I must have something to maintain myself with whilst I wrote my tale, and I had but eighteen pence in the world.
You have often told me there was only eighteen-pence between you and the workhouse; you owed Mrs. Lewis two weeks' money for the support of the child.
I only charges them four-pence a-day, and it is a loss at that, for they does take a lot of minding.
Esther looked at thepence which remained out of the last dress that she had pawned.
Yes, your majesty; papa bought it for me at the bazaar, and gave 5 shillings 6 pence for it," etcetera.
For twelve-pence you may redeem the soul of your father out of purgatory; and are you so ungrateful, that you will not rescue your parent from torment?
The clergy at the same time granted twelve-pence for every person beneficed; and of all other religious persons, four-pence by the poll, the four orders of Friars Mendicants only excepted.
The florin being found inconvenient, gave place to the noble, of six shillings and eight-pence value, and exactly half a mark.
Everyone pitied Papa so much, and saw so plainly that he was an honorable man, that they let him off at six-and-eight-pence instead of ten shillings.
Coinage In twelve-five-seven it is stated 1257 Gold was coined and circulated, Ha'pence and farthings just before; In those times worth a great deal more.
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Of this mileage something less than one-third is effected by railways, at an average cost of about six pence a mile.
The price of this is invariable, being always four pence for everything washed.
By what had come in on the 10th we were supplied yesterday and also today, and I had three pence left, after I had sent off to the matrons of the four houses what they needed.
On the 26th of August there was now again need of a fresh manifestation of the loving care of our Heavenly Father, as on the coming day, being a Saturday, much was needed, and there were only a few pence in hand.
A poor woman came to her, whilst they were walking, and gave her two pence for the benefit of the Orphans, adding "It is but a trifle, but I must give it you.
Now, one of these two pence had been needed, by the time I came, to make up the little sum which was required for the bread.
They had struggled to put their pence and shillings together, and with some difficulty had met the question of the rent; but Andy Neil either could not or would not pay; and the Squire had got the law, as he expressed it, to evict the man.
There are two good stores where we procured nearly everything we wanted at very moderate prices: beef of very fair quality is sold at 2 pence per pound, wild geese at 1 shilling 3 pence each, and rabbits at four shillings a dozen.
She had cause; seated side by side, cold, gaunt, and hunger pinched, Hez and his wife watched with famished eyes their two children eating the bare crusts which their last pence had purchased.
The six pencewere hers, and the box was bought; but, poor Rose!
Mark, "and do not thank me for the six pence till you know what I mean you to do for it.
Rose one day; "that box will cost but six pence, and if I had six pence it would be my own.
Though George might have set his mind on some toy, he felt glad to think that the pence which would have bought it had been of more use to some one else.
I will do all: I don't care what you bid me do, if I may but have the six pence to buy that box.
