization of the enterprise, its shares were a hundred pounds sterling each; but they sold in one year in the London market for sixteen hundred pounds a share! Aztec Land The draft remitted to me by Dr Franklin, of one hundred pounds sterling, on London, has been paid. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX You shall receive a thousand pounds sterling for every degree that we get farther north after this day. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras The salary attached to the position was fixed at one thousand pounds sterling for the year; and the governor was invited to take up his residence in the palace at Williamsburg. Patrick Henry The gold unit of England is the pound sterling. Elements of Foreign Exchange A Foreign Exchange Primer The effect of this reversal of Anglo-American trade balance was a decline in the exchange value of the pound sterling, which was normally worth $4.86-½ in American money, to the unprecedented level of $4.50. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War Less than twenty thousand pounds sterling would now pay all our debts in this country. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX Franklin was one of the managers of a lottery in 1753 for raising funds for the steeple and bells, the latter being imported at a cost of five hundred pounds sterling. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia At Loanda, capital of the kingdom of Angola, a firkin of wine sells for above thirty pounds sterling. Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness What is the price of as much gold as there is in a new pound sterling, expressed in American money? Elements of Foreign Exchange A Foreign Exchange Primer Twenty-six livres tournois, or old French currency, were declared to be equivalent to one pound sterling, which was, and is now, the current rate. The Coinages of the Channel Islands The cargo that both expected to take in there was about ten thousand pounds sterling in mildewed coin of various realms and denominations; but it was there, and would pass current any where. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life It was not yet easy to realize that, until the success of his play—six thousand pounds sterling in eight calendar months—a new book had been an event.… The Education of Eric Lane The price of a mass varies from a shilling to one pound sterling. Roman Catholicism in Spain And the rebate being always less than the discount rate, less pounds sterling come off the face of the bill in the process of rebating than of discounting. Elements of Foreign Exchange A Foreign Exchange Primer In either case, a shilling remains a shilling, a pound sterling a pound sterling, worth twenty of the shillings, whether called twelve pence or thirteen pence. The Coinages of the Channel Islands Under these two general headings were included such items as grain and flour 232 millions, meat 142 millions, cotton and cotton waste 257 millions and wool and wool rags 94 millions of pounds sterling. The Next Step A Plan for Economic World Federation Report of the Committee anent the receiving and dispensing of his receipts of the annuitie of five hundred pounds sterling, &c. The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland General Bertrand then took up the conversation, and said, that he was assured, that thirty thousand pounds sterling was annually expended on the park and grounds of Blenheim. The Surrender of Napoleon Being the narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte, and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon, with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship between the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815 Without any risk and without tying up a dollar of capital the banker has made one-half cent per pound sterling on the whole amount of the shipment. Elements of Foreign Exchange A Foreign Exchange Primer The yield from such an area had a market value of four hundred and eighty pounds sterling. Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699 For this purpose, the Scotch prices are reduced to American money, one pound sterling being represented by five dollars currency, and the hourly pay multiplied by ten, to make a day's work. Free Ships: The Restoration of the American Carrying Trade And shortly thereafter a fund called "The King's Bounty" was established, from which each clergyman licensed to serve in America was given twenty pounds sterling to pay the cost of his voyage. Religious Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century The Faith of Our Fathers Mark Antony squandered, in his short lifetime, eight hundred millions of pounds sterling, four thousand millions of dollars. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome Sovereigns are seldom imported because they are secured in London not by weight but by face value,—even if the sovereigns have lost weight they cost just as many pounds sterling to secure. Elements of Foreign Exchange A Foreign Exchange Primer My mistress had said nothing about stopping up until four o'clock—but for that matter she hadn't mentioned ten pounds sterling either—and here was this merry gentleman talking about it glibly enough. The Man Who Drove the Car Now seven thousand three hundred and fifty Attic talents of silver are worth upwards of two millions and one hundred thousand pounds sterling. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) The treasurer reported later that more than fifteen hundred pounds sterling had been sent to him, and later he reported additional amounts. Religious Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century The Faith of Our Fathers Fifty thousand pounds sterling was granted this enterprise, which roasted and packed a brand known as "Fazenda;" promoted demonstrations at grocers' expositions; and advertised in somewhat limited fashion. All About Coffee For the price at which the gold can be disposed of when it gets to London determines into how many pounds sterling it can be converted. Elements of Foreign Exchange A Foreign Exchange Primer As surveyor, Claiborne received the annual wage of thirty pounds sterling which was to be paid either in tobacco or some other comparable commodity with a good price on the English market. Mother Earth Land Grants in Virginia 1607-1699 Among other things of value, Herodotus mentions six golden cups, weighing thirty talents, amounting to near a million of French money, which is about forty-eight thousand pounds sterling. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) In that period three bequests aggregating more than a thousand pounds sterling were reported for the Christianizing of the Indians. Religious Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century The Faith of Our Fathers Second, that you shall send a single man, carrying or otherwise bringing, provided he is alone, a sum in gold amounting to 5,000 pounds sterling. The Black Buccaneer The lower the rate at which his Paris agent can secure the drafts drawn on London, the greater the amount of pounds sterling which the gold will buy. Elements of Foreign Exchange A Foreign Exchange Primer The losses sustained, on this occasion, were estimated at three hundred thousand pounds sterling. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe A myriad contains ten thousand; and one single myriad of talents of silver is worth thirty millions of French money, or about one million four hundred thousand pounds sterling. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) “I will cover it with pounds sterling twice over.” A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France That Colonel Calendrelli, a gentleman, a scholar, a man on whose honesty a breath had never been blown, should risk character and liberty for five pounds sterling! Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Upon that institution the Canton silk firm, therefore, draws his draft in pounds sterling for the cost of the silk, attaching to the draft the bill of lading, an invoice, and the insurance certificate. Elements of Foreign Exchange A Foreign Exchange Primer Be as it will, at last he prevailed with the curate of Calder, and promised him five pounds sterling of reward. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies At the end of the 18th century, the exports of furs and other products from the entire province was little more than half a million pounds sterling. McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 When the period arrived at which I had determined upon starting on foot for Paris, my savings amounted to seven pounds sterling, and with that sum I thought myself amply provided for the journey. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France Each receives fifteen hundred francs yearly,—about sixty-two pounds sterling. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Thousands of valuable lives, and fifty millions of pounds sterling, have been thrown away by your government in fruitless attempts to overturn it. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Five hundred pounds sterling—five times five—twenty-five hundred dollars! The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West A short mental calculation—taking the gold to be worth three pounds fifteen shillings the ounce—furnished him with the answer; the handsome sum of close upon seven hundred thousand pounds sterling. Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure With the pound sterling at a considerable discount outside of England, other countries could afford to bid, in terms of British currency, far above the British mint price. The Economic Aspect of Geology Even the pound sterling, which kept its value better than the money of any of the other European combatants, was thirty per cent. below par, when measured in terms of dollars. The American Empire Such are the real fruits of your never-to-be-too-much-glorified abolition, and the valuable dividend of your twenty millions of pounds sterling invested therein. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject The consideration was one hundred pounds sterling or about five hundred dollars. A Portrait of Old George Town Ricardo, Proposals for an economical and sure Currency, 1816, estimated that England, after the abolition of the bank restriction, needed twenty million pounds sterling. Principles Of Political Economy That sum was calculated at 100,000 ryo, or about as many pounds sterling, which fact is alone sufficient to convey an idea of the extravagance practised in everything connected with the Government. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The cost of the funeral sermon in two instances in York County in 1667, was two pounds sterling each and in 1690, five pounds sterling. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century There is something besides to be distributed among the subalterns of the Chancery; so that upon the whole, both treaties will cost us between nine and ten thousand pounds sterling. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII They will carry, we think, to the amount of seventy thousand pounds sterling, and sail in a few days. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I A country entirely isolated from all others could get along as well with one hundred pounds sterling as with a million. Principles Of Political Economy Three hundred million pounds sterling have been expended in this work alone. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ The America was another of the trading vessels, which made annual voyages to Virginia, between the years 1632 and 1636, and showed a profit, in each of the first three years, of 640 pounds sterling. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century It has been acknowledged in the British House of Commons, that every man in America costs the nation annually one hundred pounds sterling. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII With the same view of saving your credit, Mr Ross was furnished with twenty thousand pounds sterling, to disentangle him. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I That of Great Britain is estimated at about 8,000 million pounds sterling. Principles Of Political Economy The constant nightmare of a viceroy of India is famine, and twice Lord Curzon had to deal with this—one visitation alone cost the Indian Government fifty million pounds sterling. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan A reward of 2,000 pounds sterling had been granted to the commander and his troops—but in course of time this was paid out to the commanders of the English men-of-war. The Voyage of The First Hessian Army from Portsmouth to New York, 1776 Southern cleared, according to Baker, seven hundred pounds sterling by one play—which, I presume, must have been Oronoko. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 At this time a company might be formed in France, Germany, &c. who would form a stock of one hundred thousand pounds sterling, to defray the expense of this settlement. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I The expeditions in search of Franklin cost over a million pounds sterling. Principles Of Political Economy In forty years in the middle of last century the whale fishery of the United States yielded 300,000 whales to 20,000 voyages, and a value of sixty-million pounds sterling in baleen and oil. More Science From an Easy Chair For example, it is usual to state that the cost of copper production from a given ore will be so many cents per pound, or so many pounds sterling per ton. Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration However, we found a few ounces of Gold-dust aboard her, worth some sixty pounds sterling. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... I can, I believe, engage for one hundred thousand pounds sterling during the winter. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I Newmarch speaks of 400 million pounds sterling which can be maintained in its condition hitherto by a yearly increase of 1 per cent. Principles Of Political Economy Already about one hundred pounds sterling have been given for this end, and part of it, small in amount but rich in self-denial, from the staff of helpers and the orphans on Ashley Down. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God "About one hundred pounds sterling, as nearly as I can estimate," he replied. The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. He will be paid one pound sterling per week as wage, and he shall pay a rent of five shillings per week for the cottage. Antony Gray,—Gardener He had attempted to betray his country; he received in exchange six thousand pounds sterling, together with a brigadiership in the British Army. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution The prime minister presided and announced a subscription of five hundred pounds sterling from His Majesty. James Watt The latter official received seventeen hundred and fifty pounds sterling per annum besides enormous fees, so that his income was greater than that of the lieutenant-governor. Wilmot and Tilley One condition of the statute was that the wearing-apparel and personal matters retained were not to exceed twenty pounds sterling in value. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete He was furnished with introductions to Dr. Laidley, and a credit of two hundred pounds sterling. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Sugar, to the amount of many thousand pounds sterling, was thus disposed of. The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815 Fifteen thousand florins are thirty-two thousand francs, or twelve hundred of your English pounds sterling. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 This bill provided that the government should give a company two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling, to assist in the construction of the line referred to. Wilmot and Tilley To such an extent has the proud English pound sterling declined and in a British dominion too! An African Adventure Poultry, sheep, eggs, butter, milk, honey, and fish are extremely abundant, and for ten pounds sterling a large family might be maintained in luxury. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century He received, as the reward of his treachery, the appointment of Brigadier General in the British Army, and ten thousand pounds sterling. Anecdotes for Boys With a minimum annual income of £1500 a year, teachers and apparatus could, it was said, be provided, although in addition five or six thousand pounds sterling would be required for preliminary outlay. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan The articles of Macaulay are going through the sixth edition, although the book costs a pound sterling. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 In 1891 the total external debt, including unpaid interest, reached the figure of two hundred and fifty-three million pounds sterling. The Jewish State However, to divest his refusal of all appearance of ill-will, he sent him a bag containing 5000 cowries, of the value of about a pound sterling, to buy provisions. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century They have been taxed to the extent of more than seventy millions of pounds sterling over and above the real value of the land sold to them by the rapacious land monopolists. Newfoundland and the Jingoes An Appeal to England's Honor The gold coinage of the British mint, since 1603, has amounted to two hundred and eighty millions of pounds sterling; of which seventy-five millions have been issued since 1850. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Her total exports to Brazil from 1840 to 1850 were stationary at about two and a half million pounds sterling annually. Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post But he had no good excuse for refusing it, so the cash was paid over, three hundred and thirty pounds sterling,—equal to about sixteen hundred dollars,—and Henry and his men marched home. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Testimonials and suitable presents, together with seven hundred pounds sterling raised by subscription, showed how highly the public appreciated her conduct. A Yacht Voyage Round England The lagoon swarmed with sharks, the fins and tails of which when dried were worth from sixty to eighty pounds sterling per ton. The Call Of The South 1908 England reserves the right to import and reship American products, yet it sells more than three million pounds and Ireland and Scotland two million pounds sterling of products in America. Achenwall's Observations on North America At the sale of the Soult collection his “Way to Calvary” sold for nine hundred and eighty pounds sterling. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture The unparalleled sum of one hundred and ten millions of pounds sterling was decreed by the British senate for various purposes, and all the continental powers made proportionate exertions. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Nelson's sepulchre is worth some score of pounds sterling per annum. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy He paid rent for the little house in which he lived, two pounds sterling a year, which he always thought a large sum. The Last Penny and Other Stories In Pennsylvania, every negro must pay a tax of 10 pounds sterling and this the master who brings him must pay. Achenwall's Observations on North America Its capital in shares is two million pounds sterling. Zionism and Anti-Semitism Zionism by Nordau; and Anti-Semitism by Gottheil Louis�XV. squandered twenty million pounds sterling in pleasures too ignominious to be even named in the public accounts, and enjoyed almost absolute power. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges The landlord readily consented to advance me a pound sterling on my watch, and without stopping to take breakfast, I plunged into the miry streets. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy "Why, to a young widow from England, with only one child, and worth thirty-thousand pounds sterling—think of that!" Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman Harry made some inquiries as to the amount of gold annually produced in Victoria, and learned that it was not far from five million pounds sterling, or twenty-five million dollars. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent It can, by the statutes, start business when one eighth of this capital, two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling, has been actually paid up. Zionism and Anti-Semitism Zionism by Nordau; and Anti-Semitism by Gottheil This was in 1710, and the public debt was ten million pounds sterling, thought at that time to be insupportable. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Indeed, the ship could not be released until we had almost cut the net to pieces; for which our Government had to pay some hundreds of pounds sterling to the proprietors of the fish-preserve. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta It contained my friend, the paymaster, who presently came upstairs carrying a bag in which were several hundred pounds sterling—the real sinews of war. The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 The tax upon immigrant Chinese in that colony is one hundred pounds sterling, or five hundred dollars. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Then inclosed was a bank note for one hundred pounds sterling, and much love and fond remembrances. A Little Girl in Old Boston And such was the extent of it, that thirty-seven millions of pounds sterling were subscribed on the company's books. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Our united means amounted to less than five pounds sterling. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Sugar, however, is the chief product of the islands, and the sugar plantations are owned by great companies that have invested millions of pounds sterling in the business. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Ponchos woven out of it are deemed the finest made, and command the fabulous price of 20 pounds or 30 pounds sterling. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire We still reckoned a good deal in pounds, shillings, and pence, but ours were not pounds sterling. A Little Girl in Old Boston She measured six hundred tons, being one of the largest merchantmen employed in those seas, and had on board five thousand pounds sterling. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold I afterwards heard that Mulcahy had taken several thousand pounds sterling with him to Cape Town, and that there he purchased a liquor-shop in a low quarter of the city. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer He called for a bottle of the best; they gave him one not on the carte, and charged him exactly one pound sterling for the bottle. Olla Podrida And, in addition, I agree to give you a share of one-twentieth of my profits, which I estimate should amount to about twenty thousand pounds sterling. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas It is not uncommon to see the wife of a wealthy man wear half a million pounds sterling in diamonds or rubies at the opera. As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home A gallon of solution of this strength is worth about eleven pounds sterling in gold and cyanide, and a serviceable anode will be worth about 10 pounds. On Laboratory Arts SIR,—I beg to advise you that the sum of sixteen thousand pounds sterling has been placed in the hands of Messrs. Marcuart and Co., bankers, of Liverpool. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras The produce is uncertain; he has heard that a bushel of earth has produced the value of twelve ducats, three pounds sterling, of pure gold. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa No sales are reported of books bringing less than one pound sterling. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Besides, the Leopard was panning out well, at the rate of a thousand pounds sterling per month, and had the prospect of doing far better. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa But neither one or any colonial pound was the equivalent of the pound sterling. History of the United States, Volume 2 This nobleman visited Rubens at his home in Antwerp and he was so pleased with the artist’s collection that he offered him ten thousand pounds sterling for it complete. Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer On the other hand, if the soldier or peasant or small merchant had dues coming to him in English money he then found them valued at forty to the pound sterling. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Finally, in 1834, the British Parliament passed a statute emancipating the slaves throughout all the British colonies, and awarding a sum of twenty million pounds sterling as compensation to the slave-owners. Impressions of South Africa He had taken forty thousand pounds sterling from it in one year and spent it in another. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa When the Yankee ships left the harbor, they took with them a large quantity of merchandise and provisions, and a thousand pounds sterling by way of ransom. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 He also gave him a hat-band set with precious stones which was valued at two thousand pounds sterling. Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer At the rate first established, an English pound sterling was exchangeable for forty-eight roubles and vice versa. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Twopence and a fraction of a farthing.—Ah! in pounds sterling that would be approximately so much. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile When this brother came to this determination, he possessed about twenty thousand pounds sterling. A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Third Part A sum of sixty thousand pounds sterling was annually granted by the Imperial Government for distribution among the various tribes, and for the payment of agents and interpreters. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion The commerce of this part is very great, being now estimated at ten million pounds sterling. Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party A hundred piastres came to rather less than a pound sterling. Byeways in Palestine Our gold dollar is certainly as good a unit of value as the franc; and so the English think of their pound sterling. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The governess drew a pocketbook out of her work-basket, and, examining the contents, said: "About three hundred pounds sterling, or seven thousand five hundred francs." The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I |
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