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"'Ere!" said the man, cutting off large pieces of the pudding and passing it across the counter to the boys who took it, without speaking, and began to gnaw at it immediately. "Wod you say for it, eih?" the man demanded. They mumbled unintelligibly, their mouths choked with the food. "Pore little kids, they don't know no better! Nah, then, 'op it, you two! That'll be fourpence, sir!"
Cameron drew my attention to the necessity of 'hydraulicking' this hill-side; and from three pounds of its yellow clay, gathered at random, we washed about fourpence worth of gold-dust, upwards of 8l. a ton. Other specimens assayed 1 oz. 13 dwts. and 13 grains. A few minutes of uphill-walk led us to the little Apatim village, our objective.
Frank produced his fourpence and laid it on the corner of the table. "That's for supper and bed to-night," he said. "Nonsense, my boy; put it back in your pocket." "Kindly take that fourpence," remarked Frank. "You can add some breakfast to-morrow, if you like."
After some minutes he appeared to have come to a decision, and entering the shop he purchased a baby's rattle for fourpence halfpenny. It was a pretty toy made of white bone and coloured wool, with a number of little bells hanging upon it, and a ring of white bone at the end of the handle. When he came out of the shop Slyme set out for home, this time walking rapidly.
And I said to my husband, Timothy, says I, 'tis a very hard thing for one to ruin one's self for stranger people There's Doctor Fathom, says I, his account comes to nine-and-forty pounds seven shillings and fourpence halfpenny; and you know, doctor, that was before your last bill began.
To his most worthy friend, Sir Samuel Saltonstall Knight, he gives five pounds; to Morris Treadway, five pounds; to his sister Smith, the widow of his brother, ten pounds; to his cousin Steven Smith, and his sister, six pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence between them; to Thomas Packer, Joane, his wife, and Eleanor, his daughter, ten pounds among them; to "Mr.
"I'll lodge with you," he said, "and I'll give you all my money and things to take care of. I can't run away without money." He turned out his pockets on the table. Seven pounds eighteen shillings and fourpence with his re-turn ticket made one heap; his watch and chain, penknife, and a few other accessories another.
Saturday morning came; I paid my lodging bill, and had three shillings and fourpence left; and out of this sum I was to get three dinners, as I was only served with breakfast and tea at my lodgings. Nowhere in the British empire do the people witness as dark days as in London. It was on Monday morning, in the fore part of October, as the clock on St.
Therefore I will say to you, what I have already said to Mr Chuzzlewit. Tom glanced at the old gentleman, who nodded now and then as approving of Mr Pecksniff's sentences and sentiments, but interposed between them in no other way. Tom looked at him steadily. 'Do you deny it, sir? asked Mr Pecksniff, dropping one pound two and fourpence, and making a great business of picking it up again.
In those days the postage of a letter was twopence for short distances, and threepence for any distance beyond eighty miles. But those charges had been gradually increased; about the middle of the century the lowest charge was fixed at fourpence, rising in proportion to the distance, till the conveyance of a single letter from one extremity of the kingdom to the other cost eighteen-pence.
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