one-and-eleven-pence

Updated: February 13, 2026

It ended as it had begun, in an even, agreeable tenor piping. Emanuel was much too great an artist to allow himself to be carried away by his emotion. The concluding words were, "Oh, rapture!" and Emanuel sang them just as if he had been singing "One-and-eleven-pence three-farthings." "Oh, rats!" said Jos, under cover of the impassioned applause. "It was nearly as long as Jarndyce v.

Arnold Bennett - Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)