 | Sir Richard Steele - 1712 - 398 pages
...ot" his Book : When he fhould mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his Taws and Matbles, or laying op Farthings. His Way of Thinking is, Four and twenty...Shillings. So within thefe Two Months, the clofe Hunks has fcrap'd up Twenty Shillings, and we'll make him fpend it all before he comes Home. Jfdt immediately... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1774 - 346 pages
...children : he knows nothing of his book : When he fhould mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his tawsand marbles, or laying up farthings. His way of thinking is, four and twenty farthings make fixpence, and twofixpences a fhilling, two millings and fixpence half a crown, and two half crowns... | |
 | 1785 - 698 pages
...— ' He is the mod (tupid of ail my mother's children: he knows nothing of his book; when he Ihould mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles, or laying up farthings. His way of thinking i« — " Four and twenty far. 'things make fixpence, an-! two fix' pences a (hilling, tv.-o (liiiiings... | |
 | 1804 - 416 pages
...' He is the most stupid of all my mother's children : he knows nothing of his book : when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles,...; 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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1803 - 496 pages
..." He is the most stupid of all my mother's children : he knows nothing of his book : when heshould mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles,...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... | |
 | 1803 - 410 pages
...' He is the most stupid of all my mother's children : he knows nothing of his book: when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles,...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.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 406 pages
...children : he knowi nothing 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...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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1809 - 382 pages
..." He is the most stupid of all my mother's children : he knows nothing of his book : when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles,...; 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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 390 pages
..." He is the most stupid of all my mother's children: he knows nothing of his book : when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles,...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,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 372 pages
...on, " He is most stupid of all my mother's children : he knows nothing of his book: when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles,...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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do you think my uncle takes any notice of such a dull rogue as you are?" Mr. William .goes on, " He is the most stupid of all my mother's children: he knows nothing of his book : when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles,... 
