“Have ye no had pennyworths for your charity?” she said, in spiteful scorn. ❋ Unknown (2008)
But they do commonly exceed, for who so bold as blind Bayard, and prescribe it by pennyworths, and such irrational ways, as I have heard myself market folks ask for it in an apothecary's shop: but with what success God knows; they smart often for their rash boldness and folly, break a vein, make their eyes ready to start out of their heads, or kill themselves. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Pirates may make cheap pennyworths of their pillage ❋ Unknown (2004)
However, the lands are rich, and, as is observable, it is very good farming in the marshes, because the landlords let good pennyworths, for it being a place where everybody cannot live, those that venture it will have encouragement and indeed it is but reasonable they should. ❋ Unknown (2003)
I get magnificent pennyworths at a shop in Cleveland Street, of a very rich quality indeed. ❋ Unknown (2003)
For in another place he says, _Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths. ❋ C. A. Bogardus (N/A)
The minister that divides the word there, must give lumping pennyworths. ❋ E.V. Lucas (N/A)
He means that the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good; for in another place he says -- Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths. ❋ Major A.R. Calhoon (N/A)
For in another place he says, "many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths." ❋ Charles Herbert Sylvester (N/A)
At Exeter, for example, one of the Canons was appointed to look after the Boy-Bishop, who was to have for his supper a penny roll, a small cup of mild cider, two or three pennyworths of meat, and a pennyworth of cheese or butter. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
Must we have no more pennyworths of sense to such a monstrous quantity of verbiage than Mr. Abbott gives us here? ❋ Various (N/A)
One retail shop-keeper in a busy spinning town in Lancashire assured us that he retailed over four hundred weight of snuff a week in pennyworths. ❋ E. R. Billings (N/A)
The memorialist certainly took pennyworths out of his friend's character. ❋ Various (N/A)
In those days 'small-coal,' or charcoal, was extensively used amongst the poorer classes, and regularly each morning Britton would shoulder his large sack of the fuel and go his round through the streets, disposing of his burden in pennyworths to the inhabitants. ❋ Francis Jameson Rowbotham (N/A)
The financial ideas of the latter scarcely went further than "making cheap pennyworths of their plunder, giving to courtesans and living like lords till all be gone," so that negotiating the sale of bonds was a mystery far too high for them -- something which they could never hope to attain to. ❋ Austin Bidwell (N/A)
The most usual method of intrigue is, to send an appointment to the lover to meet the lady at a Jew's shop, which are as notoriously convenient as our Indian-houses; and yet, even those who don't make use of them, do not scruple to go to buy pennyworths, and tumble over rich goods, which are chiefly to be found amongst that sort of people. ❋ Melville, Lewis (1925)
In short, we traded upon the high seas with these men, and indeed we made a very good market, and yet sold thieves 'pennyworths too. ❋ Percy Lubbock (1922)
She had four different necklaces, representing four different pennyworths of beads purchased at a shop whose merchandise was sold for one penny per item. ❋ James Stephens (1916)
Pirates may make cheap pennyworths of their pillage, ❋ Unknown (1914)
