But beyond the regular "quarterage" they appreciated the need of. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth: the Disinherited Daughter By E. Ben Ez-er] Reference
That was the cash receipts for the year; that is, for my part of the "quarterage". From Wordnik.com. [The story of my life, or, More than a half century as I have lived it and seen it lived,] Reference
When you happen to see either Monsieur or Madame Perny, I beg you will give them this melancholic proof of my caducity, and tell them that the last time I went to see the boys, I carried the Michaelmas quarterage in my pocket; and when I was there I totally forgot it; but assure them, that. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman] Reference
Besides quarterage, there was an allowance for travelling and table expenses. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada] Reference
This was the second year of the existence of the Canada Conference, and the first time that we have a report of their quarterage. From Wordnik.com. [History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church] Reference
The next thing to be noticed is the statement of the quarterage given for the support of the white ministry by the African Society. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Only One in the United States of America, Styled Bethel Church] Reference
There was this difference — these self-constituted divines required no quarterage, penance money or Peter's pence to be paid them; they did all this free of charge. From Wordnik.com. [John M. Copley. A Sketch of the Battle of Franklin, Tenn. ...] Reference
Received ten shillings from Lawyer Bonnithorne for funeral sermon, and one pound two from Bolton charity; also five shillings quarterage from Henry Walmsley, and seven from Robert. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time] Reference
I got the chickens, the eggs, the butter, the ribs and backbones, the corn, the meat, and the Presiding Elder and Brother Stradley had helped us to eat our part of the quarterage. From Wordnik.com. [The story of my life, or, More than a half century as I have lived it and seen it lived,] Reference
He was so elated over this victory that he apparently forgave William on the spot for his Dives sermon, and handed him ten dollars on quarterage to indicate the return of his good will. From Wordnik.com. [A Circuit Rider's Wife] Reference
There shall be a General Class Meeting held in this Connection the week previous to the Quarterly Meetings, and each member shall receive their Love Feast tickets, and pay their quarterage at said meeting. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine & Discipline of the African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church, of the United States of America, or Elsewhere.] Reference
No tradesman of that persuasion is capable by any service or settlement to obtain his freedom in any town corporate; so that they trade and work in their own native towns as aliens, paying, as such, quarterage, and other charges and impositions. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12)] Reference
1755 he paid a farther sum of 7/. which, with thfe 'quarterage-money already paid, made up the sum of l6l. in lieu of all future payments. From Wordnik.com. [Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century; comprizing biographical memoirs of William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A.] Reference
And leave their little quarterage unpaid. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 491, May 28, 1831] Reference
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