These little purses are full of a cool, sweet, clear cordial and very agreeable water.
Prior thinks, would get the name of Rattle-pouches, and this be extended to the plant, in allusion to the little purses which it hangs out by the wayside.
There are purses full of gold which is poured out right and left, and not a crown of it falls to thee!
I felt that nature had put my lawful inheritance into the purses of the pagods, and I devised a thousand means of recovering my rights.
Having filled the two newpurses his uncle had bought for him with his clothes, he wrapped some up in the skirts of his vest, and crammed his bosom as full as it could hold.
I gave him two purses of two hundred sprugs each, and promised, when we arrived in England, to make him a present of a cow and a sheep.
Aladdin's mother brought the china dish, when he took the jewels out of the two purses in which he had kept them, and placed them in order according to his fancy.
The innumerable concourse of people through whom he passed made the air echo with their acclamations, especially every time the six slaves who carried the purses threw handfuls of gold among the populace.
His Majesty presented me with fifty purses of two hundred sprugs apiece, together with his picture at full length, which I put immediately into one of my gloves, to keep it from being hurt.
The six slaves who carried the purses he ordered likewise to march before him, three on the right hand and three on the left.
The table was served by four papal knights and twelve squires, who each received silver girdles and purses filled with gold from the hosts.
He came back in half an hour in tears, and took out of his shoes two purses containing three hundred and fifty sequins, and, the gaoler going before, he went to take them to the secretary.
The drawers of the bureau contained all her diamonds and four purses full of sequins.
On these mitred tyrants the outlaw had no mercy, as far as their purses were concerned.
Something the Danes must have, and ought to have; and St. Peter's gold was better in theirpurses than in that of Thorold and his French monks.
The repast at an end, the guests forthwith disburdened themselves of their gold--the payers approaching the holder of the seals in order of rank, and laying on his table purses of money, which the noble payee accepted with his own hands.
The girls dance, each throws her ten purses of money, and then they retire into the bottle.
Then he brought forward and presented the ten chests and the ten purses of gold, the dowry of the bride, and all those present, high and low, and rich and poor gave him their best wishes and congratulations.
The inhabitants of this republic heap up great riches with anxious and unwearied vigilance, which, however, they do not enjoy: their purses are always full, their stomachs always empty.
I had been furnished with brilliant testimonials from both faculties, and wanted only money;--a fate common to Norwegian students, who generally return home with empty purses from the Temple of the Muses.
Yet there the culprit had some hope of being suffered to live, at least while daily examinations, with the hourly perspective of the axe, could make him contribute to the purses of the tribunal.
Archibald artfully affected to be startled at this defiance, and, seemingly desirous to draw back, pleaded his inability to measure purses with such a rich man as Sir Philip.
Ay, very likely to dame Ulrica, the housekeeper, for she has more purses and money than any body else in the world.
The following year some of the men who had gone away to America returned in fine clothes and with full purses to tell of the wonderful country beyond the seas, where one could always earn his ten lire every day and do as he liked.
I must ask you for your purses and for your jewellery.
Thus the knights of the road who stopped coaches and filched purses on the heath of Newmarket or Hounslow usually rode off "damning" their victims and advising them to sue the hundred for the injury.
Purses from ten to two hundred guineas or pounds were the prizes; also "Saddles, Bridles, Cups and Soop Ladles.
Garments were, for many years, cut after the same patterns, varying mainly in accordance with the purses of their wearers.
There was a fine race-course at Fredericksburg, and purses were won from ten to a hundred pounds.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "purses" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
