In this manner the new and highly profitable traffic in English guineas entered the province of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Light of Scarthey] Reference
Proctor or Huck at the garrison will soon have him among them, and he'll get his pay in English guineas for desertion. From Wordnik.com. [The Partisan: A Tale of the Revolution. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. In Two Volumes. Vol. I] Reference
The duet went on, McNiece capping Gallaher's pounds with a monotonous repetition of the word guineas until the price rose to twenty pounds. From Wordnik.com. [Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918] Reference
He cannot coin guineas but in proportion as he has gold. '. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Johnson]
Executioner Ten instead of Five guineas, which is the customary. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...] Reference
The guineas were the first objects that compelled his attention. From Wordnik.com. [The Sword and the Distaff: Or, "Fair, Fat, and Forty." A Story of the South, at the Close of the Revolution by the Author of "The Partisan," "Mellichampe," "Katharine Walton," Etc. Etc.] Reference
He was for sale at 250 guineas, which is £3500 in today's money. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Record - Home] Reference
'He cannot coin guineas but in proportion as he has gold,' v. 229. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Johnson, Volume 6 Addenda, index, dicta philosophi, etc.] Reference
Golden cups, spoons, candlesticks, coined guineas -- all the riches were revealed. From Wordnik.com. [Barnaby Rudge]
Golden cups, spoons, candlesticks, coined guineas — all the riches were revealed. From Wordnik.com. [Barnaby Rudge] Reference
Mr. DION BOUCICAULT'S physician was as bland a humbug as ever coined guineas in Mayfair. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916] Reference
You name guineas, whereas I only get pounds sterling, and I hear there is a difference between these. From Wordnik.com. [Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826]
It costs me sixteen guineas, which is a large amount of money, but I'm in love for the very first time. From Wordnik.com. [Broken Music, A Memoir]
He also made violoncellos, and was so fortunate as to sell one of his making for three guineas, which is still reckoned a good instrument. From Wordnik.com. [Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers] Reference
Wherein guineas four were laid. From Wordnik.com. [Letter 31] Reference
He cannot coin guineas but in proportion as he has gold.’. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides] Reference
Coast of Africa, and brought back from Guinea the gold from which our first "guineas" were struck. From Wordnik.com. [History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8) Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683] Reference
I haven't sacked more than nine guineas altogether. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
Thirty guineas for a 16 horse-power horse is absurd. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914] Reference
Gold London-made Patent Levers, 17, 15, and 12 guineas. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.] Reference
I think it was above seven pounds and under seven guineas. From Wordnik.com. [A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father] Reference
"It's worth more than a hundred guineas," shouted Ridgwell. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
States, they robbed of 700 guineas and then burnt to death. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference
Libraire, at Longman's is still to be sold at four guineas. From Wordnik.com. [A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father] Reference
Will two guineas an evening satisfy you as you are a beginner?. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
"Five guineas is rather a lot of money, Minnie," he said gravely. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
The bay horse I purchased in England, and gave 70 guineas for him. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
It is said that the painter sold it off his easel for 800 guineas. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
The fifty guineas which he had promised to pay each year vexed him. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
Large crowds gathered to hear him at the rate of five guineas for each pupil. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
Euston, and, lastly, Mr. Rougeant was to pay an annual stipend of fifty guineas. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
"I don't believe you can do it, but if you can, I'll give you a thousand guineas.". From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
"I would not harm a hair of his head for as many guineas as there be hairs in mine.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
America was discovered, original binding and clasps, not in Dibdin, for three guineas!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
Porthoustock men came to the ears of Government, and ten guineas were sent to each man. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
The competition, however, continued beyond that sum, until the picture was sold for 6,200 guineas. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
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