His Uncle Bunker, he explained, had even offered him five-and-twenty pounds to go.
Five-and-twenty pounds I would have given to save Messenger's brewery from such a villain.
Inhabits rocky shores, and grows to the size of fifteen or twenty pounds weight.
He informed her by letter, that in the beginning of his troubles he had pawned some silver plate in town for four-and-twenty pounds, that it was more than double the value, and might probably be lost on his death.
I don't like thinking of it--and all for the want of twenty pounds?
The most careful experiments have clearly established the fact, that at least twenty pounds of honey are consumed in making a single pound of wax.
The fold yielded up its hoard to a sou: Lanyard counted out five notes of one thousand francs and ten of twenty pounds: their sum, upwards of two thousand dollars.
Lanyard addressed in a confidential manner those he knew at the table, before turning away to the tug of the Count's hand on his arm--"I think he means to pay up twenty pounds he owes me!
In 1378 his grant of an annuity--here stated to be twenty pounds--was confirmed and he was retained in the king's service.
In 44 Edward III he was receiving an annuity of twenty pounds, [Footnote: Devon's Issues, p.
In addition he was in 1394 granted another annuity of twenty pounds.
A good-sized one would weigh from fifteen to twenty pounds.
They thus obtained a precious liquid, and which the care necessary for its production rendered so dear, that eight pints of it cost no less than from fifteen to twenty pounds.
One ostrich produces as much as twenty pounds of it, and it is used for the preparation of dishes, for the cure of rheumatism, humeurs froides, and paralysis.
She don't give me twenty pounds for my beauty, although she might give you a great deal more, and yet not pay you half enough.
You have such unusual wages: twenty pounds a year, is it not?
It reaches a weight of ten to twenty pounds or more, being a large strong fish in its way, inferior only to the muskallunge.
The steelhead (Salmo rivularis) is a large trout, reaching twelve to twenty pounds in weight, found abundantly in river estuaries and sometimes in lakes from Lynn Canal to Santa Barbara.
Its maximum weight is from twelve to twenty pounds, but most of those taken are much smaller.
It reaches a weight of twenty pounds or more, and in the far north is a food-fish of good quality.
The officers' baggage had been cut down to twenty pounds a head--an amount scarcely sufficient for a single change of clothes and boots.
I would not have missed that for twenty pounds, O'Connor; it is the first bit of real amusement I have had since I landed.
My advice is, Terence, get fifteen or twenty pounds in gold sewn up in your boot; have an extra sole put on, and the money sewn inside.
Not but what principle is principle, be it twopence or twenty pounds.
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