Crowns
[kraʊn]
Examples
- An six hundred crowns, said Isaac, the good Prior might well pay to your honoured valours, and never sit less soft in his stall. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- While failure is sometimes the outcome of the water-finder’s attempts, success as often and, indeed, according to the testimony of Professor Barrett, more often crowns his efforts. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They have been turning out half-crowns by the thousand. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I shook these two half-crowns out of him, says the constable, producing them to the company, in only putting my hand upon him! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Six hundred crowns, said the leader, gravely; I am contented--thou hast well spoken, Isaac--six hundred crowns. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Antony wore a crown in Egypt, and the Roman emperors also wore crowns of various forms, from the plain golden fillet to the radiated or rayed crown. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He sold the King a copy for seven hundred and fifty crowns, and private citizens copies at smaller prices. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Laurel crowns cure no aching head, but the gentle kiss of a loved wife in time of trouble is indeed balm in Gilead. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- There's a song that says, “I'd crowns resign, to call her mine! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Tell the dog, he said, to send me, before sun-down, two thousand crowns. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The happy do not feel poverty--for delight is as a gold-tissued robe, and crowns them with priceless gems. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Porcelain and gold crowns and dental pluggers run by electricity represent other important advances in this art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But its most precious contents were two half-crowns folded together in a bit of paper, on which was written, in my mother's hand, 'For Davy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Now, you and I and Dr. Grant will just do; and though _we_ play but half-crowns, you know, you may bet half-guineas with _him_. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
Typed by Agatha