Use "shilling" in a sentence

1. garage and a Shilling Shop distribution warehouse

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2. rich old woman flipped a shilling into the dirt by the old man’s tray

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3. folded paper of a ten shilling note into a small purse of the metal

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4. Through the greater part of the Low country, the most usual wages of common labour are now eight pence a-day ; tenpence, sometimes a shilling, about Edinburgh, in the counties which border upon England, probably on account of that neighbourhood, and in a few other places where there has lately been a considerable rise in the demand for labour, about Glasgow, Carron, Ayrshire, etc

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5. the same quantity of silver as a shilling of our present money, was declared to be the pay of a

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6. It regulates the price of bread according as the prices of wheat may happen to be, from one shilling to twenty shillings the quarter of the money of those times

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7. In one of them it is computed at six shilling and eightpence the quarter, in the other at five shillings and eightpence only

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8. the price of bread was regulated according to the different prices of wheat, from one shilling to twenty shillings the quarter of the money of those times

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9. } to conclude from this, that three shillings was the highest price to which wheat ever rose in those times, and that tenpence, a shilling, or at most two shillings, were the ordinary prices

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10. cheaper than it had been during the sixty-four last years of the last century; and about nine shillings and sixpence cheaper than it had been during the sixteen years preceding 1636, when the discovery of the abundant mines of America may be supposed to have produced its full effect ; and about one shilling cheaper than it had been in the twenty-six years preceding 1620, before that discovery can well be supposed to have produced its full effect

11. A shilling might, in the one case, represent no more labour than a penny does at present ; and a penny, in the other, might represent as much as a shilling does now

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12. But in the one case, he who had a shilling in his pocket would be no richer than he who has a penny at present; and in the other, he who had a penny would be just as rich as he who has a shilling now

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13. Silver very seldom appears, except in the change of a twenty shilling bank note, and gold still seldomer

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14. If twenty shilling notes, for example, are the lowest paper money current in Scotland, the whole of that currency which can easily circulate there, cannot exceed the sum of gold and silver which would be necessary for transacting the annual exchanges of twenty shillings value and upwards usually transacted within that country

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15. That between the dealers and the consumers, on the contrary, as it is generally carried on by retail, frequently requires but very small ones, a shilling, or even a halfpenny, being often sufficient

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16. A shilling changes masters more frequently than a guinea, and a halfpenny more frequently than a shilling

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17. Before the Act of parliament which put a stop to the circulation of ten and five shilling notes, it filled a still greater part of that circulation

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18. In the currencies of North America, paper was commonly issued for so small a sum as a shilling, and filled almost the whole of that circulation

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19. The suppression of ten and five shilling bank notes, somewhat relieved the scarcity of gold and

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20. silver in Scotland; and the suppression of twenty shilling notes will probably relieve it still more

21. From the beginning of the last century to the present time, provisions never were cheaper in Scotland than in 1759, though, from the circulation of ten and five shilling bank notes, there was then more paper money in the country than at present

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22. The same act of parliament which suppressed ten and five shilling bank notes, suppressed likewise this optional clause, and thereby restored the exchange between England and Scotland to its natural rate, or to what the course of trade and remittances might happen to make it

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23. A positive law may render a shilling a legal tender for a guinea, because it may direct the courts of justice to discharge the debtor who has made that tender ; but no positive law can oblige a person who sells goods, and who is at liberty to sell or not to sell as he pleases, to accept of a shilling as equivalent to a guinea in the price of them

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24. In order to make the same purchases, we must load ourselves with a greater quantity of them, and carry about a shilling in our pocket, where a groat would have done before

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25. As a shilling fresh from the mint will buy no more goods in the market than one of our common worn shillings, so the good and true money which might be brought from the coffers of the bank into those of a private person, being mixed and confounded with the common currency of the country, would be of no more value than that currency, from which it could no longer be readily distinguished

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26. If the herrings are entered for exportation, no part of this duty is paid up; if entered for home consumption, whether the herrings were cured with foreign or with Scotch salt, only one shilling the barrel is paid up

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27. By subsequent statutes, our tanners have got themselves exempted from this monopoly, upon paying a small tax of only one shilling on the hundred weight of tanned leather, weighing one hundred and twelve pounds

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28. consumption in Scotland, and pay the shilling a

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29. as before £ 0 12 3¾ From which the shilling a barrel is to be deducted 0 1 0 £ 0 11 3¾ But to that there is to be added again, the duty of the foreign salt used curing a barrel of herring viz 0 12 6 So that the premium allowed for each barrel of her- rings entered for home consumption is £ 1 3 9¾

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30. The window tax, as it stands at present (January 1775), over and above the duty of three shillings upon every house in England, and of one shilling upon every house in Scotland, lays a duty upon every window, which in England augments gradually from twopence, the lowest rate upon houses with not more than seven windows, to two shillings, the highest rate upon houses with twenty-five windows and upwards

31. , this duty was raised to one shilling in the pound ; but, three years afterwards, it was again reduced to sixpence

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32. ; and, in the fourth of the same prince, to one shilling

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33. , this duty continued at one shilling in the pound

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34. The subsidy of poundage having continued for so long a time at one shilling in the pound, or at five per cent

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35. The different taxes upon small beer amount to one shilling and fourpence a-barrel

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36. The maltster, indeed, instead of a tax of six shillings, would be obliged to advance one of eighteen shilling upon every quarter of malt

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37. If in this latter country there should be no land tax, nor any considerable duty upon the transference either of moveable or immoveable property, as is the case in Ireland, such absentees may derive a great revenue from the protection of a government, to the support of which they do not contribute a single shilling

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38. Amongst these we may reckon an additional shilling in the pound land tax, for three years; the two millions received from the East-India company, as indemnification for their territorial acquisitions ; and the one hundred and ten thousand pounds received from the bank for the renewal of their charter

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39. Calcraft's accounts, and other army savings of the same kind, together with what has been received from the bank, the East-India company, and the additional shilling in the pound land tax, the whole must be a good deal more than five millions

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40. If free and unmortgaged, it might be sufficient, with proper management, and without contracting a shilling of new debt, to carry on the most vigorous war

41. It was deeply in debt before the end of the sixteenth century, about a hundred years before England owed a shilling

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42. be raised to the denomination of a shilling, and twenty sixpences to that of a pound sterling ; the person who, under the old denomination, had borrowed twenty shillings, or near four ounces of silver, would, under the new, pay with twenty sixpences, or with something less than two ounces

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43. Although one shilling was a minuscule fine by Saxon standards, the testimony had led them to believe their man would be found in the right, and they swung instantly to their original mood and beyond

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44. He told him what was really going on and that Hammond was as bent as a ‘nine shilling note’ which didn’t exist in reality hence the saying

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45. She handed him one shilling that came from the money donated by the section

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46. ����������� �Are you ready to put money on this, sir?� A shilling that the jumper touches the marker

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47. communication to be over-run by identity theft and e-mails shilling

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48. shilling, exactly twice as much

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49. We used to have twenty shillings, or twenty bob to the pound, and sixpence, or a ‘tanner’ was worth half a shilling

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50. stock, soon bid the 5 shilling shares up to 32 shillings

51. bewildered) had cost one shilling

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52. deny the way things were on the other side of the shilling

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53. 'That miller will rob us of our last shilling

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54. 'She'll come and say you can have her for a shilling

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55. The other women drew aside and didn't argue when she said she was a virgin and he could know her for a silver shilling

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56. All his instincts rebelled against such an idea but there was only a shilling to lose and Harald's life was at stake

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57. He rummaged in his purse and did his best to find a shilling without revealing how much was there

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58. When we were teens, my mother used to tell us the shilling stories of witchcraft impersonation by which witchcraft attacks his or her prey disguised in the face of another innocent person

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59. People, he knew, grew reckless when they were at the end of their tether, and flung away their remaining resources at the very moment when every shilling was precious; after which, as apparently was the case with Fanny, they expected their friends to get them out of their difficulties

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60. A shilling couldn’t be worth information, could it?

61. “All that information for little more than a damn shilling

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62. A shilling! You’d think that the man would have some dignity

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63. rake up a ten shilling note so that we could go to the

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64. In addition, Jamie would have been willing to bet his life that Van der Merwe was not putting up one shilling

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65. Accordingly, the forger was put to Death; the utterer of a bad note was put to Death; the unlawful opener of a letter was put to Death; the purloiner of forty shillings and sixpence was put to Death; the holder of a horse at Tellson's door, who made off with it, was put to Death; the coiner of a bad shilling was put to Death; the sounders of three-fourths of the notes in the whole gamut of Crime, were put to Death

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66. Jerry had just enough forehead to knuckle, and he knuckled it in acknowledgment of this communication and a shilling

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67. Letts allows little space in his shilling diaries

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68. The first time she had not accused him, and at the week-end he had put the shilling again into her purse

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69. " 'I have taken the King's shilling, but perhaps if you came for me they would let me go back with you

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70. Morel gave each of them a sovereign till there were no more sovereigns; each half a crown till there were no more half-crowns; each a shilling till there were no more shillings

71. annuity to live on, and very regularly parted with every shilling she could

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72. `The greengrocer; one shilling on account

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73. At first Mr Rushton demanded ten pounds as a premium, the boy to be bound for five years, no wages the first year, two shillings a week the second, and a rise of one shilling every year for the remainder of the term

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74. Philpot did not add that he had `lent' Linden a shilling, which he never expected to see again

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75. Hoping that the gentleman might give him a shilling, Crass followed him into the front hall and began explaining what progress had so far been made with the work, but as Mr Sweater answered only by monosyllables and grunts, Crass presently concluded that his conversation was not appreciated and returned to the kitchen

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76. The Semi-drunk accepted his defeat with a good grace, and after explaining that he was a bit out of practice, placed a shilling on the counter and invited the company to give their orders

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77. Everyone asked for `the same again,' but the landlord served Easton, Bundy and the Besotted Wretch with pints instead of half-pints as before, so there was no change out of the shilling

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78. Pumblechook then put me through my pence-table from "twelve pence make one shilling," up to "forty pence make three and fourpence," and then triumphantly demanded, as if he had done for me, "Now! How much is forty-three pence?" To which I replied, after a long interval of reflection, "I don't know

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79. My sister was not in a very bad temper when we presented ourselves in the kitchen, and Joe was encouraged by that unusual circumstance to tell her about the bright shilling

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80. Joe, throwing down the shilling and catching up the paper

81. This was done: one shilling and fourpence was collected and given to Philpot, who was to bring back a gallon of beer in a jar

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82. When he had got his shilling, and had in course of time completed the ascent to his box, and had got away (which appeared to relieve his mind), I went into the front office with my little portmanteau in my hand and asked, Was Mr

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83. In three instances those who had put their names down for threepence increased the amount to sixpence and one who had promised sixpence gave a shilling

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84. He had worked thirty-three hours - that came to nineteen and threepence - one shilling and threehalfpence had gone on the subscription list, and he had given the rest of the coppers to a ragged wreck of a man who was singing a hymn in the street

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85. The other shilling had been deducted from his wages in repayment of a `sub' he had had during the week

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86. Under these circumstances I thought myself well rid of him for a shilling

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87. This reduced the money to five and sevenpence farthing, and of this it was necessary to spend a shilling on potatoes and other vegetables

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88. The cause of the row was that some time previously they had mutually agreed to each give a shilling a week to the old people

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89. If the old people liked to give up the house and go to live in a room somewhere by themselves, he would continue paying his shilling a week, but not otherwise

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90. They said it wasn't fair that they should pay a shilling a week each when the butcher - who was the eldest and earned the best wages - paid nothing

91. Taking home the coffin and lifting in the corpse, one shilling - usually there were two men to do this besides Hunter, who always accompanied them to superintend the work - attending the funeral and acting as bearer, four shillings: so that altogether Crass made six shillings and ninepence out of each funeral, and sometimes a little more

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92. For instance, when there was an unusually good-class corpse they had a double coffin and then of course there were two `lifts in', for the shell was taken home first and the outer coffin perhaps a day or two later: this made another shilling

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93. Then, he melted into parental tenderness, and gave them a shilling apiece and told them to

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94. at different times, who said - some of them - that they had been idle for ten, twelve, fifteen and in some cases for twenty weeks without having earned a shilling

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95. He had a large number of shilling books printed, each containing thirteen penny tickets

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96. The Distress Committee was not the only body pretending to `deal' with the poverty `problem': its efforts were supplemented by all the other agencies already mentioned - the Labour Yard, the Rummage Sales, the Organized Benevolence Society, and so on, to say nothing of a most benevolent scheme originated by the management of Sweater's Emporium, who announced in a letter that was published in the local Press that they were prepared to employ fifty men for one week to carry sandwich boards at one shilling - and a loaf of bread - per day

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97. He gave the man a shilling over his fare

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98. She could have any pattern she liked so long as the cost did not exceed one shilling per roll, Rushton's estimate being for paper of that price

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99. Misery sent her several patterns of sixpenny papers, marked at a shilling, to choose from, but she did not fancy any of them, and said that she would come to the shop to make her selection

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100. Without waiting to clean the mud off his clothes, he ordered Budd, the pimply-faced shopman, to get out rolls of all the sixpenny papers they had, and then they both set to work and altered the price marked upon them from sixpence to a shilling