| 单词 | scrip |
| 例句 | Some of the girls owed months of wages and resorted to scrip for everything now. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The Continentals were paying off in commissary scrip, which would be totally worthless if they lost. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Business was good—or rather it would have been good if we had had anything to sell, and people had had anything to pay for it with besides commissary scrip. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As for the dress, it had cost a week’s wages and she was forced to use scrip. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The commissary people always paid for whatever they bought, but it was usually in scrip, and on top of it, the farmer didn’t have much choice about selling or not. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They stated, furthermore, that they were not being paid in real money but in scrip, which was good only to buy Virginia ham in the company commissaries. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He scribbled something on the pad, then handed the glasses and the scrip to Jason. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z With my cigar box of dollars and scrip left from my defunct newspaper delivery business, I went to Junior, the clerk at the drugstore counter, to find out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The musicians put out a hat for donations, but most people were deep in scrip by Saturday night so it remained empty. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The hamlet’s 400 residents were largely dependent on the company; workers were paid in scrip. Collectors Find Historical Value in Broken Glass 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z “They were sharecroppers involved in the rice strikes and struck to be paid in cash rather than scrip,” a form of credit often extended to sharecroppers in lieu of cash. Who is the NAACP's new president, Cornell William Brooks? Buy a few, and try using the scrip around town. A sweet slice of small-town Western Washington in Tenino 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z But if the doctor feels compelled to write me a scrip, who am I to disagree? I gave birth to a razor blade 2013-09-16T00:00:00Z For a brief moment, he actually considered writing a scrip. My twisted rehab sex life 2012-12-20T23:41:00Z Faring best was William’s I.D. card for the rec facility—astonishingly low-tech, a scrip of laminated cardboard, not even with a photo. The Time Capsule 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z It was an open secret that nearly anyone with the right ID could visit a scrip mill and obtain a doctor’s note by complaining of poor sleep, anxiety, or headaches. Pot: Not just for losers! 2012-08-15T11:44:00Z “I never asked to see a scrip, and I never asked to go up to the set, even though all my gay friends were saying, ‘Are you out of your mind?’ Graphic and authentic, the sex scenes in ‘Fellow Travelers’ spotlight a dark chapter in LGBTQ+ history 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z Neon was independent, a free town where U.S. government greenbacks, not company scrip, was legal tender — but it thrived off the glow of coal nearby. Former coal town comes together in face of Kentucky floods 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z They lived in barracks or tents and were paid — 80 cents a day in scrip — to work for local farmers. Perspective | Before it was a school for Army spies, Baltimore’s Fort Holabird housed German prisoners of war 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z The unsolicited cash proposal with an option for AGL shareholders to elect a scrip alternative provided limited other information about how the deal would be structured, Botten said. Australia's AGL Energy rejects $3.5 billion offer, investors expect more 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Cowrie shells, company scrip, tobacco and feathers of exotic birds have all served as money at various times. Opinion | Can We Trust What’s Happening to Money? 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Unlike the 1989 national championship game in which Rumeal Robinson made free throws to seal a victory for Michigan over Seton Hall, the maize and blue didn’t follow the same scrip. Seton Hall stuns No. 4 Michigan 67-65, making key FTs late 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Miners lived in employer-built encampments and were paid in private company currency, called scrip. Deadly 1921 coal miner revolt in West Virginia remembered 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z There was no way to build generational wealth out of scrip, no way to save for the future. A day of reckoning for Big Pharma: The elegy that Appalachia really needs 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z Just about every business in town, from the gas station and auto-body shop to Don Juan’s Mexican Kitchen, is accepting the wooden scrip. Washington city helps residents, merchants with wooden money 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Majors including Total and Royal Dutch Shell, introduced scrip dividends after the last slump, which allowed them to issue dividends in the form of shares, rather than cash. Big Oil faces 'survival mode' payout strategies as prices dive 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z The London-based company saw its profits recover sharply in recent years, allowing it to remove the scrip dividend last year, an austerity measure on shareholder payouts. BP appoints new finance chief as Looney prepares to take over 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Amazon even finds ways to recoup some of the pennies turkers earn, a reminder of the days when miners were paid in scrip redeemable only at the company store. I Found Work on an Amazon Website. I Made 97 Cents an Hour. 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z In a sign of confidence, BP eliminated a scrip dividend for the quarter which allows investors to get shares instead of cash, a measure used during the industry downturn. BP says no decision yet on 2019 dividend hike 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Soaring inflation topped 1 million percent last year, making the local bolivar nearly useless even though ATM machines have been unable to dispense more than a dollar’s worth of scrip anyway. In Venezuela, criminals feel the pinch of an economic crisis 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z “A return to scrip dividends is not unlikely if this develops into a 6 month ‘price war’,” Stuart Joyner, an analyst at Redburn, said. Big Oil faces 'survival mode' payout strategies as prices dive 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Soaring inflation topped 1 million percent last year, making the local bolivar nearly useless even though ATM machines have been unable to dispense more than a dollar's worth of scrip anyway. In Venezuela, criminals feel the pinch of an economic crisis 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z They are generally given wooden tokens or paper scrip in small denominations of $1 or $5 to spend at the market. New contractor for food stamps upsets cart for farmers markets 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Last year, BP returned to buying back shares to offset the dilution from its scrip dividend program, but the company has yet to embrace a multibillion-dollar share buyback program. Big Oil Profits Fall Short of Crude-Price Rally 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z On top of the brutal economy, Angelo was in competition with two local company stores, which paid their employees in the company money known as scrip. Family sausage business steeped in Italian tradition 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Shell, whose profits and cash flow beat Exxon’s last year, is now set to buy $25 billion of shares by the end of the decade after abolishing its scrip policy in November. Big Oil takes stage for post-austerity beauty contest 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z As the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. knew: In 1965, he met Alabama sharecroppers who, having been paid all their lives in plantation scrip, had never seen U.S. currency. Opinion | Frederick Douglass, a champion of American individualism 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z “The first time I got a ‘scrip it was 40 milligrams and it was too strong for me; they made me nauseated and dulled. ‘I overdosed, but survived' – artist Nan Goldin takes on the billionaire family behind OxyContin 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Goldman Sachs estimates most big oil firms will have scrapped scrip dividends or made share buy-backs which offset the dilution in the next 12 months. Investors sense opportunities in Big Oil - but mind the gap 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z He accepted scrip dollar for dollar and traded it in for cash at the company stores. Family sausage business steeped in Italian tradition 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Shell, whose profits and cash flow beat Exxon’s last year, is now set to buy $25 billion of shares by the end of the decade after abolishing its scrip policy in November. Big Oil takes stage for post-austerity beauty contest 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z The scrip dividend scheme was introduced in early 2015 after oil prices fell by more than half from over $100 a barrel. Shell calls end to austerity with return to full dividend 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Coal companies exploited employees like her father, paying him in company scrip and keeping him poor and exploiting the land. Far away from any witnesses, my small town is being poisoned by fracking waste 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Goldman Sachs estimates most big oil firms will have scrapped scrip dividends or made share buy-backs which offset the dilution in the next 12 months. Investors sense opportunities in Big Oil - but mind the gap 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z At its height, the place had supported 2,000 black workers, who were paid in farm currency or scrip, tying them to the place. 'The blues still stands for authenticity': my Mississippi road trip 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z In its invitation to next month's annual meeting, it proposed increasing its authorized capital only for its scrip dividend. Credit Suisse CEO pockets $12 million despite back-to-back losses 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The scrip dividend scheme was introduced in early 2015 after oil prices fell by more than half from over $100 a barrel. Shell calls end to austerity with return to full dividend 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z As recently as the late 1960s, some sugar-plantation workers were paid in scrip that could be exchanged only at plantation-owned stores. The Preacher and the Sheriff 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z After those ran out, he gave her a scrip for 60 more and warned her about addiction. No longer ‘Mayberry’: A small Ohio city fights an epidemic of self-destruction 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z “Some physicians feel so passionately that they are willing to work full time, but sometimes after doing all that their patients face a very high co-pay and abandon the scrip,” he added. Study Shows Promise for Expensive Cholesterol Drugs, but They Are Still Hard to Obtain 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z I don't want to reward the insurers - who end up paying nothing for two of my scrips. Drug Coupons: Helping a Few at the Expense of Everyone 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z BP piped its rivals when announcing in October that it would resume share buybacks in the fourth quarter in order to offset the dilutive effect of the scrip dividend. Shell calls end to austerity with return to full dividend 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Every bank in New York essentially shut down, refusing to honor scrip, but only gold and silver. Some of our worst presidents had the best political résumés 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z I probably walked maybe a third of a mile before I got my scrip. Pokémon Go See the World in Its Splendor 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z So, with all due respect to our third president, and in the interest of pure financial sanity and convenience, let us scrap this scrip. It's Time to Ditch the $2 Bill 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z At market's close, the vendors turn the scrip back in to the market manager for cash or a check. All Los Angeles farmers markets will now accept food stamps 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z BP piped its rivals when announcing in October that it would resume share buybacks in the fourth quarter in order to offset the dilutive effect of the scrip dividend. Shell calls end to austerity with return to full dividend 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The idea is that this will get patched over with asset sales and a partial scrip dividend. For Shell and BG, All Roads Lead to Lower Spending 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z If Adam had only had the wine from Lorch, he would not have eaten the Apple,” reads the scrip, cherished by collectors. How to Lead a Nation That Never Existed 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The job was strictly to study the operational issues that would arise if Greece were forced to issue scrip or if it were forced out of the euro. Yanis Varoufakis defends secret plan for parallel Greek payment system - live updates 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Without this, Greece would almost certainly have to resort to form sort of scrip that could end up as a new national currency. Setting a Deadline for Greece Proves Much Easier Than Sealing a Fate 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the government will be forced to pay its internal obligations through scrip—in effect, checks promising a future payment in euros. Referendum Result Takes Greece, and Eurozone, Into the Unknown 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Without a lifeline, analysts say, Athens may be forced within a month to resort to issuing i.o.u.’s, scrips or an ersatz currency to pay its pensioners and other domestic obligations. A Bankrupt Greece Is Struggling to Stay Afloat 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z The Millers, like many other area farmers, used their whiskey to barter for the goods they needed, because no scrip or currency existed in most of Western Pennsylvania. Beam tour looks to Whiskey Rebellion’s impact on distilling 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z The job was strictly to study the operational issues that would arise if Greece were forced to issue scrip or if it were forced out of the euro. Yanis Varoufakis defends secret plan for parallel Greek payment system - live updates 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z The history of scrip suggests two problems if Greece resorts to it. Scrip tease 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Please note that, for your convenience, the Rand Paul store accepts several different forms of payment: credit, debit, Bitcoin, Krugerrands, Liberty dollars, Confederate scrip, survival rations, and pictures of cool guns. Rand on a stick: The Salon guide to Rand Paul’s online campaign store 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Miners spent their wages, paid in coal company scrip, at company stores, which also housed coal company offices, and served as community gathering places. McDowell coal company store being resurrected as museum 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z “What one person does, another can always copy,” Antti Heinonen, former director of bank notes at the central bank, said in a new book he wrote on the history of euro scrip. Redesigned 20-Euro Note Introduced by E.C.B. 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z “I was surprised when they told me I had to have a doctor’s scrip. I didn’t know that.” A Mother in Jail for Helping Her Daughter Have an Abortion 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z If Greek banks accepted scrip, they would soon be flooded with it and drained of euros, making it hard to pay the interest on their own debts. Scrip tease 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The process is complex and expensive, and there are easier ways to obtain the scrip. Should You Steer Clear of Bitcoin? 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Their contributions qualified them for "doodlum," a paper currency not unlike scrip offered in company towns. Depression colony cashing in on Johnny Cash's fame 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Inside were photographs of the camp and scrip issued by the SS. A mystery trunk conjures stories of the skies over Europe during World War II On that pre-invasion night, he was still fussing pompously and endlessly about the “scrip” currency that the allies intended to use in France, and which he regarded as “counterfeit” and somehow demeaning to his nation. De Gaulle's D Day Victory 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Within two months the budget impasse was over and the scrip was redeemed. Scrip tease 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Bega's cash and scrip offer is reliant on what Lord terms an inflated share price, while Murray Goulburn faces a lengthy process to receive regulatory approval for its bid. Warrnambool farmers pivotal in global battle for Australia's oldest dairy producer 2013-11-18T21:02:39Z The relaxation will ease the pain for some cash-strapped firms but equity analysts worry that the recapitalizations will draw money away from other scrips in an already wobbly stock market. Mixed blessings for investors as China lets some firms recapitalize 2013-09-05T21:02:56Z Founder and top shareholder Gordon Merchant plans to accept the scrip bid in the absence of a higher offer. UPDATE 1-Australia's Billabong says consortium cuts takeover bid to $300 mln 2013-04-09T07:52:52Z Eventually, of course, the co-op issued too much scrip, leading to different problems … If you think this is a silly story, a waste of your time, shame on you. This 1998 Paul Krugman Column Perfectly Explains The Design Flaw At The Heart Of Bitcoin 2013-04-05T09:35:44Z In Argentina, the rise of scrip helped undermine the public’s confidence in cash in general. Scrip tease 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z It isn't clear if the latest guidance would apply to a merchant's online scrip. Web Money Gets Laundering Rule 2013-03-21T23:27:10Z As gold-rush fever gripped the population of Victoria, special trains brought investors from Melbourne to buy scrip at the exchange, according to a history on the BSX's website. Exchange in Australia Meets End 2012-06-19T00:24:50Z Other notions, like i.o.u.’s and scrip, so far are only that — ideas. Greece Warns of Going Broke as Taxes Dry Up 2012-06-06T02:26:18Z It issued scrip–pieces of paper equivalent to one hour of baby-sitting time. This 1998 Paul Krugman Column Perfectly Explains The Design Flaw At The Heart Of Bitcoin 2013-04-05T09:35:44Z California made the scrip more palatable by promising to pay annual interest of 3.75% on it. Scrip tease 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z It happened many times during the Depression when bankrupt cities resorted to scrip. The future of the European Union (part 2): Don't count on a Hamiltonian moment 2012-05-28T22:36:29Z Why sent he forth his disciples again tyrants, armed with nothing else but with a walking-staff and a scrip? Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z He said, “Provide neither gold or silver nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves, for the workman is worthy of his meat.” The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The Bear and Wolf are thrown into prison, and Reynard has a scrip made of a piece of the Bear’s hide, and shoes of the skin of the feet of the Wolf and his wife. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z For those who wanted cash, local banks initially agreed to exchange the scrip for dollars, thereby acquiring the right to the interest due. Scrip tease 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z And He said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Gone now was the pride in stock and scrip, and bounding profits! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z “The scrip of his doom is written, The thread of his shroud is spun; The net of his strength is broken, The tide of his life is run. . . .” The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z The country’s provinces began to pay salaries and pensions in scrip. Scrip tease 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The cotton was destroyed by order of Beauregard, and the Confederate scrip is worthless, and the Federal generals are enforcing the payment of Northern claims. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z On foot, with staff and scrip, he made the pilgrimage to Kiŷoto, wrapped as he journeyed in holy ecstasy, thanking the gods for their goodness. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Christ's disciples travelled without money and without scrip, and "eschew the lusts of the flesh." The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z The shekels are of the purest ore; but even the scrip which contains them is of a texture more curious than any which the artists of earth can fashion. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z It would be ironic if Greece issued scrip to get around a revenue shortfall, only to find that scrip exacerbated the problem. Scrip tease 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Jesus next asked the disciples, whether they had lacked or wanted anything when He sent them to teach throughout the country, taking with them neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z And He said to them, When I sent you without purse and scrip and shoes, did you want anything? Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z He was a fated man from that moment; his life was not worth three cents in Confederate scrip. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z I wish the earth would swallow you all—scrip, bonds, children, and beldames.” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z They’d been abused and exploited, paid in company scrip, forced to live in company housing and shop in company stores. Guide shows potential for tourism exploring the bloody history of W.Va.?s southern coalfields 2011-12-28T17:10:26Z The rich bears more provisions for his journey than he requires, the other bears an empty scrip. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z And He said to them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, did you want anything? Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z The bank began offering “scrip dividends” of new stock in 2009 to preserve cash. Santander May Follow Telefonica in Dividend Cut, F&C’s Moss Says 2011-12-16T11:20:07Z They smiled at that and asked why he must travel in this wise with staff and scrip and oyster shell. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z A funding convention was concluded in the summer, under which the creditors accepted scrip instead of cash payments of interest. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The great Provincial Mortgage Bank, through the agency of which a vast amount of the land scrip had been issued in the Celman days, was granted a moratorium for five years. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Then said He unto them, But now, he that hath a purse let him take it, and likewise a scrip, and he that hath not, let him sell his coat and buy a sword. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z You try to fight off the practical thought that you can hardly go far without hat or scrip. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z Abraham Goldsmid was in 1810 joint contractor with the Barings for a government loan, but owing to a depreciation of the scrip he was forced into bankruptcy and committed suicide. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Saul caught up his scrip which lay beside him, but Eleazar continued to gaze at the beam of light penetrating the chamber. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The public speculated confidently in the mortgage scrip issued through the provincial mortgage banks. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Then said He unto them, But now he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise a scrip, and he that hath not, let him sell his coat, and buy a sword. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z Instead of paying his officials he “sent them forth without purse or scrip, like the apostles of old, to make what profit they could by extortion from the provincials.” The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z Then said he unto them, But now he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip; and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one. Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities 2011-10-12T02:00:53.650Z Talk to some London merchants about scripture, and they will understand you mean scrip, and tell you how much it is worth at the Stock Exchange. 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 The mortgage scrip payable in gold was replaced by currency obligations. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Afterwards, when what was called the company mania broke out, rotten scrip and a rigged share market gave him more scope for speculation, and he became a comparatively respectable member of society. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z Ulenspiegel imagined that all this was just a sign of friendliness, and gave no thought to the liver which he carried in his scrip. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Then said he unto them, but now he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip; and he that hath no sword let him sell his garment and buy one. Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities 2011-10-12T02:00:53.650Z Take but a scrip and staff, With sandals for your feet, to-day; Though fools in folly laugh, Deriding that you leave the less— Their idle dream of happiness! The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z Louis then went with his brothers, Robert of Artois and Charles of Anjou, to the church of Saint Denis to receive his pilgrim's scrip and staff, and the oriflamme, or sacred banner of Saint Denis. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z Fancy the retired fisherman, the beloved disciple, who was told by his master to carry neither purse nor scrip, wearing the priestly robes of office! Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels 2011-08-30T02:00:32.823Z He must select and store away in his scrip the best words. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z He also provided a horse for the journey to Marseilles, where Colchester was to take ship, and put some money in his scrip. William de Colchester Abbot of Westminster 2011-08-05T02:00:50.197Z Therefore Wilfrid took scrip and staff and went on pilgrimage to France, and there he saw things which made him sure that men had not lost the love of beauty out of the world. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z “An offer that contains a scrip component would give them a much more interested hearing from the major industry shareholders than one that is purely cash,” said Wilson HTM’s Pedler. ArcelorMittal, Peabody to Submit Hostile Bid for Macarthur 2011-08-01T14:30:02Z They are sent forth without purse and scrip that they may the better feel that they are in Christ's hand and need give no thought to petty daily cares. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z For his sustentation and comfort he carried on his back a scrip with some bread in it, and a wooden flagon of wine. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves; for the workman is worthy of his meat. Ludicrous Aspects Of Christianity A Response To The Challenge Of The Bishop Of Manchester 2011-07-22T02:00:20.277Z But why should you continue to tempt the poor devils at this flat season of the year, and with a glutted market, into any further purchases of scrip? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z This arose from the depreciation of the interest scrip issued by the company, which did not bear interest, and which was not convertible until the completion of the Road, and from exchange. The History of Peru 2011-06-27T02:01:04.487Z Except at the company store, this scrip was worth only from seventy to ninety cents on the dollar. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z The girl was silent, she knew not what to say; she took up the sick man's scrip and slung it over her shoulder with her own. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z Since the treaty these lands have been covered by pre-emptions, soldiers' warrants and half-breed scrip, but are held by a doubtful tenure owing to the uncertain and various rulings of the land department. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z When he had travelled a bit he got hungry, and opened his scrip, and sat him down to eat his dinner by the wayside. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z Interest scrip of an equal amount was issued by the Company, convertible into stock on the completion of the Road. The History of Peru 2011-06-27T02:01:04.487Z “When farmers came into mining towns,” writes Andrew Roy out of his own experience, “prospective purchasers of their produce would ask them, ‘Will you take scrip?’ The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z Part of it was covered by scrip, a few quarters were taken by war settlers, the balance by speculators. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z Half-breed scrip has been laid upon thousands of acres under one administration at Washington, the permission to be countermanded by another. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Besides, he must have a scrip for food; and he made one out of fifteen oxhides, and stuffed it full of food. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z I have broken The oath I took to take no purse or scrip. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z To them the scrip was a competitive injury. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z So far as the States to which the scrip was issued were concerned the grant was a wasteful one. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z Yet it may be long before the literary market can recover its healthy tone—ere sonnets once more resume their ancient ascendency, and circulate from hand to hand in the character of intellectual scrip. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z Neither lead nor iron could touch him, and before him was his scrip, like a wall, and kept off the fire. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z An officer or agent of a corporation who with intent to defraud sells, pledges or issues a fraudulent scrip, share certificate, is guilty of forgery in third degree. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Episodes like the use of company scrip tended to even the balance. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z And the records of our soldiers' homes will show how land speculators have been searching among the veterans for this kind of scrip. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z By 1933, so little legal tender was in circulation that alternative "scrip" was circulated in many American towns and cities. The fight that just won't die 2011-04-10T15:01:00Z Grumblegizzard set off from the grange, with his scrip on his back and his club on his shoulder. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z Why do you want me to fill this scrip? Newly Born, and Withdrawing From Painkillers 2011-04-10T03:57:46Z You will then buy scrip against deliveries on your former sales and report to me here at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning, with the transfers for signature. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z The scrip could be used in entering land or in paying for land under the Preemption and Homestead Laws at the rate of $1.25 an acre. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z By the constitution the members were entitled to scrip representing the excess of wages over the amount of goods received from the store; or, in other words, laborers became stockholders in proportion to that excess. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z So when he had seated himself to rest at his ease, under a spruce by the roadside, up came an old hag hobbling, who asked what he had in his scrip. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye anything? Walks and Words of Jesus A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists 2011-03-26T02:00:17.857Z Keep on selling till they reach five shillings, please, then buy scrip through another broker, or more, as fast as possible, until we stand even. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Preaching without purse or scrip by the Twelve Apostles, and other servants of God, might answer all the purposes for spreading abroad a knowledge of the gospel among the common people. Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-13T03:00:23.193Z We saw this exemplified in our travelling companions, land-seekers like ourselves, with the sole difference that, not being overburdened with the circulating medium, they had come without scrip. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z So when Taper Tom had eaten his full, and had rested, he threw his scrip over his shoulder and set off again; but he had not gone far before he found a pipe. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z Provide neither gold nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves, for the workman is worthy of his meat.... Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z In March 1763, Lord Bute contracted a loan of three millions and a half; and having distributed shares among his friends,—the scrip immediately rose to a premium of 11 per cent.... The Negro and the elective franchise. A Series Of Papers And A Sermon (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11.) 2011-03-03T03:00:50.323Z Preaching the gospel without purse and scrip by the elders of the church has been a very successful method of making known the truth among men. Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-13T03:00:23.193Z Such was the tenor of their verbal and written declarations, such the tenor of the scrip; trusting to which, we had set out on our wild-goose-chase. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z So he forgot both food and scrip, and took down the painting and lay and stared at it. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z A scrip of tobacco forms the only luxury in camp. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Its terms were so favorable that suddenly the scrip rose nearly 11 per cent. The Negro and the elective franchise. A Series Of Papers And A Sermon (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11.) 2011-03-03T03:00:50.323Z I risk the assertion that such things could never have been attained by the elders preaching without purse or scrip. Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-13T03:00:23.193Z "I have ventured to see your lordship once more," Mr. Wadham began, "with reference to the scrip which we deposited at the bank to meet certain liabilities on your behalf." The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z As for the scrip, he threw it after him, that he might have something to eat. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z Like the Apostles anciently, they went forth two by two, traveling "without purse or scrip," and preaching by the way. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z No; he said something about selling out some mining-shares,—scrip he called it. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z He well understood how cheaply others estimated his wares, for they were a scrip that figured in no share-list, and never were quoted at a premium. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z He rose to his feet, crossed the room towards his desk, which he unlocked with a key attached to a gold chain, and returned with a bundle of scrip in his hand. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z And so he toddled off down the hill with his scrip at his back and his club on his shoulder. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z We were without purse or scrip, and were carried across the prairie, about fourteen miles, to a shanty near the railway, where Brother O. M. Duel lived. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z Folks don't have to bring scrip to me if they don't wanna, and suppose there was chatter about the contract. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z Everything was there except the certificates and scrip representing the investment of thirty-eight thousand pounds. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z I have here, Mr. Wadham," he announced, "scrip in a very famous oil company, the face value of the shares being, I believe, a trifle over forty thousand pounds. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Yes, she dared not do anything else, and found so many pence as he thought he could carry in his scrip. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z He also commanded the Twelve to go forth without purse or scrip, according to the revelations of Jesus Christ. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z Taking that with your prices for scrip, Skinny, has made a heap of talk. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z The bank only paid a scrip dividend on 2008 results in an effort to boost capital. UPDATE 7-UniCredit says CEO Profumo quits 2010-09-22T01:18:00Z Mr. Wadham, Junior, took the bundle of scrip into his hand, and glanced hastily through it. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z So Boots threw his scrip on his shoulder, and down the hill he toddled. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z Elders Hyde, Richards, and myself, being without purse or scrip, wandered in the streets of Liverpool, where wealth and luxury abound, side by side with penury and want. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z The bank only paid a scrip dividend on 2009 results in an effort to boost capital. UPDATE 2-UniCredit CEO could be ousted on Libya, results 2010-09-21T11:38:00Z And I do need someone to do my hypertension scrips. Doctors Who Study Outside the U.S. 2010-08-12T18:18:00Z Under the scrip component, shareholders will be offered 40 Aegis shares for every 67 Mitchell shares with a cap of 9.9 percent of Aegis share capital. UPDATE 2-UK's Aegis in $324 mln bid for Australia's Mitchell 2010-07-29T06:47:00Z I transferred my scrip to his shoulders, and led the way upward. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. These certificates, scrip, or bills of the Circulating Stock, will be issued for circulation as currency, as our bank bills are now. A New Banking System The Needful Capital for Rebuilding the Burnt District Are stocks and scrip and dividends allied to gambits and mates? The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion For God's sake never reproach me again with not writing or with writing scrips. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams Many of them heap up a fortune in their wanderings, and then bid farewell to scrip and cloak and the tub of Diogenes. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius I now unloosed my scrip, and had two mouthfuls of sandwich and nearly the whole of the tea that remained. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. When I sent you, without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye anything? Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. They sell their scrip for ten cents on the dollar. An Artilleryman's Diary If the apostolic order against taking scrip is to be considered in a literal sense, Scipio was a frightful defaulter. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 Perhaps you never heard of that notorious business, nor knew of a time when all Paris went mad together, and bartered everything of price and value for the worthless scrip of a mountebank's invention. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Here I transferred the scrip and telescope to my own shoulders, and gave my companion a cheque for five francs. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. Kansas scrip went up to a fabulous premium. One Of Them He pulled a writing from his scrip, and Hugh coming up, read it. Rewards and Fairies And I wonder what that scrip of paper in that old wallet does mean! Dorothy on a House Boat The name of Gueux, and the insignia of the bowl and the beggar's scrip, which they had assumed in derision, were now theirs by right. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Everything; every stick and stone; every scrip and debenture, you may swear. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly And they had staffs and scrips, and they told each other tales. The Wouldbegoods What debentures, railroad shares, mining scrip, or mortgages? Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day He 'll stick all the plums in the right place too; and he'll have the shares quoted at a premium before the scrip is well out in the market. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Presently he returned, and, taking a bit of linen from his scrip, tenderly bound the leaf about the poor wounded finger. The Flower Princess The Flower Princess; The Little Friend; The Mermaid's Child; The Ten Blowers Why, there 's more writs after the promoters this morning than ever there was scrip for paid-up capital. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Suddenly a beggar came down the road, an old man with a long gray beard and a bald head, with a scrip at his side and a heavy staff in his hand. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales Of the vast numbers who had dealings with him, scarcely any escaped: false title-deeds, counterfeited shares, forged scrip abounded. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Then there is his scrip, and the fox eyeing it askance; the ripe and purple vineyard, and the other fox treading down the grapes whilst he continues at his work. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The smallest school district can issue scrip in payment of its teacher, or can issue bonds for the construction of its school-house. Rural Health and Welfare No, my Lord," said the Jew, laughing; "Lombardy scrip would stand low in our market. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life "And as to the Cuba instalment, you see the way in which the first scrip became entangled in the Chihuahua 'fives,' don't you?" Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Shares in home speculations were to be first exchanged for foreign scrip, and these afterwards sold. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day This is erroneous, for there was no gold used in the colonies, the trade being by barter or conducted with scrip, called assignats, issued by the Company for the purpose. The Story of Sitka The Historic Outpost of the Northwest Coast Certain states, within whose borders public lands did not exist, being unable to hold lands in other states or territories, sold scrip at less than half the price asked by the government for lands. Rural Health and Welfare I’m sure I have no objections to part with every stiver of the scrip on such terms.” Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 "These follow me," the season says: "Mine is the frost-pale hand that packs Their scrips, and speeds them on their ways, With gipsy gold that weighs their backs." The Garden of Dreams It was always scrip, shares, securities, even, although one could not well say how, when, or where the dividend was to be paid. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Near Glorieta, you can meet a rancher who last year earned $3,000 of hunting bounty scrip, if he could have got it cashed. Through Our Unknown Southwest In addition to these, certain land grants to the several states led to the issue of scrip, entitling the possessor to locate on government lands upon payment of only fees of registration. Rural Health and Welfare The Englishman frowned perplexedly and Proudfit put in— "That is, three thousand a year from our three counties' share of the scrip on public lands granted Dixie by the Federal Government." John March, Southerner She had hardly finished reading the contents of the scrip when it fell from her trembling hands. Weird Tales, Vol. II. The descriptions of English stock which are least generally understood are scrip and omnium. Old and New London Volume I At the end of the year, $100 in Solaris scrip, will be paid to each one, as some sort of compensation for the year's work. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century The proposition to increase demand for labor by great public improvements comes at a time when revenues are diminished and almost surely is coupled with a proposal of government scrip. Rural Health and Welfare Two years later the Macdonald Government passed an act authorizing the giving of scrip to the half-breeds of the North-West on the same terms as it had been given to those in Manitoba. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time Jesus, I offer to thee here my pipe, My skirt, my tarbox and my scrip, Home to my fellows now will I skip, And also look unto my sheep! Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse Men who, a month before, had boasted of the large sums they had made by scrip, sent advertisements to papers denying their responsibility, or appealed to the Lord Mayor to protect their characters. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign We then replace this sum by scrip of the same face value. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century The issue of scrip, though actually a costly method of taxation, seems to the unthinking a way of making something out of nothing. Rural Health and Welfare In its defence the Government urged that no half-breed had actually been dispossessed of his river-front claim, and that many who were demanding scrip had already received land in Manitoba. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time But, in the meantime, a certain one came up to Littlefaith in the crowd, and seeing him in company with Premium, he asked him if he were inclined to sell his scrip. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 Money was scarce, the price of stock and scrip lowered; the confidence of the people was shaken, and a vision of a dark future on every face. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign The five denominations issued, are as follows: five, two, and one dollar bills; which, together with the fifty and twenty-five-cent, fractional-currency scrip, make up the list. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century The girl was not consulted; the father paid off his warriors in female scrip. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures On the 6th of April, ten days after Duck Lake, instructions were telegraphed from Ottawa to give the half-breeds the scrip they had sought, and to allow occupants to acquire title by possession. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time "I have in my scrip a few Eldorados, for which I expected a premium," answered Scapegrace. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 Upon the shoulder of each was the visible cross, in the hands of each a pilgrim's staff by their sides were pilgrims' scrips, and each ship's company sailed under the gonfalon of the Holy Cross. Saint Ursula Story of Ursula and Dream of Ursula Our people find it much lighter and more desirable to carry and use, than the same amount of gold or silver coin; therefore they frequently request to be allowed to exchange coin for scrip. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century The circulating medium upon the island is paper scrip, precisely similar to that used in this country before the resumption of specie payment. Due South or Cuba Past and Present This he has detected in the architectural monuments of Mexico and Yucatan, in the Maya phonetic scrip, and even in the rude efforts of the savage tribes. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion Then did Littlefaith take the crowns, and give unto Plausible the scrip, which when he had put into his bosom, he smiled and hastened away. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 Credit would disappear ... and all that pretence at wealth, the pieces of paper and the scrips and shares, would be revealed at last as ... pieces of paper. Changing Winds A Novel When scrip was exchanged at the store for goods, it was cancelled in the same way by the manager of the store. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century This scrip is dirty beyond endurance, and one absolutely hesitates to take it in making change. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Soon shall this scrip its precious load resign; Then what but tears and hunger shall be thine? The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy Wasil produced a roll of I. P. scrip; handed it to her. The Martian Cabal This scrip, to the pensioner or beneficiaries, is the same as cash. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century One dollar of our money will purchase $2.45 of this scrip. Due South or Cuba Past and Present The Philistine strode, cursing as he went: But David—five smooth pebbles from the brook Within his scrip.... Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes, and salute no man by the way. The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy He admitted, however, that in financial transactions he preferred "greenbacks" to the Confederate scrip, which I thought rather negatived his boasted faith in the success of the Confederacy. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 How is it possible, you ask, to keep perfect control of such a large issue of scrip, with a certainty that all in use is genuine? Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century But in their case everything worked smoothly, and finally all they had to do was to go to the paymaster and get their Confederate scrip. Rodney The Partisan What's become of Waring Since he gave us all the slip, Chose land-travel or seafaring, Boots and chest or staff and scrip, Rather than pace up and down Any longer London town? Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning It was very singular, he complained, that the signers of the scrip could not keep pace with his needs. The Siege of Boston It was as if when the hour approached for him to lay down his scrip and staff he had recognized the strength and possible ardour of a young disciple to come after him. The Roof Tree At any time, an examination of the books of issued and unissued scrip in the hands of the treasurer, will give the amount outstanding. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century Daoud reached into a leather scrip at his belt and drew out the two rolled slips of parchment, each crowded with tiny Arabic characters. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Estremadura was, of course, presented to the President, and sold his scrip. If, Yes and Perhaps Four Possibilities and Six Exaggerations with Some Bits of Fact Here the prisoners in their desperation offered the guard one hundred dollars in Confederate scrip, which had been given them by their negro friends, to assist them in making their escape. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier He took his pipe from his scrip, and breathed into it very gently. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning The co-operators are requested to keep a record of the serial numbers of the scrip they hold or handle, and to report the loss or destruction of such as may happen. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century Daoud rolled up the two letters tightly and put them in the leather scrip at his belt. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The scrip was for greater or less amount, according to the term of the receiver’s service. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness "I should need to set out upon the task with pen and scrip." The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems Every station, age, and gender, Deep within the torrent dip; Even our children, young and tender, Play at games of nursery scrip. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. As time passes, we are more than ever convinced of the wonderful advantage gained by the use of this scrip. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century If I were to sell out every rag of my scrip now, I couldn't raise enough to pay my shot towards the outfit. The Sign of the Spider It was just to escape from such unpleasant associations, that I held on to my “scrip.” The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Half a million dollars were issued in scrip, to be loaned to the farmers on a mortgage of their real estate. The Critical Period of American History Let the currency doctors do what they will, they never can drive scrip from the market. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Before his death he asked for some honey, and he ate all his notes and scrip with the honey so that nobody should get it. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories By this time, too, Laurence got sick of hanging around the Exchange and talking scrip. The Sign of the Spider I congratulated myself on my good luck; and, without further parley, parted with my scrip—receiving in return the necessary documents, that constituted me the legal owner and lord of the soil of Section 9. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness No one could obtain the scrip without giving a mortgage for twice the amount, and it was thought that this security would make it as good as gold. The Critical Period of American History At the same time we should like to see this same article of scrip, which is fast approximating to notes, a little more protected. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Not knowing what to make of it, I examined the miscellaneous mass of papers, in the Clerk's office, and found, on a small scrip, the original Complaint, on which the Warrant was issued. Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply Up went scrip, and Laurence Stanninghame, having judiciously invested his little all, cleared about three hundred pounds in as many days. The Sign of the Spider Lesage's scrip and staff, to apply the old images exactly enough, are his inexhaustible fertility in well-told stories and his faculty of delineating a possible and interesting human character. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 I also had at my banker's some scrip, and I knew I could raise money on that. The Crack of Doom So he, too, at the time of his death, had a large balance; also, he left with the bankers, for safe keeping, some valuable scrip and securities, chiefly of Indian railways. Ravensdene Court A large amount of business was done both in the stock and in the scrip; the fluctuations in them were not, however, very considerable afterwards. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 He had been some months in his present quarters, yet was not known to be doing anything in scrip to any appreciable extent. The Sign of the Spider Here he is discovered with a maximum of two shillings in his pocket, and a leather scrip round his neck; trudging along the highway, his frock-skirts looped over his arm. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. The Asmonean took from the scrip which he carried his simple repast of dried figs, laved his brow and hands in the cooling water, blessed God for his food, and began to eat. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History This same ground, now covered by our troops, had been camped over by Lee's army; who had also used the fences, not even paying for them in the worthless Confederate scrip. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The Prince hung his scrip over his shoulder, and then he was ready to set out, but first he thought he might as well see what the pipe was good for. Tales of Folk and Fairies Dams being empty, batteries could not work; result, scrip drawing within alarming distance of touching its own value—paper, to wit. The Sign of the Spider The credit of the state was not sufficiently well established in the public confidence to make these warrants, which were known as "state scrip," worth much over sixty-five or seventy cents on the dollar. The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier "So be it," said the carle; and he sat him down by the way-side, and pulled out victuals and wine from his scrip and fell to dining. The Sundering Flood "Thank you, Little Bobtail," said Captain Chinks, taking a quarter in scrip from his vest pocket, and giving it to him. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. The youngest Prince answered never a word, but he put some food in a scrip and off he set. Tales of Folk and Fairies "Why, that I was stewed idiot enough to go on investing in this infernal scrip instead of clearing out just when I had made the modest profit of four hundred per cent." The Sign of the Spider He may have no time to alter his raiment or take even his scrip or pilgrim-staff. The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young The next morning Osberne went his way riding on a good horse, and not without treasure in his scrip. The Sundering Flood Scrip by scrip I examined the legal tender of my country, Elsin, her chin on my shoulder, scrutinizing the printed slips of yellow, brown, and red in growing wonder. The Reckoning "I know exactly what you have in your pocket, a five dollar goldpiece and four dollars in United States scrip that won't be worth anything after the Confederacy gets done with the North." An Undivided Union Laurence did cut in, and then Holmes, who, being of genial disposition, and very hard hit too in the scrip line, began uproariously to suggest a further "drown care." The Sign of the Spider Scrip—Scrips were hung from girdles, and differed, among the chief varieties being the shepherd's scrip, the pilgrim's scrip, and the traveller's scrip, a kind of purse or wallet. Chats on Household Curios Then by Osberne's bidding, Stephen, who stood anigh him, drew a white clout from his scrip, made it fast to his spear and held it aloft, to show that they would have parley. The Sundering Flood She was attired in her usual dark semi-monastic dress; but to this was now added the scrip, wallet, and tall crossheaded staff of the wandering pilgrim. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 "Partly; and partly in United States scrip and gold." An Undivided Union "Yes, unless it is that you hold a quantity of unsaleable scrip and he doesn't," rejoined Laurence, who had been secretly amused in watching the progress of pretty Mabel Falkner's latest preference. The Sign of the Spider He chose a spot removed from civilized society—lived for three years amongst a tribe of savages, and came home at last without a farthing in his scrip—beggared but not depressed. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 About one o'clock, half a dozen officers came to the door and asked to have some coffee made for them, offering to pay liberally for it in Confederate scrip. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality ‘There is no name upon it,’ said she, taking a letter out of her scrip, and looking at it. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' There was money in his scrip, and there would be but slight problems involved in getting more. Millennium The bulk of the scrip owned by him was now barely saleable at any price; for the residue he might have obtained a quarter of the price he had paid for it. The Sign of the Spider To supply his needs the Devil gives him a magic scrip from which he can always take money. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas I will try to do my best, Though my ideal be not gained; On the Master's scrip shall rest Eager eyes, till is attained Some resemblance to His hand; If no more I can command. Gleams of Sunshine Optimistic Poems These individuals, instead of government scrip, had shares in the Mississippi Company. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges After considerable talk, explaining the necessity for my early return to New York, he said he would go and get the bonds and scrip. Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After Doubt those spiritual guides who in Scotland have lately propounded the monstrous theory that the depreciation of railway scrip is a consequence of railway travelling on Sundays. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 A short time since, a cobbler at Ballarat had a present made to him of twenty scrip in a company that was looking so bad that the shares had become unsaleable. A Boy's Voyage Round the World Forced to move again, Le ffaçasé characteristically demanded the burden fall upon the employees of the paper, paying them off in scrip on the poor excuse that no money was available. Greener Than You Think He drew from his pocket a roll of scrip, and handed one to Frank. The Telegraph Boy And now, as though the oil collapse were not enough, appeared Ezra P. Hipps unloading Estuary Rails at a price that would hardly pay for printing the scrip. Men of Affairs In 1836 the President ordered his Secretary of the Treasury to put forth the famous Specie Circular, declaring that only gold, silver, or land scrip should be received in payment for public lands. History of the United States, Volume 3 The cobbler knew nothing of the mine, but he held the scrip. A Boy's Voyage Round the World "I bought four yesterday for four hundred and seventy-five dollars Confederate scrip." Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac I bade adieu to my little family and started forth, an illiterate, inexperienced man, without purse or scrip. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite Jesus said to them, "Carry neither purse nor scrip nor shoes," for their dependence was upon him. And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses This was virtually a bonus to holders of her scrip, which from seventeen cents the dollar instantly rose to par. History of the United States, Volume 3 He went to a bank, deposited his scrip certificates, and raised upon them all the money he could borrow. A Boy's Voyage Round the World Then said Jesus unto them, "When I sent you out without purse or scrip, or shoes, lacked ye anything?" King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth I traveled on foot, without purse or scrip, like the apostles of old, carrying out the motto of the Church, the bee of the desert, "Leave the hive empty-handed and return laden." The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite They were to travel without purse or scrip, and thus necessarily to depend upon the provision that God would make through those to whom they came. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern In order to savor the experience to the full, you must take staff and scrip, like the Ritter Tannhäuser, and go the pilgrim's way. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 But Perceval raised him in his arms and kissed him, and gave him bread and wine from his scrip, and when the poor man was revived, Perceval asked him what his words meant. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Steve was the fortunate possessor of a few dollars in greenbacks, my holdings being of a like sum in Confederate scrip. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson A Cuban dollar is worth about forty American cents, and this Cuban scrip is ground out as fast as the presses can print it. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye anything? Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Many and weird, Mr. Low writes, are the simples which the Baiga’s travelling scrip contains. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II But having said his prayers, fed his horse, and eaten from the scrip which the Lady of the Moors had made up for him, he lay down beside a thick bush and slept soundly. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls The luck turned again as soon as Martin threw down some of his scrip. The Mark Of Cain As for Margaret Maliphant, I am afraid he was more concerned about the loss of her bonds and scrips than of herself. April's Lady A Novel Come, we will lay aside the scrip of the transpositor and the pouch of the pursuer, in reserve for the days of unleavened bread; and again, if you please, to the lakes and mountains. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection In this year as never before men served their country with one hand and with the other filled their pockets by manipulating the currency which had fallen to be a worthless scrip. Beginnings of the American People Here they supped from the scrip of food and the bottle of wine which Enid had brought, and there they slept that night. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls The scrip and staff of a New Mexican traveller of Pedrillo’s kind is of no great bulk or complexity. The Lone Ranche "Is all our company here?" lilted out Bud, excitedly, and Nick Bottom replied with Gardley's voice: "You were best to call them generally, man by man, according to the scrip." A Voice in the Wilderness But by her I do not receive the scrip of a pen from anybody. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) Again, you have the word ‘scrip’—as a ‘scrip’ of paper, government ‘scrip’. English Past and Present It must be confessed he paid for what he took in Confederate scrip, but as this paper money was not worth ten cents a bushel, there was very little consolation in receiving it. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI Her thin fingers went through every pocket and every paper, through the bank-notes, the scrip, the shares, the securities. The Borough Treasurer President Tyler was encouraged in his desire to have Texas admitted as a State of the Union by Henry A. Wise, his favorite adviser, and by numerous holders of Texan war scrip and bonds. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Resentment flared, but the scrip was the only money available, and it still bound the people to the new regime. Police Your Planet Is this the same word with the Saxon ‘scrip’, a wallet, having in some strange manner obtained these meanings so different and so remote? English Past and Present Was such a character to be left alone in this world of slang and scrip; of coarse motives and coarser words? Tancred Or, The New Crusade There in that pocket it all was—Government stock, railway stock, scrip, shares, all easily convertible, anywhere in the world where men bought and sold the best of gilt-edged securities. The Borough Treasurer I find myself robbed of securities worth nearly £8000; private securities, bond and scrip, left in custody only, not belonging to the firm. Cobwebs and Cables Earth had cut off all shipping until the affair was settled, and nobody in the outlands would deal in scrip. Police Your Planet A few maize cobs and a strip or two of charqui was all the travelling store in the scrips his pilgrims carried. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. Dotty says such long prayers she can't stop to pick up that scrip! Dotty Dimple's Flyaway He was commissioned to sell the scrip, which, for him, had no existence, and thus raise money to deck the family in transient brightness. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. I am thankful to say that our wearied men received shelter and provisions from the French inhabitants who freely accepted our Continental scrip which they regarded as good money. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 He plats and plats his rushy net all day, And makes the vagrant grasshopper his prey; He plats his net, intent with idle care, Nor heeds how vineyard, grape, or scrip may fare. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan Immediately throwing aside his stick, his scrip, his purse, his shoes, he determined immediately to obey, observing to the letter the precepts of the apostolic life. Life of St. Francis of Assisi After breakfast the parson, armed with staff and scrip, signified his purpose to walk with me during the day, as it was no longer dangerous to move by daylight. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War No matter how dark the way, how empty the scrip, the cheerful heart has sunshine and feasting. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals Wilson Ogden proposed issuing some kind of scrip or bonds, redeemable in six or seven months, when the company should be on a paying basis. What Might Have Been Expected And one who bore a fat and azure swine Pictured on his white scrip, addressed me thus: What dost thou in this deep? Giotto and his works in Padua An Explanatory Notice of the Series of Woodcuts Executed for the Arundel Society After the Frescoes in the Arena Chapel And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece. Life of St. Francis of Assisi Yet he must have felt that, in punishment of his deceit and falsehood, he was thus sent forth with but his scrip and staff, while he left Esau to inherit the possessions of his father. Notable Women of Olden Time And yet I cannot discover, in the whole parchment scrip, any one reason offered. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish A. I was then invested with sandals, staff, and scrip, and commenced my tour of pilgrimage, but was soon accosted by the guard, who demanded of me, "Who comes there?" The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge That's the little joker somebody tucked in when the scrip railway act was passed. The Freebooters of the Wilderness There is therefore every probability that the scrip will soon rise. The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts She turned, and beheld a pilgrim with scrip, staff, and cross, and closely masked. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales Doctor Rush tells me he had it from Mrs. Adams, that not a scrip of a pen has passed between the late and present President, since he came into office. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Of two months which then remained, six weeks have elapsed without one scrip of a pen, or one word from a minister, except a vague proposition at an accidental meeting. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 And to cinch it," continued Brydges, "as the fellow's permit didn't cover the Gully, I got some blanket railway scrip for an Irishman, O'Finnigan, Shanty Town, and planked it on the Gully. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Put them in your "scrip" now and be ready for life's opportunities; for they are coming, head on, to meet you, and God wants to be on your side. "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues "Le's see!" said Hiram, fingering his nose, "was it real money or Confederate scrip that you let him have on your morgidge?" The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul They were not to carry with them either money or provisions for the way, not even a scrip, or change of raiment. The Life of Jesus But by her I do not receive the scrip of a pen from any body. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 But you can plaster the railway scrip where it is unsurveyed. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Like David, choose five smooth stones from the "Brook" and put them in your scrip; then you will be ready for this giant, who stalks abroad as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues The brethren set out on their journey without purse or scrip, but the Lord opened up their way, and at last they landed in Liverpool, England, July 20, 1837. A Young Folks' History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints He has unequalled facilities for turning non-negotiable scrip into convertible bonds, and he is the greatest moneymaker on the farm. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm And more and better than all, Miss Dotty had in her own pocket a little porte-monnaie, containing fifty cents in scrip, with full permission to spend it all on the way. Dotty Dimple Out West He lived in an atmosphere of shares, scrip, and prospectuses. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 422 Volume 17, New Series, January 31, 1852 For this reason, if a citizen is wealthy enough to lend money to the Federal Government, a State cannot tax his scrip to the amount of one cent. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 The coin was weighed, and I retired, wondering if anybody had broken the law forbidding the discount of Confederate scrip. Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South For Thee They Died For thee their pilgrim swords were tried, Thy flaming word was in their scrips, They battled, they endured, they died To make a new Apocalypse. More Toasts Neither, when they return from their, missions, or are idle at home, are they to receive any thing, but to use their own scrips and purses, and clothes. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 After the usual salutation they entered, carrying with them staff and scrip, as if bent on a long and weary travel. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 It means a real sword,—as real as the purse and the scrip which Christ told His followers to carry with them. What Peace Means His eyes glistened as he examined an eagle with unwonted eagerness, while we talked of the uncertain value of paper-money, and the probable future value of Confederate scrip. Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South Like our Lord, they were generally without a place to lay their heads; they had neither purse nor scrip. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction In a little time afterwards, Jesus Christ sent out other seventy as disciples, to whom he gave instructions similar to the former, that they should not take scrip, clothes, and money with them. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 The output is seized in its entirety, and not limited to the extent accruing to British scrip holders only. Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked LOWE'S men, and all similarly recruited by order of ex-Governor JACKSON, remained in service six months, and were to be paid in State scrip. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 But take my staff, my purse, my scrip; For I have one thing to choose. The Singing Man A Book of Songs and Shadows But after feebly giving battle on various points, and staving off sundry inquiries, he opened a drawer in one of his cabinets, and produced a number of deeds, scrip, etc., belonging to Julia. The Doctor's Dilemma Both were the gift of Weaver of Mats, as he had come to her without scrip or scrap. White Shadows in the South Seas Have staff and scrip been your portion so long that you are wholly wedded to them? 54-40 or Fight You are a Christian minister, and your Master sent his disciples over all the earth without purse or scrip, but you lie here in luxury, while we die there in disease. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance The monarch appeared there, accompanied by his children and the principal nobles of his court; he walked from the palace barefooted, carrying his scrip and staff. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) For, to paraphrase Tennyson,— "Lusty trout to him were scrip and share, And babbling waters more than cent for cent." In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs It was in dreadful disorder, betokening a sudden and unexpected flight; members' tables were upset, bales of Confederate scrip were lying about the floor, and many official documents of some value were scattered about. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him We carry our pilgrim scrip into the town of Cumberland without much hope of having it generously filled, for this coaly capital, lost among its mountains, had formerly the saddest of reputations for hospitality. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Agnes picked it up, and saw a scrip of paper coiled among the flowers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 "Peacock Pie" is immortal diet indeed, as Sir Walter said of his scrip of joy. Shandygaff With a heavy heart Odysseus turned away, and passing into the hall sat down on the threshold and laid his scrip beside him. Stories from the Odyssey Kings and sages hither coming, should come like palmers,—scrip and staff! Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II As in his scrip we dropt our little store, And wept to think that little was no more, He breath'd his prayer, "Long may such goodness live!" Poems Here he is discovered with a maximum of two shillings in his pocket, and a leather scrip round his neck; trudging along the highway, his frock- skirts looped over his arm. Past and Present Troops of the opposite side march through and take everything they want, leaving no pay but scrip, and they become desperate secession partisans because they have nothing more to lose. Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78 No scrip my purse doth hold; My lyre's unstrung, alas! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 In commissioning the disciples to preach the gospel He said: "Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes." A Short History of Monks and Monasteries They seemed moving pictures with their staffs, scrip, and scallop-shell capes, returning from Rome. James Fenimore Cooper And in so doing He followed the plans and life of the Hindu ascetics, who even unto this day so live, "with yellow-robe and begging bowl," and "without money or scrip in their purses." Mystic Christianity Wages were often paid in scrip good at the company store but redeemable in cash only at infrequent intervals, if indeed any were then presented. The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution Worn is my foot, and empty my scrip; And nothing to speak of since yesterday noon Of food, Lord Abbot, hath passed my lip. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 When they are with me I must give them the best from my scrip. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II The day must come when the worthless scrip will fall out of the clutches of the stock-gambler. The Abominations of Modern Society In like manner a traveller had got bewildered in the great desert, and had neither provisions nor strength left, yet a few dirams remained with him in his scrip. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Accustomed to the truck system in agriculture, the managers often paid wages in scrip always good for supplies at the company store but redeemable in cash only at infrequent intervals. The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution Holders of War Loans would pay their proportion in a simple way by surrendering one-eighth of their scrip. War-Time Financial Problems With this land scrip for his pay, young Lovelace, in company with others, set out for the territory lying south of the Nueces. A Texas Matchmaker Everybody bought his scrip in fifty cents denomination. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment Certificates were issued in the form of scrip calling for sections of the public domain of six hundred and forty acres each, and were current at from three to five cents an acre. Reed Anthony, Cowman You were best to call them generally, man by man, according to the scrip. A Fairy Tale in Two Acts Taken from Shakespeare (1763) Holders of other forms of property would be assessed for one-eighth of its value and be called on to acquire and to surrender to the State the same amount of War Loan scrip. War-Time Financial Problems So there is no detaining thee, my dear son, and, rising from his seat, Hazael put a staff in Jesus' hand and hung a scrip about his neck. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story As the city was even then often very short of funds, it paid for its work and its improvements in certificates of indebtedness, usually called "scrip." The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado The idea found a firm lodgment in my mind, and I traded one of my six-shooters even for a section of scrip, and won several more in card games. Reed Anthony, Cowman The continental currency had disappeared, and the circulating medium was represented by a confused jumble of foreign coins and worthless scrip. George Washington, Volume II When on mountain peaks you hie, 'Mid green slopes to tarry, In your scrip pray no more tie, Than you well can carry. A Happy Boy The scrip changed hands at rapidly increasing prices, and it was no uncommon occurrence for shares to advance in the course of a day hundreds of rupees until they eventually reached Rs. Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century An attempt was made to fund the city debt by handing in the scrip in exchange for a ten per cent obligation. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado He ridiculed me over my land scrip, but I was satisfied, and after spending a day with the couple I started on my return. Reed Anthony, Cowman I don't understand the horrid name, but nobody seems to have any confidence in the scrip. Strange True Stories of Louisiana After the declarations and scrip payments were concluded, we took stock of the surroundings, which consisted, so far as numbers went, mainly of dogs. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 These promise a dividend of 70 per cent., and although they have not paid one for some time, are a particularly cheap stock at the present market price, the scrip of the Five per Cent. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 20, 1890 This method gave promise of success; but a number of holders of scrip refused to surrender it, and brought suit to enforce payment. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado During my stay at Austin I frequently made inquiry for land scrip. Reed Anthony, Cowman It is true that by the provisions of the bill payment is directed to be made in land scrip instead of money, but the effect upon the Treasury will be the same. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 3: James Knox Polk But we issued an unexpectedly large number of scrip certificates here, and the price being run up by competition, a great deal of trade followed. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 By giving scrip supposed to represent plots and farms in its New Zealand territory, it secured numbers of settlers, many of whom were men of worth, education, and ability. The Long White Cloud They have a special hieroglyphic scrip, a specimen of which has been given by Devéria. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 There was no occasion now to contradict my advice of that letter, neither would I go near the Edwards ranch, yet I hungered for that land scrip and roundly cursed myself for being a fool. Reed Anthony, Cowman Speculations in scrips and shares of foreign loans and new companies, to a fabulous amount. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 At this point the issue of certificates for scrip practically ended, the total number distributed being 1,843, only 48 of which were for land. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied And water from the spring. Science in the Kitchen. For since my father said that I was accounted a hero in this house, I had determined not to hide away my deeds in my leathern scrip. Red Axe My wife's trunk was half full of land scrip, and to have admitted the fact would only have invited ridicule. Reed Anthony, Cowman Not only had he received no reinforcements from Virginia but he had not had so much as "a scrip of a pen" from Governor Henry since he had left him, nearly twelve months before. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 This was a slow process, involving in every case a careful search of the five elephant folios containing the records of the bygone issues of scrip in Manitoba and the organized Territories. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 He is directed to take, as a staff and scrip for his journey, all those virtues which expand the heart and dignify the soul. The Symbolism of Freemasonry This £41,090 probably represents the premiums paid on the purchase of the scrip before or immediately after the allotment of the loan, and was certainly a misapplication of the proceeds of the loan. International Finance I made up my mind to buy more land scrip. Reed Anthony, Cowman Call you to mind; you have no claim,— No scrip to show. The Piper It was necessary in order to prevent the issue of scrip to parties who had already received it elsewhere. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 But she explained, that they both when they married had been possessed of mining shares, represented by scrip which passed from hand to hand readily, and that each still retained his or her own property. John Caldigate It would mean that he must go alone, "without purse or scrip," leaving Prudence. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West My father was breaking with years, yet had a mental alertness that was remarkable and a commercial instinct that understood the value of a Texas cow or a section of land scrip. Reed Anthony, Cowman He plaits meanwhile With ears of corn a right fine cricket-trap, And fits it on a rush: for vines, for scrip, Little he cares, enamoured of his toy. Theocritus, translated into English Verse By the end of the first week in July the issue of scrip certificates began to fall off, though the declarations were still numerous. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 The Virginian and other Confederate scrip appears to be at par of exchange with Austrian bank-notes,—in fact, of the same worth as that "Brandon Money" of which Sol. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 In 1836, therefore, Jackson issued his "Specie Circular," which commanded all officials authorized to sell government land to receive payment in nothing but gold or silver or land scrip. A School History of the United States My wife's trunk was half full of scrip, I had had a surveyor on the ground only a year before, and now the opportunity had passed. Reed Anthony, Cowman Near him two foxes: down the rows of grapes One ranging steals the ripest; one assails With wiles the poor lad's scrip, to leave him soon Stranded and supperless. Theocritus, translated into English Verse He had joined the Indian Treaty here, but repented, almost flinging his payment in our face, and demanding scrip instead. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 Distinguish from scrip, a writing or certificate, from the Latin word scribo, I write. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V This latter act has been further modified by the allowing Virginia land scrip to be received in payment for public lands. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 1: Andrew Jackson (Second Term) But my disappointment was my wife's delight, as there was no longer any necessity for keeping secret our holdings in land scrip. Reed Anthony, Cowman One day he said to her: 'My kitten, your money does not bring you in what it ought; give me your scrip and in forty-eight hours I shall have doubled your capital.' The Aspirations of Jean Servien The most noticeable feature of the scrip issue was the never-ending stream of applicants, a surprising evidence of the growth of population in this remote wilderness. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 The lands are granted and the scrip is to be issued "in sections or subdivisions of sections of not less than one-quarter of a section." A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan Behold me with staff and scrip, footing it merrily in the Land of Pardons. Ballads of a Bohemian Returning to our commencement point with still one hundred certificates left, we extended the survey five miles down both rivers, using up the last acre of scrip. Reed Anthony, Cowman The prudent Cherry—staff and scrip, and treasure of her doting father—there she sits, at a little table white as driven snow, before the kitchen fire, making up accounts! Martin Chuzzlewit The place was covered with tepees and tents, and no less than four trading marquees had been pitched pending the scrip issue, which it took some time to complete. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 Under the bill the States may sell their land scrip at any price it may bring. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan He wore, hanging with a long strap round his neck, a kind of scrip or wallet, in which to carry food. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty Activity in wild lands was just beginning to be felt throughout the State, and the heavy holders of scrip were offering to locate large tracts to suit the convenience of purchasers. Reed Anthony, Cowman He shot out his hand as he spoke, and plucking Alleyne's bottle out of his scrip, he deftly knocked the neck off, and poured the half of it down his throat. The White Company It was indeed a gala time for the happy-go-lucky Lakers, and the effects of the issue and sale of scrip certificates were soon manifest in our neighbourhood. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 Indeed, they must sell for what the scrip will bring, for without this fund they can not proceed to establish their colleges within the five years to which they are limited. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan Nearly a hundred thousand pounds' worth of American railway bonds, with a large amount of scrip in mines and other companies, was discovered in the bag. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes They held millions of acres of scrip, and I opened negotiations with them to survey a number of additions to my Double Mountain range. Reed Anthony, Cowman As he walked and munched the soft bread from his scrip, it seemed strange to him to feel that it was still warm from the ovens of Beaulieu. The White Company The Government does not make treaty with them, as they live as white men do, so it gives them scrip to settle their claims at once and forever. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 The low price to which this land scrip will probably be reduced will tempt speculators to buy it in large amounts and locate it on the best lands belonging to the Government. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan He bore, like his companion, a scrip, attached to his belt, but had neither horn nor knife, being probably considered as belonging to a class whom it is esteemed dangerous to intrust with edge-tools. Ivanhoe I had never mentioned my land scrip to any one, and wishing to see if it had any value, I produced and tendered the certificates to the surveyor. Reed Anthony, Cowman He sat down by the roadside to partake of his bread and cheese, and then with a lighter scrip he hastened upon his way. The White Company They can sell that scrip, that is, all of you can do so. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 Both thrust their hands into their pockets, and each drew out a handful of scrip, which they put into Phil's hands, without looking to see how much it might be. Phil, the Fiddler "Ay," said the Knight, "to gnaw the bowels of our nobles with usury, and to gull women and boys with gauds and toys—I warrant thee store of shekels in thy Jewish scrip." Ivanhoe |
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