The Journal of a Voyage to LisbonJohn Long, 1907 - 155 páginas |
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... shilling from a man who most undoubtedly would not have had another left , I had reduced an income of about five hundred pounds a - year of the dirtiest money upon earth to little more than three hundred pounds ; a consider- able ...
... shilling from a man who most undoubtedly would not have had another left , I had reduced an income of about five hundred pounds a - year of the dirtiest money upon earth to little more than three hundred pounds ; a consider- able ...
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... which the more they improve to their own use , the greater is their gratitude and piety . Thus at Gravesend a sculler requires a shilling for going less way than he would row in London for threepence ; and at Deal 58 A Voyage to Lisbon.
... which the more they improve to their own use , the greater is their gratitude and piety . Thus at Gravesend a sculler requires a shilling for going less way than he would row in London for threepence ; and at Deal 58 A Voyage to Lisbon.
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... shilling than ten pence , which latter would be the case if she afforded us fish at any rate . Thus we past a most agreeable day owing to good appetites and good humour ; two hearty feeders which will devour with satisfaction what- ever ...
... shilling than ten pence , which latter would be the case if she afforded us fish at any rate . Thus we past a most agreeable day owing to good appetites and good humour ; two hearty feeders which will devour with satisfaction what- ever ...
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... shilling , to - morrow at eighteenpence ; and if she dressed us two dishes for two shillings on the Saturday , we paid half - a - crown for the cookery of one on the Sunday ; and , whenever she was paid , she never left the room without ...
... shilling , to - morrow at eighteenpence ; and if she dressed us two dishes for two shillings on the Saturday , we paid half - a - crown for the cookery of one on the Sunday ; and , whenever she was paid , she never left the room without ...
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... shillings for the Sunday . We regaled ourselves at dinner with venison and good claret of our own ; and , in the afternoon , the women , attended by the captain , walked to see a delightful scene two miles distant , with the beauties of ...
... shillings for the Sunday . We regaled ourselves at dinner with venison and good claret of our own ; and , in the afternoon , the women , attended by the captain , walked to see a delightful scene two miles distant , with the beauties of ...
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