"Pound sterling" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... be paid for her in the event of her being lost; the crew to be landed at the Cape, and himself to be furnished with a passage to England. On receiving this his second offer, the governor informed him, that instead of his proposal one pound sterling per ton per month should be given for the hire of the snow, to be paid when the voyage for which she was to be taken up should be completed. With this offer of the governor's, the master, notwithstanding his having quitted the cove on his first terms being rejected, ...
— An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1 • David Collins
... all sorts are as fine as can be desired, and they have plenty of fine fish of various kinds, all of which are very cheap. Take the butchers' meat all together, in every season of the year, I believe it is about twopence per pound sterling; the best beef and mutton, lamb and veal are often sold for sixpence per pound of New England money, which is some small matter more than one ...
— Customs and Fashions in Old New England • Alice Morse Earle
... over annually till further direction to Miss Janet MacKelpie at this address whatever sum may remain over from the interest of my mother's bequest after deduction of such expenses as you may deem fit for my maintenance, clothing, and education, together with a sum of one pound sterling per month, which was the amount my dear mother always gave me for my personal use—"pocket-money," she ...
— The Lady of the Shroud • Bram Stoker
... legajo, bundle (of papers) legislatura, (parliamentary) session lejos, far away lengua, tongue, language lento, slow, remiss letra, bill of exchange, handwriting levita, frock-coat la ley, the law libra, pound sterling, pound weight librarse, to get rid of libre, free libro, book libro de facturas, invoice book libro mayor, ledger liebre, hare lienzos, linens lienzos adamascados, diapers lienzos morenos, brown (unbleached) ...
— Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) • C. A. Toledano
... puts me in mind of a remarkable fact, well worth mentioning. The State of California owes me, at the least calculation, two hundred dollars, paid in sums varying from six kreutzers up to a pound sterling to hotel-keepers, porters, lackeys, and professional gentlemen throughout Europe, exclusively on the ground of my citizenship in that state. In Paris—in Spain—in Africa—in Germany (with the exceptions of the beer-houses ...
— The Land of Thor • J. Ross Browne |
