I believe I'm the only creature alive who cares twopence for the poor old gentleman.

If thou wilt string them up I will pay thee twopence apiece for them.

The report that he charged twopence each for delivery is without foundation.

And I took twopence home to my wife.

Oh, my little fourpence, a jolly, jolly fourpence, I love fourpence as my life; I spent twopence of it, I spent twopence of it,

[Illustration: "Selina gives twopence on account.

To these sums he must add twopence for tobacco and a penny for an evening paperimpossible to do without tobacco, and he must know what was going on in the world.

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

"Is that so?" said the chemist; "then you owe me another 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.

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

That if a man (do you mark, sir?), being sick of the plague (do you see, sir?), had a, a, ahem, hem (this cold troubles me; it makes me cough sometimes extremely)had a French crown, sir, (you understand me?) lying by him, and (come hither, come hither), and would not bestow twopence (do you hear?) to buy an urinal (do you mark me?) to carry his water to the physician, hem! AUD.

An ascetic, of great pretensions to sanctity, took up his abode many years ago in this retreat, carrying on a thriving trade, every boat that passed contributing twopence, for which consideration the hermit rung a bell, to announce their arrival at the bridge of Mantes, giving notice to the town, in order to facilitate the transfer of baggage or passengers.

He doth sacrifice twopence in juniper to her every morning before she rises, and wakes her with villainous out-of-tune music, which she out of her contempt (though not out of her judgment) is sure to dislike.

They went about in their youth in flannel or paper caps, in coats black with coal-dust or streaked with lime and red paint; in old age their white hairs are seen in a place of honor at church and at market, and they tell their well-dressed sons and daughters seated round the bright hearth on winter evenings, how pleased they were when they first earned their twopence a day.

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.

"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.