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One of the men, however, having discovered the dilution, arrived after the first day with two jars. Asked the reason for the second jar, he answered that he should prefer to have his cider and the water separate. My bailiff always said that sixpennyworth of cider would do more work than a shilling in cash.
"It's just delicious!" whispered Sibyl Lake, the youngest scholar in the school. "We have you for the last fortnight before we break up. Just fancy, you will be there to see me if I get a prize!" "Yes, Sibyl, and if you do I'll give you sixpennyworth of chocolate creams." Sibyl shouted with joy. The other children echoed her glee. One of the teachers was obliged to interfere.
He has no money in his pocket, all that he can pawn he has pawned long ago, his stomach is as empty as his purse, and the whole of the clothes upon his back, even if sold on the best terms, would not fetch a shilling. There he stands, your brother, with sixpennyworth of rags to cover his nakedness from his fellow men and not sixpennyworth of victuals within his reach.
You can dip into Greek and Latin literature, history ancient and modern you can learn something of all mythologies-Pagan, Christian, and Hindoo; if your taste lies in the direction of Icelandic legends, you will not be disappointed in your sixpennyworth. For the last hundred years the painter seems to have neglected nothing except to learn how to paint.
She had a craving for flowers in these hot summer days; not the meagre sixpennyworth which adorned the saffron parlour, but a wealth of blossom, bought without consideration of cost. And one day, with the unexpectedness of a fairy gift, her wish was fulfilled.
"Neither, thanks," said Tom, tossing off the raw spirit at a gulp. It tasted to him like so much water; it did not muddle his brain, it cleared it, it nerved him for that interview with Rose. "Another sixpennyworth, please," he said, laying down a shilling on the table. The landlady paused, and coughed behind her hand; she had sons of her own.
Lennox; but as regards the brandy-bottle, she had watched it very carefully, and was convinced that scarcely more than sixpennyworth of liquor went out of it daily. The good woman did not know how it was replenished from another bottle that came sometimes from under the mattress, sometimes out of the chimney.
I defy you! Bring up the wretched creatures who learn the way to Hell in this cursed house, and let them see you do it. Call them! They are old friends of yours. They all know Captain Maurice Frere." "Sarah!" "You remember Lucy Barnes poor little Lucy Barnes that stole sixpennyworth of calico. She is downstairs now. Would you know her if you saw her?
"You go to Dame Reid's, and buy us sixpennyworth of the gingerbread papa calls the extreme of luxury, and we will eat it on the old men's bench in the porch." "Oho! her Majesty is descending to creature comforts," said Alex. "I thought she would soon come down to other mortals." "Only to gratify her famishing subjects," said Beatrice, "you disloyal vassal, you! Fred is worth a dozen of you.
"I haven't had anything, except the measles," she said; "and I don't see how you can blame me for that." "But," I said, "I think it's high time you paid a visit to your mother, and showed her that we have not forgotten her. Take some Swiss roll about sixpennyworth. Try to make things seem a little brighter to her.
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