Money I knew now told much, and I gave to her who had never perhaps had five shillings to call her own.
I had had the three women at a cost of five shillings; such luck never occurred to me before, or since.
She paid I think but twenty-five shillings a week for her board and lodging together.
A shilling a feel, or a look at the nudity, and for half-a-crown to five shillings at the outside for complete enjoyment was a tariff generally accepted.
It was during this exodus or hegira, I think, that I was excommunicated by old Mr. James, of Lansoar, because I was loafing at home instead of living on five shillings a week in London.
They were very kind; they offered me twenty-five shillings a week to stay, but I thanked them and said no.
So I looked about me, and through the favour of a friend I got a little teaching of small children at twenty-five shillings a week.
They could have one double room for twenty-five shillings a week each, and five shillings extra for the baby, or they could have two single rooms for a pound a week more.
Philip agreed, and it happened that Mildred knew of a boarding-house at Kemp Town where they would not be charged more than twenty-five shillings a week each.
Well, sir, some give me two and sixpence and some give me five shillings.
My informant told me that lambs in early autumn were worth from thirty-five shillings to two pounds when fit to kill.
After they had spent the toil of years on improvement, their rents were raised to seven and sixpence per acre, five shillings at one rise; then it was raised to ten shillings; the next rise was to fifteen shillings and then to twenty.
He was only a laborer himself, the farmer he worked for was paying fifty-five shillings an acre for part of his farm and L3 for the rest.
For example, if a hatter sells a dozen of hats for five shillings apiece, which amounts to three pounds, and receives the payment in Wood's coin, he really receives only the value of five shillings.
I should like to do so, and certainly no one who is a judge can call this bonnet dear at thirty-five shillings; it never was made for the money.
The present duty on colonial timber, he said, amounted to ten shillings a load, and on Baltic timber fifty-five shillings.
He had during the day been planning various means to procure the release of his legs from the bondage of his chains, and now having forty-five shillings in his possession, he attempted to procure a hammer.
I, however, took the liberty of subscribing his name to my memorial, by way of sanction, and gave his charity credit for a donation of five shillings.
Tickets downstairs at the office, sir, five shillings: ladies half price if accompanied by a gentleman.
Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow:" with gas, five shillings extra.
Tickets to be delivered at the place of performance at Five Shillings each, the Concert to begin exactly at six a Clock, and no Tickets will be delivered after Five the Day of performance.
With this sum of thirty-five shillings in English money, and consisting of two Dutch ducats and five Prussian dollars, I started to tramp the two hundred miles between Hamburg and Berlin.
The admission for the view on that day will be five shillings each, to be distributed by the Lord Mayor in charity; after which the kitchen will be closed, M.
Referring to it, a Dublin journal exclaims--"Five shillings each to see paupers feed!
Five shillings each to watch the burning blush of shame chasing pallidness from poverty's wan cheek!
It even struck her that an Irish republic, had such a thing really come into being, might not have been able to offer the citizens the glorious chance of a weekly pension of twenty-five shillings.
My fee is half a guinea a visit," he said, softly; "five shillings if you come to me.
He was so vague and so delicate that Mrs. Pullen misunderstood him, and fancying that he was trying to borrow half a crown, made him a present of five shillings.
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