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The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff - Page 213
by Sir Richard Steele - 1712
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The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 1

1710 - 454 pages
...of his Book : When he fbould mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his Taws and Marbles, or laying up Farthings. His Way of Thinking is, Four and twenty...Shillings. So within thefe Two Months, the clofe Hunks has fcraped up Twenty Shillings, and we'll make him fpend it all before he comes Home. Jacf^ immediately...
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The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 1

1751 - 330 pages
...of his Book : When he fhould mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his Taws and Marbles, or laying up Farthings. His Way of Thinking is, four and twenty...Shilling, two Shillings and Sixpence Half a Crown, and two Half Crowns five Shillings. So within thefe two Months, the clofe Hunks has fcrap'd up twenty Shillings,...
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The Tatler, Volume 1

1804 - 416 pages
...of his book : when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles, or laying up farthings. His way of thinking is, four and twenty...; two shillings and sixpence half a crown, and two half crowns five shillings. So within these two months the close hunks has scraped up twenty shillings,...
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The British Essayists: The Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - 1803 - 496 pages
...of his book : when heshould mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles, or laying up farthings. His way of thinking is, four and twenty...sixpences a shilling ; 'two shillings and six-pence half aa crown, and two half crowns five shillings. So within these two months the close hunks has scraped...
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The Tatler, Volume 1

1803 - 410 pages
...of his book: when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles, or laying up farthings. His way of thinking is, four and twenty farthings make sixpence, and two six-. pences a shilling; two shillings and sixpence half a crown, and two half crowns five shillings....
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The British Essayists, Volume 1

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 406 pages
...of his book : when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his t;iws and marbles, or laying up farthings. His way of thinking is, four and twenty...two shillings and six-pence half a crown, and two half crowns five shillings. So within these two months the close hunks has scraped up twenty shillings,...
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The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface ..., Volume 1

Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 390 pages
...of his book : when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles, or laying up farthings. His way of thinking is, four and twenty...two shillings and six-pence half a crown, and two half crowns five shillings. So within these two months the close hunks has scraped up twenty shillings,...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

1823 - 380 pages
...of his book : when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles, or laying up farthings. His way of thinking is, four and twenty...shilling; two shillings and sixpence half a crown, and two half crowns five shillings. So within these two months the close hunks has scraped up twenty shillings,...
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The Guardian: Complete in One Volume, with Notes, and a General Index

1829 - 804 pages
...and hoarding his taws and marbles, or laying up farthings. His way of thinking is, four-and-twenty farthings make sixpence, and two sixpences a shilling; two shillings and sixpence half-a-crown, and two lialf-crowns five shillings. So within these two months the close hunks has scraped...
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Tatler & Guardian

1831 - 704 pages
...and hoarding his taws and marbles, or laying up farthings. His way of thinking is, four-and-Twenty ddison halt'-a-crown, and two half-crowns five shillings. So within these two months the close hunks has scraped...
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