This I did, although I had not yet eaten anything in the man's house, seeing that I wanted to know first what sort of bargain I might make, and to save the farthings belonging to the church until then.
We will take the few farthings which the congregation have brought together to pay the ferry, and thou canst order the maid to wait for us till eventide at the water-side to carry home the victuals.
An agreement was made, and he earned five shillings and two-pence-three-farthings per week as his share of this speculation with the muses.
It is usual for a man, his wife, and a child, to join in performing these processes; and they are paid at the rate of five farthings per pound.
They are paid at the rate of five farthings per pound, and generally earn about 3s.
Come, the story is done, and now we'll go home, and all the patient listeners and weeders may reckon upon getting one or more farthings apiece from mamma.
If you go on talking so much, you will not get any half-farthings at all!
Sancho surveyed himself from head to foot and saw himself all ablaze with flames; but as they did not burn him, he did not care two farthingsfor them.
They called her the night-spinster, by reason that she ofttimes would sit at her wheel till late into the night to earn money which she was paid at the rate of three farthings the spool.
The Stolen Farthings A father was one day sitting at dinner with his wife and his children, and a good friend who had come on a visit was with them.
Fourteen farthings in ready money, three and a half groschen owing to me, half a pound of dried apples, a handful of fried bread, and a handful of spices.
How Six Men Got on in the World There was once a man who understood all kinds of arts; he served in war, and behaved well and bravely, but when the war was over he received his dismissal, and three farthings for his expenses on the way.
I never knew a man who could find more farthings in a shilling than Mr. Bonteen.
Seven of the most material clauses had, no doubt, been postponed, and the great bone of contention as to the two superfluous farthings still remained before him.
A husband that wants to put five farthings into a penny!
And I find you up, wandering homeless, and picking farthings off dead women by the wayside!
Should not I have been warming my knees at this charcoal pan, and would not you have been groping for farthings in the snow?
She was looked upon as a guest of high distinction at the ball, for she was liberal with her farthings and halfpence.
Rimbault 82 A Note on Queen Anne's Farthings by J.
It is evident that sixty farthings cannot be divided between sixty-four erws.
Ten shillings and twopence three farthingswas the customary charge for an oath to the effect that he had served a monition on himself.
I shall have to burn an incredible amount of coals to dry up this lake--coals at twelve farthings the miners' standard!
Where Sally goes it's always Spring, Her presence brightens everything; The sun smiles bright, but where her grin is, It makes brass farthings look like guineas.
Farthings were farthingsin Stephen's eyes, and he supposed he might as well bring the starch.
And having glanced at the corner to see that the farthings were both duly deposited, she rolled abruptly over on her seat, and scrambled off backwards, a manoeuvre which the other child accomplished with more difficulty.
The other was too deeply engaged in poking and fumbling for farthings in her glove to permit herself to be distracted by anything or anybody.
He is looking quite gay though, 340 As if on a holiday, Has a clean shirt on; Some farthings are jingling Aloud in his pocket.
They light a large fire, And collecting some farthings 110 Send two of their number To buy them some vodka, The rest cutting cups From the bark of a birch-tree.
There he throws Some hard-earned farthings on the seat; He drinks, and revels in the treat, The sense of perfect ease and rest.
They gather his hat full Of all kinds of money, From farthings to bank-notes, The notes of the peasant All crumpled and torn.
This conversation quite interested me; kennel was house; eight farthings was twopence; scrand was food; and needy was beggar.
It was in relation to this house that he spoke to his companion, using the following words: "I called at the big, red kennel and got my eight farthings and scrand.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "farthings" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
