Shillings

Examples

• Sixteen shillings sterling, we are told by Mr Byron, was the price of a good horse in the capital of Chili. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Some pounds, odd shillings, and halfpence, I think, were mentioned. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The price is eight shillings the quarter of wheat. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Four shillings, Mr. Mawmsey? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Its real value was equal to ten shillings and threepence of our present money. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Twelve shillings a week, even when they are an old man's wages, bury themselves. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Not five shillings, sir; nor five pence. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• In 1425, twelve shillings contained about the same quantity of silver as four-and-twenty shillings of our present money. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It is in England taxed at three shillings and fourpence a bushel; about three times the original price of the commodity. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Their wholesale price was six shillings, but the retailer would get twelve or more. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The youth shook his head Five shillings? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He's never content unless he gets my yellow-sealed wine, which costs me ten shillings a bottle, hang him! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Meantime, there's a few shillings for you, Grace, just to keep the pot boiling till custom comes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Five shillings turned is six, turned again it is seven and threepence, and so on till it becomes a hundred pounds. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Six shillings and eightpence was then, and long afterwards, reckoned the average price of a quarter of wheat. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It wouldn't be bad,' he yawned at one time, 'to give the waiter five shillings, and throw him. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• It is certainly-easier for the consumer to pay five shillings a-year for every hundred ounces of plate, near one per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But, however, here's five shillings for you. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Fifteen shillings a week,' said the boy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But in 1695, the common price of silver bullion was six shillings and fivepence an ounce, {Lowndes's Essay on the Silver Coin, 68. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Sixteen shillings, therefore, was the price of two quarters and more than three bushels of wheat. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Four-and-sixpence--five shillings. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Don't look for him in me, at thirty shillings a week, but look for him in Casby, at I don't know how much a year! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• At the rate of twenty-eight shillings the quarter, one-and-twenty shillings is in the present times the price of six bushels only. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Six shillings and ninepence halfpenny on the very first day! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Would they keep me long enough to spend seven shillings? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Compeyson laughed, looked at me again very noticing, giv me five shillings, and appointed me for next night. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• What does the Genius of the three hundred and seventy-five thousand pounds, no shillings, and nopence, think? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• They are said to be worth five shillings, some say ten shillings, an ounce for the fashion. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Week by week our income came to fifteen shillings, out of which three people had to be kept. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.

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