Then he bought books--volumes which cost anything between twopence and two shillings; further than that he durst not go.
Mr Sykes ate little, but took copious libations of porter at twopence a pint.
At present, as Biffen knew, it was twopence three-farthings, a common figure.
Reflecting, he remembered to have passed yesterday a shop where the bread was markedtwopence halfpenny; it was a shop in a very obscure little street off Hampstead Road, some distance from Clipstone Street.
To his delight the twopence halfpenny announcement was still in the baker's window.
When the others found out where he was going, several of them asked him to bring back a drink for them, and then someone suggested that all those who wanted some beer should give twopence each.
In such a case he 'charged' half an hour overtime on his time sheet--he used to get twopence an hour for overtime.
Every man put either a penny or twopence into this box.
Every Saturday throughout the year when the men were paid they were expected to put a penny or twopence in the hospital box.
I dealt round the bread rather shamefacedly, for I felt unpleasantly as though I were feeding animals at the Zoo, and escaped hastily from a storm of blessings, with a new idea about the power of twopence to relieve misery.
He is a humble youth, will accept twopenceas bakshish, and be your dog for a florin.
At one of our jaunts we were only charged twopence a piece for our dinner.
I verily believe, would not have cared twopence to have played me the same pliskie that he did my douce and worthy friend.
I then bade the woman sit down by the ingle cheek, and our wife to give her a piece of cold beef, and a shave of bread, besides twopence out of my own pocket.
The ordinary fare was about twopence halfpenny a mile in summer, and somewhat more in winter.
The charge for conveying a single letter was twopence for eighty miles, and threepence for a longer distance.
But Lenny Fairfield would be as much pleased with twopence: and what couldtwopence do to thee?
Once we got as far as twopence half-penny, and then one day Richard came to me and said, "I must have some more string for the kite.
I like you to be simple, and shy, and retiring, and not to care twopence what any one thinks of you, so long as your father is contented.
To copy anything in it you have to pay twopence a line.
There is a great deal more in it than a readjustment of duties--twopence off this and a penny on that.
Now, really, can't we manage that twopence to make five shillings?
An idiot, for instance, wouldn't care twopence whether the drop was six feet or six hundred.
The lad gave histwopence to the boys, and took the mouse home with him.
He sold it for twopence and bought bread for his aged mother and himself.
He paid twopence for bread, and putting the other twopence in his pocket was returning home, when he met the village boys who were this time torturing a mouse.
He at once gave them the twopence which he had earned that day by selling his wood, and took the kitten home with him.
He rather grudged the twopence which he paid; but he felt that it might be well laid out.
One old chap gave me twopence for looking arter his hoss and cart while he went into the market with his flowers.
So the creditors came, but they were so numerous that by evening the Prince had but twopence left for himself, and could not go further on his journey.
And the Prince, kind and generous, put his hand to his pocket and gave the old woman the twopence that was left to him.
When she declared that the police had behaved very badly, and that Major Mackintosh was inexcusable in troubling her again, and that she had ceased to care twopenceabout the necklace,--the man made no remonstrance to her petulance.
Frank, I don't care twopence for his honesty and truth.
Five shillings and twopence an ounce, therefore, is said to be the mint price of silver in England, or the quantity of silver coin which the mint gives in return for standard silver bullion.
He sat reading a copy of Extracts from Browning which he had bought for twopence from old Lunt.
Earned one and twopencethis week at holding horses.
I got a penny yesterday at it, and twopence for carrying a parcel, and to-day I've had a penny.
Spent their lasttwopence on a pen'orth each of tea and sugar.
Twopence would pay for a bed and twopence more for supper.
He had done some smithy work before, he said; and he was taken on forthwith, at a wage of twopence an hour.
I wouldn't give twopence for the whole of it," said Bell.
There is twopence a yard more in the colour; there is, indeed.
His bereavements do not disturb him and he doesn't care twopence about his career.
Why, my dear young sir, thought I, I cannot paytwopence in the pound.
But we must admit, on the evidence, that Nature does not care twopence who wins, and is as unconcerned about our affairs as we are about the affairs of a nest of ants that we tread on without knowing that we have trodden on it.
This cost us expense, because an organ-grinder will never consent to fly the spot under twopence a flight.
I find it suits me, and is quite a friend, but it costs me nearly twopence a day, at least that is what I reckon it does.
I have been with you a long time, and hope you won't mind another twopence a day just to buy the tobacco as you recommended to be used in moderation.
He told me he actually got twopence a yard more on one occasion by using the boxes right for a week, on the ground of extra hard dredging, for, of course, all the stones and heaviest dredgings fall to the bottom.
