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Updated: June 26, 2025
Fra Gioconda's sumptuous decorations of 1502, which won for it the name of the Chambre dorée, the gold used being, it is said, equal in purity to the famous Dutch golden florin, have been partially restored.
I went directly to their galleons, and to my requirement they answered that they would keep him in safety, that they desired all for your service; and this notwithstanding that the said Juan Florin promised them thirty thousand ducats to be released.
I got a cent ready in one hand and a florin in the other, intending to give him the former if he survived and the latter if he killed himself for his loss would be my gain in a literary way, and I was willing to pay a fair price for the item but this impostor ended his intensely moving performance by simply adding some powder to the liquid and polishing the spoon!
To my surprise, a large letter, bearing the Gylingden postmark, and with a seal as large as a florin, showing, had I examined the heraldry, the Brandon arms with the Lake bearings quartered thereon, and proving to be a very earnest invitation from Stanley Lake, found me in London just about this time.
Every one lamented the mistake that had been made in abandoning the struggle; all felt that they should have fought to the end, at the cost of every man and every florin; that a mistake had been made in not assisting Prussia at the time of the campaign of Jena; and that the moment had come for all the powers to combine against the common foe and to crush him.
"Good, bad, true, false all kinds," replied the seller of dreams. "I have even a few thrilling nightmares. Dreams to sell! Dreams to sell!" "How much does a dream cost?" asked Peter. "A golden florin," answered the merchant. "I'll have one, please," said Peter; and he handed over the florin he had found.
'Anything more? I arst him. "'If you've a copper or two to spare, he says, 'it'll be a help to me on my way to Dorchester. "'Certainly, says I, and I began to feel in my trouser pockets and found a florin. 'Here, I says, 'it's all I have, but you're more than welcome to it. "Then my missus she giv' a sort of snort, and walked off.
The largest was the size of a florin, and had elevated borders, somewhat infiltrated; they were covered with a brown, dry scab. The patient suffered from itching at night so that he could not sleep.
His cruises, though directed principally against the Spaniards, were not tender of the interests of Portugal; and it is accordingly from Spanish and Portuguese writers and documents of the period, that the little information that exists in relation to him, is derived. He is called by the former, Juan Florin or Florentin, or simply, the Florentine, the French corsair.
"My dear Coloman, do pull yourself together," said Szilard, "what you have just told me is of the very greatest importance. Be quiet and don't tear out your hair! Are you aware that your infinitely good sister has honoured the 40,000 florin bill also in order to save you?" The poor youth was thunderstruck at these words.
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