| 单词 | sixpence |
| 例句 | I could imagine her tramping through the rooms, perhaps paying sixpence for admission, ripping the quietude with her sharp, staccato laugh. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The dole is nineteen shillings and sixpence a week, the rent is six and six, and that leaves thirteen shillings to feed and clothe five people and keep us warm in the winter. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Next week, boys and girls, and don’t forget the sixpence for the little black boy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I don’t want to stay in this place where Mrs. O’Connor can’t take the sixpence herself instead of letting me nearly lose my hand in the black boy’s mouth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z My mother purchased them for sixpence a cup, from a fat black woman who erected a stall by the street corner every afternoon, peddling them with other exotic creatures. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She then handed me a sixpence coin, which I politely refused. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell him I’m finished with the dancing, that I have sixpence in my pocket for Mrs. O’Connor that’s supposed to go into the black boy’s mouth, that I’m going to the Lyric Cinema instead. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Mam says, That wasn’t much for a sixpence. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When he assumed the presidency, the ANC had seventeen shillings and sixpence in its treasury, and he had boosted the amount to four thousand pounds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I can go to the Savoy Cinema now, pay sixpence for a seat down front where there’s a better class of people eating boxes of chocolates and covering their mouths when they laugh. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He might want to put sixpence on a horse or have a pint and if all the women start acting like Mam the horses will stop running and Guinness will go broke. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Mam is delighted I earned sixpence for reading to Mr.Timoney and what was it he wanted read, the Limerick Leader? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I’d like to talk to them and ask them how it feels to be doomed but they might get offended and take back the sixpence. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The morning after Oliver’s burial Dad went to the Labour Exchange to sign and collect the week’s dole, nineteen shillings and sixpence. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I’ll be back next week and if you don’t have the money, one pound eight shillings and sixpence total, ’tis out on the pavement you’ll be with the skies dripping on your furniture. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They might have maids but they answer doors themselves and say, One moment, please, and give you sixpence. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t lend one of you a sixpence. I wouldn’t lend anybody a sixpence.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z She washes my eyes and gives me sixpence to take Malachy to the Lyric to see Boris Karloff in The Man They Could Not Hang and have two pieces of Cleeves’ toffee. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Your mother might want to put in her sixpence ha'penny, but...” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z "A golden sovereign, a silver sixpence, a copper penny, and a fresh shiny farthing," said the man. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Pumblechook worked his head like a screw to screw it out of me, and said, “Is forty-three pence seven and sixpence three fardens, for instance?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z She tells me put the sixpence in the mouth and take my hand out before the black boy bites me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She took the limp form of Uncle Andrew gently in her trunk and set him up on end: upside down, unfortunately, so that two half-sovereigns, three half-crowns, and a sixpence fell out of his pocket. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Older boys in the fifth class have the thick Confirmation catechism with the red cover and that costs sixpence. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The rent of our new home was seventeen shillings and sixpence per month. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She then exclaimed, “You refuse a sixpence. You must want a shilling, but you shall not have it!” and then threw the coin at me, and drove off. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam tells her, In another week school will be over and if you give Frank sixpence a week he’ll surely be glad to take Bill Galvin his dinner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They offer him sixpence for his trouble but he waves it away and they hand it to Mam because he’s too grand to be taking sixpence. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Each of us received sixpence a week for pocket-money, and whenever there was any money in our pockets, we would all troop in together to buy a pennyworth of this or that. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam is delighted I’m getting sixpence on Fridays from Uncle Pat and sixpence on Saturdays from Mr.Timoney. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Mam says, I have the sixpence, Mrs. O’Connor. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z At the end of the night he gives me three chips from his bag and sixpence instead of threepence. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He gives me sixpence, and tells me return next Saturday. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Unless you spent a whole sixpence all in one go, she wouldn’t give you a bag. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Morris sent two canvas bags containing “410 Spanish dollars, two English crowns, 10 shillings sixpence, and a French half crown.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a struggling writer at the time, but he was so moved by the newspaper reports of the suffering that he donated sixpence to the relief fund, all that he had in his pocket. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z I drop in the sixpence and pull my hand back before the mouth snaps shut. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Photograph: Sam Frost for the Guardian When the first Penguin paperbacks appeared they cost just sixpence – the price of a packet of cigarettes – and were hardly intended to be enduring items. Penguin Books celebrates 75th birthday 2010-07-30T12:46:00Z He noted that dessert alone cost Erasmus eight shillings and sixpence. Darwin’s Dim View of the Second Sex 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z I received two shillings and sixpence and said I would call back. The Spirit of '45: where did it go? 2013-03-02T16:00:02Z The show had people changing characters and spinning on a sixpence and the actors inhabited the whole space so from the moment you went in you heard and saw things. The best performance I've ever seen: Emma Rice 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z He tended his own garden of cash crops, according to information presented at the house, and at 22 he bought a Bible from his master for seven shillings and sixpence. Confronting Slavery at Long Island’s Oldest Estates 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z "The Penguin Books are splendid value for sixpence," thought George Orwell. Book publishing: Scary reading 2010-07-31T00:04:00Z They accepted it and paid me seven shillings and sixpence. Barbara Taylor Bradford: My family values 2013-03-15T13:00:01Z By Sunday night they were down to sixpence. Remembering artist Kurt Schwitters 2013-01-29T08:12:45Z And he's charging his classmates sixpence to come and watch. The Village; Arne Dahl – The Blinded Man; Catchphrase – TV review 2013-04-08T06:00:19Z Once a week, if the family had a sixpence to spare, Thomas would walk to the public baths and swim “just to get clean.” Sean Connery, Who Embodied James Bond and More, Dies at 90 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z The locals wouldn't buy that, even for sixpence. Remembering artist Kurt Schwitters 2013-01-29T08:12:45Z Inside, there's a surprise – not a sixpence, but a collection of sharp little barbs and nails. Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History by Eduardo Galeano – review 2013-05-17T10:46:43Z So in those days it was possible to get a Schwitters landscape for sixpence. Remembering artist Kurt Schwitters 2013-01-29T08:12:45Z The eight singers play some 30 characters and switch from one to another on a sixpence. Turning Under Milk Wood into an opera 2014-04-04T07:15:10Z I received sixpence a week pocket money, five new pence in today's money. Family life: Our special 'monstrous' cushions, Right Said Fred, and Mother's dirt cakes 2013-03-30T07:15:01Z There is abundant evidence of Boswell’s habit of abusing girls, many of them orphans and desperate for sixpence. The Friday Night Gab Sessions That Fueled 18th-Century British Culture 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Tarzan, I discovered, could turn on a sixpence and was very good at walking backwards. On a Native American tour through the badlands 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z After a fierce bidding war, a book that was priced on publication at just seven shillings and sixpence eventually sold for £40,630 to book dealer Christian Jonkers from Jonkers Rare Books. Agatha Christie Poirot book sells for more than £40,000 at auction 2012-06-27T12:55:48Z The excited Haseler detected an 18th-century penny, a musket ball, a silver sixpence and a silver Victorian locket before coming across a metal box shaped like a military drum. Man proposes to girlfriend after burying engagement ring, having her find it with metal detector 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Do say: "Let's keep looking. There must be a nice B&B somewhere, even if it's sixpence extra for t'cruet." The worst hotel in Britain: Blackpool's New Kimberley 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z "I think whisky was two shillings and sixpence." Powys: Man spends 60 years pulling pints behind same bar 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Each of the figures cost sixpence each and was given to her mother, who passed it to her. Woolworths 1920s Christmas nativity scene still going strong 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z It was heard all of the coins were silver and included half crowns, shillings and sixpences. Lindsey hoard: Coins stashed during Civil War declared treasure 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z On April 3, 1769, Robert Hays paid 45 pounds, two shillings and sixpence for 339 and one-half acres in what would shortly become Franklin Township. ‘God’s blessing’: Murrysville family farm predates America 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Just a few years before the arrival of practical photography, an extra sixpence allowed visitors to the waxworks museum to see a gallery of infamous killers at close quarters, 14 of whom were “murderesses”. From Clytemnestra to Villanelle: why are we fascinated by women who kill? 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z And then he turns on a sixpence: a change in register, a look in his eyes – which can glint with cruelty, sarcasm, turmoil. Andrew Scott on being Fleabag's new crush: ‘This is uncharted territory’ 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Then it turned, on a sixpence: everyone was talking about work-life balance and adverts were full of men sporting executive weekend-wear in a forest. Red Bull wants us to leave work at 4pm. I couldn’t agree more 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z An anonymous critic, writing in 1970 of “The Driver’s Seat”, a taut psychological thriller, moaned that it “will take you 60 minutes to read and cost you sixpence a minute”. Muriel Spark is a bard of nastiness and lies 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z "They think fast and they talk fast, and they can turn ideas on a sixpence. So it's a challenge just maintaining that mental energy, that nimbleness." Why is this Harry Potter actor covered in red paint? 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z "They paid the juvenile court 11 shillings and sixpence and took me home to Surrey." Did my parents leave me on a hillside to die? 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z In 1982, he and some colleagues built a car “on three and sixpence” and entered it into the Le Mans 24 Hours. 'It's a no-brainer': are hydrogen cars the future? 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z "I saw Gielgud's Hamlet when I was 12," he later recalled, "standing at the back for sixpence." Sir Peter Hall: A giant of British theatre 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z In the UK, in the days before zippers, that would be "You've dropped sixpence", at which point the recipient would look south in search of lost riches and perchance see something worth much, much more. Looking Spiffy, Except for One Thing 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Puns abound with the exuberant energy of a word-drunk writer: “Local merchants deny us equipment, assistance / They only take British money, so sing a song of sixpence.” Why Hamilton is making musical history 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z A number of fans received a sinister postcard from the group, with the band’s bear logo stamped next to the words: “Sing the song of sixpence that goes ‘burn the witch’.” Radiohead unveil first musical excerpt of new album via Instagram 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z A Kent farmer charged people sixpence "to see the only field in Kent without a German aircraft in it". Spitfire funds: The 'whip-round' that won the war? - BBC News 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z He turns on a sixpence and pulls back towards the onrushing Sterling, who is ready to pull the trigger, but sees the ball whipped off his toe by an excellent sliding hook from Flanagan. Liverpool v Manchester City: Premier League – live! 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Parties, he said, can turn on a sixpence when they have to, even if such a handbrake turn can fling some passengers out of the vehicle altogether. Why Tory euro-tension is starting to bubble - BBC News 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z On-set, when the camera’s not on, he’s totally easy, graceful, funny and careless — apparently careless — and then, he turns on a sixpence and delivers this absolutely ferocious level of concentration and intensity. Michael Fassbender, Nobody’s Fool 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z The French sculptor arrived in London in 1802 and toured her waxwork shows on fairgrounds for 20 years before establishing herself in Baker Street in 1835, where visitors paid sixpence entry. Why gender has no place at the fair 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z The Kennel Club called its Spitfire 'The Dog Fighter', while Woolworths named "Nix Six Primus" and "Nix Six Secundus" after its pre-war policy of keeping prices below sixpence. Spitfire funds: The 'whip-round' that won the war? - BBC News 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z He turns on a sixpence and pulls back towards the onrushing Sterling, who is ready to pull the trigger, but sees the ball whipped off his toe by an excellent sliding hook from Flanagan. Liverpool v Manchester City: Premier League – live! 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Bright yellow and red, each part sold for sixpence. Why did my grandfather translate Mein Kampf? 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Penguins sold for sixpence: Lane believed that his books should not cost more than a pack of cigarettes. The Birth of Pulp Fiction | The New Yorker 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z He played second-string for Charlton Athletic, in London, and got paid ten shillings and sixpence a week. Inner Worlds: The Word Shed | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z In 1913, the Institute paid two pounds, 15 shillings and sixpence for about 20 photographs, for use in their fundraising activities. Market forces: Spitalfields children at the start of the 20th century 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a sixpence in her shoe.” 10 Daily Rituals You Need to Adopt Right Now 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z "No one could have predicted that Merkel would just turn on a sixpence when she encountered domestic resistance." Cameron was right about Juncker. Which makes his defeat more dire 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z The oldest coin is a silver groat of King Henry VI, minted in the late-1420s or early-1430s, and the latest is a silver sixpence of Queen Elizabeth I, minted in London in 1562. Campaign to buy hoard of rare coins 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z When he started he was a rapid runner who could change direction on a sixpence, and be away again. Jeremy Guscott: My top 10 centres 2014-03-12T14:38:16Z "If you've got two shillings and sixpence to make a film, you've got to figure out how to make it for that amount." Self-financing 'best option' for debut director 2013-11-29T04:04:38Z Your memories of Bill Pertwee include the tale of a sixpence fee, a house sale and an explanation why his friends called him Paddington Bear. 'Bill Pertwee gave me his sixpence' 2013-05-27T19:28:53Z This was at a time when an archer would earn about sixpence a day. Medieval warfare 'ransom market' 2013-01-24T04:17:33Z The funny old game with players who could turn on sixpences is gone, but a new breed of football clichés is emerging. What are the most annoying clichés in modern football? – open thread 2013-01-07T13:24:00Z It is an A4-size writing book that he purchased from Boots the chemists for sixpence. Diary clues to grandfather's last days 2012-08-11T23:58:10Z It opened for business on Monday, July 29, 1912 when seats cost sixpence and reserved seats one shilling. Leeds' magic little cinema in Cottage Road celebrates its 100th birthday 2012-07-30T14:04:16Z I was meant to play the bugle when I jumped out of the van but Bill said he would pay me sixpence to stand outside of Mainwaring's tent to wake him up in the morning. 'Bill Pertwee gave me his sixpence' 2013-05-27T19:28:53Z They have the tallest squad in the tournament and several players who can deliver a ball on a sixpence to make the most of their height advantage. Euro 2012: Euro 2012: England must be aware of Sweden's strengths and weaknesses 2012-06-15T08:00:00Z This is capital stuff! it warms the cockles of one’s heart as it goes down; but, poor me! when, oh when, shall I have sixpence in my pocket to buy another quart? The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z At his death he was found possessed of twenty-seven shillings and sixpence, which were applied to the expenses of his funeral. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z Seven hours and a half: seven shillings and sixpence: 7½ plus 7½ made fifteen. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z I did and true to his word he gave me his sixpence. 'Bill Pertwee gave me his sixpence' 2013-05-27T19:28:53Z But I'm consulted like an oracle upon all things unimportant; for he that was kicked out with a sixpence into the wide world, has grown a wonderful great man since the sixpence has multiplied itself. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z I was there, notwithstanding; and I heard you declaring to Will, the landlord, that you then parted with the last sixpence.” The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Instead of bread in the sacrament, I observed that they used wafers about the bigness and thickness of a sixpence. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z He cures all diseases, and sells his packets for sixpence a-piece. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z Wadh., retires to his country parsonage--having first invested sixpence in a sermon. Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z Then she gave the children "silver sixpences to buy sweeties," and went slowly down the court. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z “Here’s the sixpence, Bill,” said Nat, when the ale was placed before him on the table; “and, upon my soul, I’ve not another copper left.” The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z The sum to be paid as duty on totalisator stakes or bets was increased to one shilling in the pound from the sixpence provided by the Act of 1892. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z But his amusements on the stage are worth the sixpence, without the pills. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z The Misses June and Wy also wear bracelets, from which depend bundles of sixpences, a sixpence for each of their birthdays, sixteen for Wiggie, fourteen for June. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z But never should they happen in this case—not while he had one sixpence to rub against another. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z As I make it myself, I can offer to sell it at twopence per box, though doctors charge sixpence for a far inferior article. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z During the process the owner—educated at Eton, and subsequently a Minister of the Crown in Queensland—went round daily with a handcart selling the legs of mutton at sixpence apiece. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z He once bluntly told a bon-vivant gentleman to “Live on sixpence a day, and earn it!” The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z It won't make sixpence difference to me one way or the other. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z I had to pay two dollars for about eighteen pounds of barley for my baggage-animals, that is, just sixpence a pound. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z We have gone upon the principle of calling the stake a penny per trick, but of course it can be sixpence, or any other amount. Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z I have seen Bibles that you could buy for a sixpence, and I have a New Testament that I bought for a penny. Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood 2012-04-13T02:00:19.530Z I wouldn't lay sixpence there won't be an objection for crossing. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z To them the sea and the mountains are so many adjuncts, something they can turn into money by dipping people at sixpence a time and motoring them round at four-and-sixpence the tour.... Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Then, as she will be a great fortune—" "Not a sixpence,—she'll not have sixpence, doctor. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z I never knew a fellow worth sixpence that had that cant of 'hope' in his mouth! Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z Seeing this item in the accounts, Mr. Gilbert objected to it as a sheer waste of money, arguing that it would not bring an extra sixpence into the exchequer. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z "Of course," the interviewer hemmed, nervously, "that will be twelve and sixpence for the cost of reproduction." The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z It was in the room beneath that date-stone under which he had once put a sixpence, and that room, because of its high and uninterrupted view of the sea, was one of the guest-chambers. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z The waters of remembrance--even of quite little things--are very sweet indeed; and it was pure joy to them to speak of the Admiral's lucky sixpence. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z The grinning boy came out of a corner where he had hid himself, and appealed to the lady for his promised sixpence. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z All he could be prevailed upon to do was to lay out one poor sixpence for a little fresh straw for him to lie on. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z "The block will cost twelve and sixpence, that is to say." The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z He then proceeded to fill a revolving stand with other prints, which he sold at seven for sixpence, or, highly glazed, at twopence apiece. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z He remembered nearly everything Peggy had told him, even the story of the lucky sixpence that had once belonged to Admiral "Swiftsure Burke." Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Some gave sixpence, some a shilling, and some a few coppers; the chief of the police gave Tarata five shillings. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z When he was called to exercise his skill at a distance upon some machinery, he added a charge of sixpence a day for extra expenses. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z He, should he care, can daily stare At statues draped by dear Mrs. Grundy, And ride in trams for a halfpenny fare, And "wire" for sixpence, except on Sunday. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893 2012-04-04T02:01:00.747Z Then, bringing out sixpence from his pocket, he knocked once with the heavy glass on the counter. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z "Pardon me," said he, "do you mind if I have a look at that broken sixpence?" Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z A bounty of £6 is paid to provide outfit, and he receives sixpence a day. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The investigation of my father's affairs showed that there was one shilling and sixpence in the pound for the whole of his creditors, and of course nothing for me. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z For," said one of the councillors generously, when the plate was proposed, "how do we know that Mrs. Cannon might not keep every second sixpence for herself—or maybe send it up to Mr. Smith? The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z They returned to their horses, mounted them again, and telling Ned that he might drink their healths whenever he pleased, gave him sixpence, and rode off. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z He wore, however, a watch-chain which had once belonged to his father, and from this was suspended his half of the Admiral's lucky sixpence. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z In the ticket-pocket of his overcoat a splendid unforeseen shilling—a florin and a sixpence in the velveteen jacket he had not worn since last year. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z You're brought up to nothing; know nothing that will earn you a sixpence for the next six months; and you talk about time. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z But, for all that, during these years he had sacredly kept the half of the crooked sixpence in his box, hidden in the end of a tie which he never wore. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z “I know that it cost them three shillings and sixpence for flannel; but I know it is not paid for yet.” The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Forthwith Jimmy told the whole story of "Swiftsure Burke," who was his grandfather, and how the Admiral's lucky sixpence had been the saving of his life. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Ten—and two—and one—and two and sevenpence and sixpence—sixteen shillings and a penny. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z Bad sixpences are hard to lose; your son will give you plenty of the scant comfort you've already had from him. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z He took from his ticket-pocket the piece of the crooked sixpence, which he had kept for more than three years in his schoolbox. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z You say it will take one shilling and sixpence extra for turfing and binding: that will be seventeen shillings and sixpence. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z He explained that he wanted to give her something by which she would always remember him, and he thought half his lucky sixpence might meet the case; indeed, it was all he had. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z After I unloaded his van, he went for some coal, which he sells at one and sixpence a hundredweight, but he got two tons of coal in. Boy Labour and Apprenticeship 2012-03-30T02:00:18.807Z I cry, taking off my furr’d cap, and twisting it round my finger——I would not give sixpence for a dozen such! The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z They were the reunited halves of the same crooked sixpence. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z For this I received sixpence, and laid it out in figs, of which Peg and her swain each ate so many as to make themselves ill. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z He was not quite sure where he had heard of the old, time-worn superstition of dividing a lucky sixpence. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Twenty years ago the law of England required the writer of any periodical publication or pamphlet under sixpence in price to give sureties for £800 against the publication of blasphemy. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z A small dose of sulphate of magnesia twice a week in food—as much as will lie, not heaped, on sixpence for a 6-lb. dog—is often all the medicine needful. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z No," she said at last, "it looks like half of a sixpence which somebody has stepped upon. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z True, he was a poor man, and instead of owning the stately mansion before him, he would presently return to his tiny flat, where he would have to calculate about every sixpence he spent. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z Peggy did not sleep that night; hour after hour, she lay awake, her pillow wetted with tears, gripping tightly in her hand her half of the Admiral's sixpence. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z The inclusive charge was six pesetas a day—about four shillings and sixpence of English money. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z In the centre of this blaze there should be a clear "spot" of red of the size of a sixpence. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z "Don't you think the town's people would if you gave them the sixpences all for themselves?" The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Jim Braid stood on the pavement under the street lamp, regarding the sixpence in his hand. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z And when he had done that, he found himself with nothing in the world--but "Swiftsure Burke's" lucky, dented sixpence. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z The children put in their sixpences one by one. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z It fell in to the measure of his courage—a divided sixpence! Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z And then a wondrous thing occurred, The strangest thing I ever knew: I found a shining sixpence, though I don't suppose you'll think it true. Kensington Rhymes 2012-03-15T02:00:28.607Z He was not above taking the sixpence she offered him, and he ran out of the house like a shot. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z This he put into his bundle; and then it was that he produced the two halves of the dented, lucky sixpence, which had saved the life of the Admiral. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z The prices obtained were something to make glad the heart of any farmer, bacon bringing an English shilling a pound, and fresh beef sixpence. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z He secured his aunt's best scissors, fished a sixpence out of his jejune tin money-box, and jabbed his finger in a varied series of attempts to get it in half. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z The baked potato in my coat Was just exactly Captain Kidd; So both of us declared at once That there the sixpence must be hid. Kensington Rhymes 2012-03-15T02:00:28.607Z He rushed home, got his sixpence, bought the paper, and run through the streets announcing the event to all whom he met. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z My lass," said he, the moment Peggy entered, "a halved sixpence is a lover's token. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z "We have about everything that we want, and do not mean to starve for the sake of saving sixpence extra." The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z When they met again the sixpence was still undivided. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Business commenced, and sixpences, shillings, and half-crowns were pouring into Tom's pockets faster than he could cram them there. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z In Edinburgh an insurrection was planned; the soldiers were to be corrupted: and this turned out to be—by giving each man sixpence for porter. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z "There's no reason why you shouldn't know, for this sixpence once belonged to a sailor." Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z I've got a lucky sixpence, uncle; he can string that round his neck. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z He endeavoured to explain the theory of broken sixpences and his unexpected failure to break one. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z I paid the necessary shilling and the optional sixpence, and renewed my acquaintance with "The Kings and Queens," "The Coronation Group," and "The Chamber of Horrors." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z He says: "I learned grammar when I was a private soldier on the pay of sixpence per day." Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z He kept it many years," she answered, "for this lucky sixpence once saved his life. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Five shillings and sixpence a year he paid; it was not much, but it was about the land there was trouble, and he had no land. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z Kipps handed her the sixpence, and they came upon a pause. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Holbein’s since famous portrait of the Duchess of Suffolk went for fifteen pounds, four shillings and sixpence. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z He was narrow, choleric, proud, miserly; he had been known to carry an old log a hundred yards to add it to his wood-pile, and to travel a league to look for a lost sixpence. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Lass, you've got a jewel in that lucky sixpence that I wouldn't exchange for a diamond as big as a monkey-nut. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z I closer clasped my sixpences, neatly folded in paper, and sped across the office. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z In considering the sixpence side by side, his head had come near her cheek. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z At sixpence a pound, it seems, the imbiber of cocoa would pay a fraction more to the Exchequer for every cup that he consumed than would the drinker of tea. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 28th, 1916 2012-02-23T03:00:40.467Z It passed through a four-thousand-mile club trial at an expense of ten shillings and sixpence in repairs. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z From one parish in the City of London he only received seven shillings and sixpence—a poor reward, to use Stow’s words, “of many a weary day’s travel, and cold winter night’s study.” England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z I was to leave my sixpences with my name and address, and to call with future allowances until I had refunded all. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Then he turned about and sat down, and presently he began to put the half sixpence he held clenched in his hand into his trouser pocket. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Mr. Lloyd George dared add no more than a halfpenny to the impost, but Mr. McKenna with sublime courage proposed to make the tax a round sixpence. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 28th, 1916 2012-02-23T03:00:40.467Z So we hailed a car at the door of the hotel, determined to be “rowled” to the Exhibition for sixpence each. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z In saying that I will make her cognisant of this, rather than supply you with another sixpence, you may judge how firm is my determination.' A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z From my hatred of copper money I used to change it into silver as fast as possible, and at present I had five sixpences, and should have another by the end of another week. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z These were the second best of his three pairs of trousers, and they had cost him thirteen and sixpence. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z "Dropped your sixpence in the pond, Miss Vintry?" the Nun asked. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z At such schools the rule might be that no boy was to come from home to school with more than five shillings in his pocket, nor be allowed above sixpence a week. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Feb 3, 1872 2012-02-10T03:00:16.947Z "You liked it, dearie?" said Antonio, not touching the sixpence, but looking down at the pretty child with reverence. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z If she adored her little Ernest, it was because he brought her in three shillings and sixpence a week. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z His whole capital in the world was the sum of five pounds in the Post Office Savings Bank and four and sixpence cash. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Nothing for nothing—and for sixpence no more than the coin was worth—with a preference for five penn'orth if you could get out of it at that! Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Could I have trusted Mr. Arthur Dacre, in his neat grey suit, with a sixpence, much less with my life? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 2012-01-27T03:00:22.100Z Here's sixpence and here's eightpence; that makes one shilling and two pennies. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z When he was well, she brought him to see me one afternoon, nominally that he might thank me, but really, I fear, in hope of an extra sixpence or shilling. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z "What do you think?" and wondered in his heart of hearts why he had never looked at that sixpence for so long. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z You remain hidden in this room, breaking your back for sixpence an hour. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Anything, however, which he has left is of course mine, though I don’t believe that what he has left is worth sixpence. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z With attention, came invariably a few pence—fourpence one day—sixpence and even eightpence another. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z The weekly three shillings and sixpence paid for a room. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z Fancy keeping that half sixpence all this time! Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z I apprehend its parentage belongs less to America than to Ireland, where a "hog" is still the synonym for a shilling, and a "tester" or "taster" for a sixpence. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z "It took the form of a pair of silver-backed brushes with cupids' heads on them, and cost three pounds seventeen and sixpence," added Nancy. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z "Here's sixpence of my very own, and you shall have it, poor man, and thank you for your lovely, lovely music." The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z You may see the place now for sixpence; they have fiddlers there every day, and sometimes buffoons and mountebanks hire the Riding-House and do their tricks and tumbling there. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z He rose, read over a list of tunes, selected one haphazard, pressed his sixpence—it was sixpence!—home, and prepared for a confidential, refined little melody. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Though sold at sixpence a copy, a high figure for a weekly newspaper, especially so for the people who were to be its immediate supporters, it had a wonderful circulation, even in the poorest districts. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z She wants me to give her a shilling for every bird I miss, and she'll give me sixpence for every one I knock over. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z "You will be very much to blame, sir, if you help on this mad scheme by so much as a sixpence," spoke the Major. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z "I'll take this sheet—half a dozen of them," I said, putting down sixpence. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z She had kept the half sixpence all these years! Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Lady Level slipped a sixpence into his ready hand, and he went off contented. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z Cross the poor gipsy's hand with a silver sixpence, that the planets may work.' A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z It's such a lot, you see: a whole half-crown: when anything is given, it's a sixpence. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z I had not a sixpence in my pocket, or any idea that he was going to help me. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z Ann's poor little half sixpence came against Kipps' fingers in his pocket and he clutched at it suddenly as though it was a talisman. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z There are three hundred and thirty-six in-door pensioners, and an unlimited number of out-door pensioners, who receive an annual allowance of seven pounds twelve shillings and sixpence each. City Scenes or a peep into London 2012-01-20T03:00:10.690Z The sum charged the public for viewing this Gallery was one shilling, and for the descriptive catalogue, sixpence. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Who would not save sixpence, if he could, even in a winding-sheet! Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z And, if ever I does get a shilling or a sixpence gived me, I takes it right home to mother. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z A friend of Franklin's, named Ralph, accompanied him from America, and the two took lodgings together in Little Britain at three shillings and sixpence per week. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z We went on board the little paddle steamer and paid our "sixpence return." The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z "If I take it wi' all its faults, and Miss Yard gives me five shillings vor my time and labour, will ye sell me the box vor one pound two and sixpence?" A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z The pay for performing a mass varies from sixpence to five shillings. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z They took lodgings together, at three shillings and sixpence a week. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z You know your life isn't worth sixpence to you. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z I gave the girls all the pennies I had—then I offered Sam, who had crept out of the shelter of the table, a sixpence. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z "That's the true English history of this old Star, which I purchased for sixpence from a sailor in whose family it had been an heirloom for the last two hundred years." A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z I've mourned sixpences in scores too, Damaged hopes and pinafores too. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z Rupees, English shillings and sixpences, were evidently not unknown to them, as they greatly preferred these in exchange to mere toys and showy articles. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z “Not a sixpence—not a sou,” was the reply, the last turnpike having taken his friend’s last coin. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Not to appear ignorant of the prices ruling, I tendered Jenny a sixpence, whereupon she returned me fourpence-halfpenny. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z He immediately took the joke, laughed, bade the professor take back his sixpence, and signed the photograph for him. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Now, try your luck at the knock-em-downs, my Noble Swells—twelve heaves for sixpence, and a pincushion in the centre, worth ten times the money! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z "Here's the change," said Tim, handing me a small sum, in which sixpence shone proudly in a nest of coppers. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z This golden dream was however speedily dissipated, for during the first year the total amount of his professional income was ten shillings and sixpence. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z After a moment I followed him, but was stopped by the janitor, who, with an air of astonishment, informed me there was sixpence to pay, it being a Wednesday. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z My husband said to his friend, “Now, M., here’s your opportunity; put down sixpence and pay the national debt, and Tennyson will sign you the receipt on this photograph.” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Now, have you got a coin—a sixpence? A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z Lowndes had written a silly book on the currency, a book in which he endeavoured to prove that an Act of Parliament, by calling a sixpence a shilling, can double its purchasing power. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z The young ladies débuted, and their remuneration was one shilling and sixpence each. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z I don't see the necessity for wasting sixpence," I said; "we must be economical. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z He rented Ivy House and Works at ten pounds a year, and engaged his second-cousin, Thomas, as workman at eight shillings and sixpence a week. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z A vulgar little sixpence is obscene, a dainty half-sovereign is respectable. Is the Bible Indictable? Being an Enquiry whether the Bible Comes within the Ruling of the Lord Chief Justice as to Obscene Literature 2011-12-13T03:00:25.353Z His contract was to do the work for £20 paid down, and to be allowed to charge sixpence a head to any sightseers who liked to mount to the top. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z Unluckily the man I stopped was Peake, your treasurer, and he told me that you had been beforehand with him and robbed him of every sixpence he had in the world.” Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z He took out a sixpence and repaid his guest with interest. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Only last night, sir, and you gave me sixpence to be sure to take them off in time. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z My share of the expense on these occasions was not much above sixpence, and I gained the hearty good-will of my companions by contributing some slices of excellent Friulian ham to our common table. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z It can repay it as truly and as fully as sixpence pays for a loaf of bread that saves a shipwrecked hero's life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z “But,” said he, “your sign is in a most shameful condition for so respectable a house; let me repaint it in settlement of the bill”—which amounted to twelve shillings and sixpence. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Manasseh, it was felt, would, although a mere Schnorrer, rise to the height of the occasion, and offer as much as seven and sixpence. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z I think we had better give a boy sixpence to drown it to-morrow morning.’ Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Its importation, indeed, was subjected to a small duty of sixpence the hundred weight, but its re-exportation was subjected to the enormous duty of one pound ten shillings the hundred weight. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z The Duke handed the Duchess the half of the broken sixpence. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z By spending threepence in a coffee-house, he might be for some hours in very good company; he might dine for sixpence, breakfast on bread and milk for a penny, and do without supper. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z It was usual for the sixpence to be paid in advance. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z And first, if any overturn A bell, as that he may, He forthwith for that only fault In beer shall sixpence pay. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z "Four shillings and sixpence, ma'am, for a little mimsy book not so thick as the magick history of Jack the Giant Killer." The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z That is the half of a sixpence which I gave to the Duchess when I asked her to be my wife. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z Beaching Scotland, so exhausted were the funds of the actor, that at Dumfries he got up an entertainment at a tavern, and the only patron was a shoe-maker, who paid sixpence for admission. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Therefore he entered and boldly paid the sum of sixpence for a vacant cubicle. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z If anyone shall wear his hat When he is ringing here He straightway then shall sixpence pay In cyder or in beer. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z A man who stays out after ten is fined threepence; after eleven the fine is sixpence. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z As the Duchess says in this letter, and as I have reason to know, she has worn this broken sixpence from that hour to this. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z Pit, one shilling; boxes, two; and standing room, sixpence. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z St. Paul's is clearly organized for the extortion of shillings and sixpences. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z It is ordered, that every person who shall ring any bell with hat or spurs on, shall forfeit and pay sixpence for the use of the ringers. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z And even at that we shall have to stop here at Magdalen bridge and give a street boy sixpence to take the punt the rest of the way. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z If a workman cannot pay his taxes, the most devout Chancellor of the Exchequer will not abate sixpence in consideration of the defaulter's piety. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z "I suppose eighteen and sixpence wouldn't be any use to you?" In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z You had expended on her two hundred and forty-nine pounds nineteen and sixpence ha'penny, besides any amount of fuss, so her ingratitude stung you to the marrow. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z It is ordered, that every person so soon as he has set his bell shall immediately hank up the strop or rope, or in default thereof shall forfeit and pay for use aforesaid, sixpence. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z In every sixpence which falls within their grasp, they recognize an element of power which "leads on to fortune;" and when they have acquired a fortune, they are pretty sure to keep it. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z When expecting to ride in an omnibus, take care to have sufficient small change in your purse—that is, sixpences. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z "Well, you won your sixpence," said Miss McRory dauntlessly, as I joined her. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z You wait till I get them to myself, either together or singly, and I'll lay you the National Debt to sixpence that I don't leave 'em till I've got what I want. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z It is ordered, that any person who shall have read any of these orders with his hat upon his head shall forfeit and pay for the said use, sixpence. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z I will go now and engage those lads—sixpence each, and well worth it—nothing like an example for the rural classes. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z To permit children to ask visiters for pennies or sixpences is mean and contemptible. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z "I bet you sixpence you take a toss if you do," I replied firmly, preparing to dismount. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z Who does not know the look of the clever man in society, conscious of a large banking account, but uncomfortably conscious also that, like Goldsmith, he has not a sixpence of ready money? Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z Archie's absence, too, cost me several sixpences—the price of the hot baths I could not very well ask for at his quarters while he was away. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z Aye, I see beasts in Babylon here together—doleful creatures smearin' one an' sixpence worth of eggs all over the floor. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z And then, with an abundance of oaths, he protested that not half a dozen highwaymen should avail to deprive him of a single sixpence. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z At the age of eighteen he made his first voyage to London, and lived in Little Britain with his friend Ralph at a cost of three shillings and sixpence a week. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z "But we paid you sixpence each as we came over, and you said the same fare would bring us back." Mr. Punch in the Highlands 2011-11-01T02:00:23.677Z And that the Constable be there upon paine of sixpence to see who make default.” Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z He felt sure Jonas would never give him a sixpence to keep him from starving; and there was his poor Mary, so overworked, fading her fair young cheeks with toil. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z He hurried back to Sarah, with his sixpence in his hand, and apologies for his absent-mindedness. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z Altogether it has cost me twelve shillings and sixpence! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z The only coins I could find struck in Bhutan were a silver piece worth sixpence, and a copper one worth the sixteenth of a penny. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Fifteen shillings and five-pence halfpenny bought him a third-class ticket, and vanity and temptation cost him four shillings and sixpence at the Gaiety Bar. The Phil May Album 2011-10-17T02:00:17.247Z In 1688, the year in which the war broke out in Ireland, Swift, in his twenty-first year, and without a sixpence in his pocket, left college. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Take my advice, and don't grudge sixpence for a blow on the pier; it will be the most paying investment of all, you'll find. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z I have seen a troop of ants a mile long, each one carrying in its mouth a round leaf about the size of a sixpence, which appeared to have been trimmed round to the shape. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z “Nothing,” said she; “if you had had a cup of tea I should have charged sixpence.” Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Were I in England, as once I was, and had him painted, not a holiday fool there but would give me sixpence for the sight of him. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z It is no good going home dead beat to loaf on his relations; no, it would be better to stay in the country for ever, or to land without a sixpence in some other colony. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z Sixpence," he repeated, with a meditative air, "sixpence; yes, that will do. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z The details of market life hold the possibilities of epic description; the transactions of a stock exchange pale into mediocrity when compared with the noise and excitement when a sixpence changes hands between Martinique negresses. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z I gave her something—it was not a sixpence—at which she not only smiled, but curtseyed; then bidding her farewell I went out of the door. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Like most Frenchmen of his class Henry was thrifty to a degree; I doubt if he spent sixpence a week on himself. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z The meagreness, the stinginess, the perpetual expectation of a sixpence, used to exasperate me. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z He wants sixpence for a round of nine holes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 16th, 1893 2011-10-02T02:00:16.433Z The fish had the hues of sunsets on their scales, and the most beautiful, the angelfish, were three for a penny, while the uglier, more edible ones, were sixpence each. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z There's a small order just come in, for barking dogs; and I should wish to go as close to Natur' as I could, for sixpence. The Cricket on the Hearth A Fairy Tale of Home 2011-10-02T02:00:12.587Z Aunt Susan, however, had not, in this respect, kept pace with her husband, remaining, to use her own expression—"just the same old two and sixpence." Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The Baronet, with a loud oath, said that the postilion was a scoundrel, for having offended the young lady; and menaced to inform against him, if he received a sixpence. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z “And I suppose,” said Sandie, “the devil a one of them has one sixpence to rub against another?” Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z Then Persa�d of the prominent teeth, who had tried to cheat me of a sixpence already paid for a mouse-opossum with her young. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z "Nonsense, my dear fellow; it's only a person who'll want sixpence for not helping with the luggage." My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z "As sure as sixpence," remarked Mrs. Quimby, "this last shame has come upon you as a punishment for your pride to your own cousin." Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z As he crossed the strip of red carpet laid across the pavement from the door to the carriage, he had this very sixpence in the pocket of his very short man-o’-war trousers. A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time 2011-09-09T02:01:08.700Z Sandie did feel very important as he put down that ten shillings and sixpence on the counter, and received the ring in what he called a bonnie wee boxie. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z For years back, whenever he had received sixpence or a shilling from a relation or friend, pop! it had gone into the kennel. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z It would often require the sum of sixpence to put matters to rights.” Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z “As often as I can,” said Charley, opening her eyes, and smiling, “because of earning sixpences and shillings!” Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z “He wouldn’t have given me his Christmas sixpence if I hadn’t looked as if I needed it.” A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time 2011-09-09T02:01:08.700Z He gave him sixpence, and tore the letter open, his hand shaking somewhat. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z The ulcer is usually of the size of a silver threepence or sixpence, round or oval, and, eating deeply, is apt to make a hole right through the coats of the stomach. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z “He did, sir; and I put it in your cabin in its basket, which I had to give him sixpence extra for.” Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z This series of booklets will be issued in connection with "Orpheus," a Quarterly Magazine of Mystical Art, which may be had for four shillings and sixpence a year. The Hero in Man 2011-09-02T02:00:18.723Z When the door opened she moved away,—remembering the sixpence,—but she saw the traveller come out and stand against the background of the warmly lighted hall, the older children still hovering about him. A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time 2011-09-09T02:01:08.700Z If, however, one cadet took from another cadet a sixpence, or oven a penny, just as he had taken the knife, he would have instantly been reported to the authorities as a thief. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z The postmaster received a payment of sixpence each upon all letters, and twopence on all newspapers received from other places, and twopence each upon letters despatched from his office. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z The first concert was a grand success, a crowded house, though the front seats were only sixpence and the back twopence. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z In the hand which had touched his arm, lying upon the open palm, was the sixpence he had left on the table. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z “A little boy once gave me a sixpence for charity,” said Sara, with a short little laugh in spite of herself. A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time 2011-09-09T02:01:08.700Z Alternate shots were taken, and sixpence a shot was paid for each hit. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z Still maintaining that newspapers should circulate free of postage, they were content to ask that the charges on letters should range from sixpence to twopence, according to the distance they were carried. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z Nobody in his senses would have given sixpence for him, except perhaps his owner, and who that might be was at present a mystery. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Had it not been that a tiny electric signal-bulb no bigger than a sixpence glowed out over one of the mouthpieces, I should have been utterly unnerved. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z “Who was he?” asked Ermengarde, looking at it quite as if it had not been a mere ordinary silver sixpence. A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time 2011-09-09T02:01:08.700Z The style of questions that I used to solve at home were such as the following:— “If a bushel of coals costs two shillings and sixpence, what would be the price of fifty bushels?” The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z Among the most important of the facilities introduced in 1851 were postage stamps, the values being threepence, sixpence, and one shilling. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z Brown cotton stockings from Salzar’s General Stores fell into holes before one had worn them twice: yet they cost four and sixpence a pair! The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z In 1634 the Court set the price of a single meal at sixpence, and not above a penny for an ale-quart of beer out of meal time. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The hob-nailed boots stockings, shirt, fustian trousers, and waistcoat—I had no coat—were all sold to an Irishwoman for four shillings and sixpence: I spent the money among my comrades. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z "She can make sixpence a day, and pick up enough to eat." Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z At the rate of sixpence for one hundred miles, it cost two shillings to send a single letter from New York to Montreal and three shillings from New York to Quebec. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z If he lost sixpence he also lost his temper. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Upon which an action was raised against the officer; and, the case having come before the fifteen, sixpence of damages only was awarded, with no expenses at all.' Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z But they is only sixpence each, Which hardly pays to dress 'em. Mr. Punch at the Seaside 2011-08-24T02:00:23.487Z There, the sixpence you have given that little child, will go into the till of that "family grocery," before we are a block farther on our way. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z Now the current money of this kingdom is not reckoned to be above four hundred thousand pounds in all; and while there is a silver sixpence left, these bloodsuckers will never be quiet. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z Rare ripe strawberries and Hautboys, sixpence a pottle. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z This money in my pocket is my father's—I have to come to him for every sixpence! A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z The artist who guarantees a pleasing group of lovers for sixpence, frame included. Mr. Punch at the Seaside 2011-08-24T02:00:23.487Z Madalina, a little beggar girl, an Italian rag-picker's daughter, was promised a sixpence to go, as she would not be suspected, to tell Mrs. Reagan, that Tom knew where her husband was. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z At six o’clock he, with the rest, was called to a small office and received his day’s wages—two shillings and sixpence. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z A soldier also said to his comrade that they had to keep an eye on my son, adding: "I bet my bottom sixpence the little beggar will get away yet." Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z He receives no salary—not so much as sixpence—but he and his wife take up their abode at the Pagets' house in Queen's Gate, Paget making himself responsible for all expenses. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z Geoffrey gave him sixpence; he touched his forelock, called his dog, and whistled down the hill. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Well then she shall pay you sixpence a day. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z His stock was principally genealogical, antiquarian, and topographical—mostly old rubbish, that no one would imagine to be worth a sixpence, and yet which, among a certain class, commands a good sale. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z But he hated to be looked at with a severe countenance as if he had been a rogue and stolen sixpence by the authorities against whom he did not feel that he had done anything. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Jill thanked him profusely, dropped the sixpence in her bag, and the children rode away, followed for a short distance by a screaming crowd of small boys and girls. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z Wounds! if I have a penny in my pocket but a bent sixpence, I'll be content to be listed and shot into the bargain. The Recruiting Officer 2011-08-10T02:00:18.323Z My mother said if I did not get sixpence to-day she would whip me, and so I went to that place. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z The ganger looked him up and down and offered him half-a-crown a day; the others earned three shillings and sixpence and four shillings, but they were strong, strapping fellows. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z “Then, if you are not a witch, will you let us have some gooseberries? here’s sixpence.” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z She was the richest of the three, for she owned three shillings and sixpence, but how to get a tenth out of it was a puzzle. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z But there was a deal of professional character in the blackened and gilt lettered front windows, and the sixpences came by hundreds. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z Well, Maggie, I have no more work for you to-day, but here is your sixpence, I promised you, and here are some cakes; come again to-morrow, you can help me every day. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z The young fellows came out from the shore to dive for sixpences and shillings, cast into the sea by passengers. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Please have this sixpence,” and he gave her the coin, which he had unconsciously held in his hand ever since he had taken it out to pay for the gooseberries. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Here's a threepenny bit and a sixpence and two pennies. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z A needy young student, whose sole qualification was cheapness, was set to do the business of each place, and the uniform price for advice and medicine was sixpence. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z The first sixpence—the whole treasure of this world's goods, spent to promote the happiness of others. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z When Bentham says, that if a fine of five shillings would prevent a murder, you ought not to fine the murderer seven and sixpence, he says what is, in a sense, obviously true. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z She put the sixpence in her mouth and bit it, and said nothing. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z "Yes, we have sixpence a week each, but it doesn't seem a great lot." Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z Business was brisk at the dispensary: several were waiting, and medicine and advice were going at the rate of two minutes for sixpence. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z No, it is not good for you; good bread is better, and here is a sixpence to buy a loaf, and here is another to buy some nice cakes for you. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z The squire's keeper will give sixpence each for pheasants' eggs, and fourpence for those of partridges. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Still they thoroughly enjoyed it and searched the place afresh every time we passed it, as regularly as a boy looks about where he once picked up a sixpence. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z The blacksmith put his hand in his pocket and brought out sixpence. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z He pawed his ear with a doubtful air, murmuring absently:—'Well I'm sure 'e said fourpence: an' sixpence for pickles, an' bring 'em round after the shop was shut. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z I explained how from what Keller had told me Alida would have enough to live upon even if they never saw another sixpence of her father's money. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z I will give you sixpence over, just by way of a lesson.” In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z If I had offered that man sixpence or a shilling to give us a ride, he would have laughed me to scorn. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z The boy sold each of the old hens for sixpence, and reaped quite a harvest in consequence. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z And at his tea—he was to have tea each day in addition to three and sixpence every Saturday—he took scarce five minutes. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z He was poor in those days, and the price of the volume was twenty shillings, but he would gladly have sacrificed his last sixpence to secure it. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z When he goes anywhere, it is to a barn where a Primitive Methodist preaches; him he can understand, but not the Church parson; and the Methodist preaches well and does not take a sixpence. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z I must get sixpence out of another pocket. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z “Taking them all in a heap, I will give sixpence apiece,” replied the gipsy. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z That might have produced as much as sixpence, but she had a whim to keep it. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z My dear Sir,—You have once, for the Taxes on Knowledge question, collected a very large sum by dint of sixpences. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Now and then, though, he buys a few bones of the butcher, or a few scraps such as a butcher has always to dispose of at the rate of sixpence a pound. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z I held it out unwillingly, and he counted eight shillings and four sixpences into it. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z I could not sell it for threepence, sir—no, not for sixpence; no, not for a shilling. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z At the 'dispensary' there was another young student, but his advice and medicine were sixpence, just as his remote predecessor's had been for little Looey, long forgotten. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z In Montreal, for a writing pad to use on my voyage home, I had to pay seven shillings and sixpence, which I could have bought in London for eighteen-pence. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z It was; but, I think, the very next week, a summons came for the Easter due, and two shillings and sixpence were added, because of the non-payment of "the fourpence". The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z I took out my little blue silk purse, and counted in sixpences half-a-crown. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z “You can sell it for sixpence, or a shilling, or whatever it will fetch, only take it away.” A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z Cost me sixteen-pence at least—sixteen pence! two and sixpence, for there's back again. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z In the next century Arnold made one for George III., as small as an English sixpence. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z You must not assume— * This copy of Indictment occupied not quite one sheet of paper, for which eight shillings and sixpence were asked! The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z He would sit all day, amid the war and tumult of contending litigants, and breast the storm of insult that was heaped upon him from the right and the left, for four shillings and sixpence. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z I did not like to go into my old boarding-house next door, feeling sure that I should be unwelcome with only two shillings and sixpence in my pocket and no prospects. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z He thought only of the beautiful red violin with the yellow bridge hung in the shop window, and offered for three shillings and sixpence. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Instantly the poor animal made off, but the sixpence had evidently found its mark, for as the hare ran it trailed a hind leg behind it. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z Then they pointed out that their trade was being threatened by the vegetarians, who could stuff themselves to repletion for about sixpence, or even less. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z The Captain tossed sixpence to the black waiter and told him to take the “monkey-chap,”—for thus he designated Kanu,—down the street and show him where the Governor berthed. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z I took his advice forthwith, finding no difficulty in getting a half ticket to Euston, where I arrived with two shillings and sixpence in my pocket. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z He had been sadly disappointed about his savings from the weekly sixpence. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z But she hasn’t a sixpence, and it would be a blessed day for her that on which she got away from that mother of hers for good and all.” Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Before this I filed down a whole sixpence, and the filings I melted into a good round bullet, with some clean lead. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z He’s thirsty, and wants sixpence to get a drink.” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z And the boy would receive sixpence or a florin according to the nature of his reply. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z But how were three shillings and sixpence to be earned? A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z There's a little gold-mine in the cart now; we gave one-and-tenpence for it, and we are going to sell it—all except the good parts—for sixpence a piece. Baby Jane's Mission 2011-07-03T02:00:10.693Z The sergeant fished up sixpence, and gave it to the boy, without a word. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z “Only think of a great chief like him, asking for sixpence like a crossing-sweeper,” she said. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The young man bowed again, reseated himself, and finished his ice in silence, when his companion having done the same, each laid a sixpence on the counter, and walked off. The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z Every Saturday evening Joe Gander brought his sixpence home to his stepmother. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z But this was in the very infancy of poor-rates, and, with one or two exceptions, the aldermen of the city were the only persons who contributed so large a sum as sixpence. Pope: His Descent and Family Connections Facts and Conjectures 2011-06-29T02:00:22.613Z Then he called for the sergeant, saying, "You, sir, go and buy that man's coffin, and put it in the store till he die, and stop sixpence a week off his pay for it." Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z He says that you haven’t given him anything, and must give him sixpence. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Caroline called him, and taking sixpence out of her little purse, offered to give it to him for the nest, if he would shew her where he had taken it from. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z There was one little fiddle to which his heart went out, that cost only three shillings and sixpence. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z You are the last that ought to speak of my laziness, for I've been working for you three months, and never got a sixpence, or a penny piece, for all I did. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z So I came and told my master how they would have sixpence for his letter, and was selling bigger ones for twopence. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z This Claverton duly translated, and the old savage nodded assent—of course as a mere matter of form—and Lilian gave him the sixpence with her own hand. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z If one needed sixpence, how could one get it? Mentally Defective Children 2011-06-19T02:00:24.963Z He went straight to the shop he so well remembered, and to his inexpressible delight saw still in the window the coveted violin, price three shillings and sixpence. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z "They gave none o' us a sixpence when they went awa," said Thomas, the second man. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z I looked at it, being very small, and, asking the price of it, they told me it was sixpence. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z Well, look here, boy, I’ll give you sixpence to run there and 13 send the smith back—behind a horse, on a bicycle, anyhow—to mend this confounded machine. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z During the time I learned my trade in my father's shop I never knew the pleasure of owning a sixpence. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Around her waist was tied a small bundle; this she opened, and thus revealed two brightly-coloured cotton handkerchiefs and a small paper packet containing five silver sixpences and four three-penny pieces. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z The Pictorial World was started as a threepenny paper, and after existing several years at that price it became the property of a company and was raised to sixpence. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z Sixpence," said I; "will you take sixpence for that small thing, and selling bigger ones for twopence. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z When Makalipa was applied to she had just paid her son’s half-yearly fees at the seminary, and she flatly refused to contribute a sixpence towards the new building. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Meanwhile, I do not believe his old master, or any one else, could have obtained credit from him for a sixpence. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z The village folk—lads and lasses alike—who knew anything about harvest work, and were willing to earn an extra sixpence, were made heartily welcome. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Expeditions were organized to attack it, and after being chased for some miles by people on horseback, it was ultimately shot and exhibited at sixpence a head in Winchester market-place. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z There’s nothing in it but an old cathedral and a lot of old houses and churches, and they charged me sixpence for keeping my tandem one night. A Canterbury Pilgrimage 2011-06-13T02:00:24.520Z From sneaking furtively into sixpenny hash-joints I got to going in brazenly, and the day I spent my last sixpence I plumbed the depths by pocketing some slabs of bread off the table. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z I had paid ten and sixpence for them, more than half my fortune. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z In the higher theatres “a room,” or box, varied from sixpence to two shillings and sixpence. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z It contained sixteen printed pages and thirty-two woodcuts, including all the little headings to the columns, price sixpence, and it equalled in size the Atlas which was then sold for a shilling, without 285286 engravings. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z The sixpences came very slowly into his pocket. Nearly Bedtime Five Short Stories for the Little Ones 2011-06-02T02:00:26.960Z He has not a sixpence, my dear child—barely enough to pay his cab-hire. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z We had all these empty bottles, and we expected nothing less than sixpence, or perhaps a shilling, apiece for them. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Somehow, Mr. Smith had given her the impression of a man who counts his sixpences, and if he had really been sending her anything very expensive, it was flattering, though imprudent. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z This humour took so universally that ‘twas estimated the printer gained about �5 a day for printing a line onely at sixpence a name, besides what he got by ballads, &c.’ The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z Four minutes' deliberation was sufficient for the jurymen to bring in a verdict for the defendants, to whom they awarded costs to the amount of sixpence. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z This newspaper engagement of Siebenk�s is a great pleasure to me; it will at any rate bring my hero in sixpence or so towards a supper now and then. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z In that way, while everybody called him "poor fellow," he was scooping in sixpences, shillings, and even half-crowns every day. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Marie Muller; and at the conclusion of the concert, in which he had encored every one of the pieces, the careful amateur from the West gave the sum of sixpence. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z The household was poor indeed which could not scrape up a twopence or a sixpence for the annual copy. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z Once her evening out cost her sixpence, and she was very much annoyed, for her stock of sixpences was low. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z As to the rest, we can have the windows mended; and do you keep all the sixpences you earn for yourself.' The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z The shearers earned three shillings and sixpence for every score of sheep they could shear. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z He did not like to part with one sixpence of it. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z In that case it will be a pound to a sixpence that our friend the Stockman will give us some trouble. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z Mr. Chattaway wanted him to hold his horse; and the boy quickly changed his course, believing the office would be good for sixpence at least. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Come here to-morrow morning, and my gardener will set you to weed the shrubberies, and I will pay you sixpence a day. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z I used to reckon on making two bob a week that way, so with Slippen's eighteenpence, I had sixpence a day for grub. Dorothy's Double Volume I (of 3) 2011-05-15T02:00:11.283Z At length I give him sixpence, and he goes away in peace. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z The two poems are altogether no more than twelve hundred and fifteen hundred lines, and will altogether sell for five and sixpence. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z Instead of the sixpence he fondly reckoned on, Chattaway had flung him a halfpenny. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z The speculation turned out unsuccessful; for the shop, catching fire, was burnt, and the poet returned to his father without a sixpence. Life of Robert Burns 2011-05-11T02:00:21.043Z The man earns thirty-two shillings and sixpence a week when in full work and is a thoroughly decent and respectable man. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z I will lay my neck that Camacho covers this same Basil from head to foot with white sixpences, and will spend more at a breakfast than the other is worth, and be never the worse. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z I say they wouldn't spend sixpence to save that child from starvation—there, now! That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z To save a sixpence, Chattaway would almost have sacrificed a miner's life. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Not as a hired soldier, but as a patriot, would he strive for the glory of his country; so he cast from him the poor sixpence a-day, and served zealously as a volunteer. Life of Robert Burns 2011-05-11T02:00:21.043Z You mean that yellow sixpence papa gave me? That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z Three thousand three-halfpences make fifteen hundred threepences, which amounts to seven hundred and fifty reals or sixpences. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Two or three acquaintances became surety for the debt to the unprincipled landlord, and the pale, slender artist hastened toward Chillicothe with but a sixpence in his pocket. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z I've only just thought about the something old and new rhyme, however I was given a silver sixpence for Christmas which is the end of the rhyme. Royal wedding couples 2011-04-25T07:49:10Z The woman could not hear of taking more than sixpence for my dinner, and thought herself overpaid with that. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z May felt as if she were a criminal as she wrenched open the little money-box, and took out the half-sovereign, which lay glistening amid a small heap of pennies and sixpences. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z Now the three hundred remaining three-halfpences make an hundred and fifty threepences, and threescore and fifteen sixpences; put that together, and it comes just to eight hundred and twenty-five reals, or sixpences, to a farthing. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Or by coin areas, “what’ll lie on a sixpence,” or on a shilling, or on a penny. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z If sixpence were sunshine, it would never be lost in the giving. Mr. Punch in Bohemia 2011-04-16T02:00:17.803Z Not one had a complaint to make of hard times: wages were one and sixpence a day, and meat, and good meat, too—beef and mutton and pies—as much as they could eat. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Augustus asserted his claim to be considered one of the family by swearing at the servants, and never giving any of them a sixpence. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z It is really the want of the sixpence makes me a guardian angel. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z A farthing and a sixpence, And both of them were mine; The farthing went for water, And the sixpence went for wine. Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems 2011-04-14T02:01:01.217Z Here you are,' and fished out sixpence in coppers from her pocket, and he clutched and gripped them in a small retentive fist. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z But one must not expect too much when the charge for a voyage of twenty-six hours is only six and sixpence in the chief cabin. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Once upon a time, a marriage licence used to cost seven shillings and sixpence. Before we cut more red tape, let's remember the banking crisis 2011-04-09T23:05:45Z |
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