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Updated: July 14, 2025
'She had it in her bosom, hid in a pocket little bigger than a crown-piece, inside her bodice. 'Ha, mistress Dorothy! is this true? asked Richard, turning on her a face of distress. 'It is true, answered Dorothy, with downcast eyes far more ashamed however, of that which had not been discovered, and which might have justified Richard's look, than of that which he now held in his hand.
"Oh, here's your money," cried Smith, handing him a crown-piece. "Be quick. By the way, can you lend me two or three men for half-an-hour or so at five shillings an hour?" "Right you are, sir," was the reply. "I'm one; I'll get you a couple more in no time. Be there as soon as you, sir." Smith hurried away.
This being done; the Queen of the Melliah stepped back, feeling Philip's eyes following her, while the oldest woman shearer came forward. "I've a crown-piece, here that's being lying in my pocket long enough, Joney," said Cæsar with an expansive air, and he gave the woman her accustomed dole.
But there was Kitty's great fire-opal, glowing like a coal on her breast, seeming to breathe as she breathed. It was almost as large as a crown-piece. During lulls Thomas dreamed. He was going to give himself until thirty to make his fortune; and he was going to make it down there in the wilds of South America.
D'ye know what I use this for? It's for melting bullets." He felt in his waistcoat pocket, drew out a crown-piece, held it for a moment betwixt finger and thumb, and dropped it into the ladle. "They say 'tis the surest way with a witch," said he; then, after a pause, "As for that lawyer-fellow of yours "
#Carbuncle# may be looked upon as an aggregation of boils, and is characterised by a densely hard base and a brownish-red discoloration of the skin. It is usually about the size of a crown-piece, but it may continue to enlarge until it attains the size of a dinner-plate. The patient is ill and feverish, and the pain may be so severe as to prevent sleep.
"You must have something for the good of the house, now you are in it." "In coorse," said the Ensign. "Certainly," said the other three. But the old lady said she was anxious to leave the place; and putting down a crown-piece, requested the hostess to treat the gentlemen in her absence. "Good-bye, Captain," said the old lady. "Ajew!" cried the Ensign, "and long life to you, my dear.
He gave the old clerk a crown-piece for his news, smiling to think of the time when he and his little playfellows had slunk out of the churchyard or hidden behind the gravestones, at the approach of this awful authority. Who was his mother? What had her name been? When did she die?
There I had placed the half biscuit, and there, of course, I could lay my hand upon it as well without a light as with one. So perfectly had I become acquainted with every corner of my apartment, and every crevice leading from it, that I could place my finger on any given spot of the size of a crown-piece, without the slightest deviation.
Go now forthwith and bring me back an answer as quickly as possible!" I therefore followed the huntsman, who led me into a vault where was no light save what fell through a hole no bigger than a crown-piece; and here my daughter sat upon her bed and wept. Any one may guess that I straightway began to weep too, and was no better able to speak than she.
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