The heir of Col, an island not far distant, has lately told me how wealthy he should be if he could let Rum, another of his islands, for twopence halfpenny an acre; and Macleod has an estate which the surveyor reports to contain 80,000 acres, rented at £600 a year.'

125. 'The window tax, as it stands at present (January 1775)...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.'

In 1809 the whole income for Llangwinodyl, including surplice fees, amounted to forty-six pounds two shillings and twopence, and for Tydweilliog, forty-three pounds nineteen shillings and tenpence; so that it does not appear that Mr. Thrale carried into effect his good intention.

Tiny Tim drank it last of all, but he didn't care twopence for it.

of seventeen pounds is eight pounds ten; 'arf of five shillings is 'arf-a- crown; and 'arf of fourpence is twopence.'

He speaks statutes and husbandry well enough to make his neighbours think him a wise man; he is well skilled in arithmetic or rates, and hath eloquence enough to save twopence.

Look here, I shan't give twopence for your immortality unless I'm to remain an individual.

Say two hours a night at twopence-halfpenny.

The heir of Col, an island not far distant, has lately told me, how wealthy he should be, if he could let Rum, another of his islands, for twopence halfpenny an acre; and Macleod has an estate, which the surveyor reports to contain eighty thousand acres, rented at six hundred pounds a year.

* Price TWOPENCE.

The first three newspapers that I had, I paid five pence each for; but now I get them for twopence each.

"Do you think I care twopence what's said or thought by people I never saw in my life before and am never likely to see again?

"Not that it matters twopence so long as you are not misled by anything I said the other day.

"I can't give it back to you," he said, slowly, "because I've smoked some of it, and I can't pay you for it because I've only got twopence, and that I want for myself.

"I have sold him," cried Moses, "for three pounds five shillings and twopence."

Between ourselves, three pounds five shillings and twopence is no bad day's work.

As a rustical boy, hired at twopence a week, may fling stones at the blackbirds and drive them off and possibly hit one or two, yet if he get into the hedge and begin to sing, he will make a wretched business of the music, and Labin and Colin and the dullest swains of the village will laugh egregiously at his folly; so the critic employed to assault the poet....

I can bowl at cricket and bat too, and I give a boy called 'Gnat' twopence a game to do my runs for me.

Cases have been known of American cheese being sold in manufacturing towns as low as twopence per pound retailgiven away by despairing competition.

I am confident that if a census were taken of all the "hired men" of our six states, and a fair average struck, the daily expenditure for drinks would not exceed twopence, or four cents per head, while their average wages would amount to 4s., or 96 cents, per day through the year.

The proprietors of the fisheries defray the expense of this breeding establishment, being taxed only twopence in the pound of their rental.

There's ninepence for your dinner, fourpence for your tea, and twopence for a crust o' bread and cheese for supper.

" Peter said 'e didn't care twopence if 'e'd got fifty papers, and they walked along looking for a police-man, which was a very unusual thing for them to do.

For Willie, his oldest, if not his choicest friend, had recently jeered at his intention of becoming a soldier, and they had parted on indifferent terms, though Willie had succeeded in adding to a long list of borrowings a fresh item of twopence.

In imitation of these gentlemen she will assure those who care to listen to her, that she has had a real bad day, not having managed to get on to a single winner, and that if it hadn't been for a fluke in backing Tantivy, one, two, three, she would have been reduced to a twopence in the pound condition of beggary.