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Quotes About Shilling

The man was running away with the rest, and selling his papers for a shilling each as he ran—a grotesque mingling of profit and panic.
~ H. G. Wells
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~ Enid Blyton
Jefferson exploded with guilt: "The torment of mind, I will endure till the moment shall arrive when I shall not owe a shilling on earth is such really as to render life of little value.
~ Ronald Takaki
"Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shillingYour ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."
~ Edward Lear
Ensign Fitzgerald had somehow managed to get himself a jewelled sabre that he was now flashing around like a shilling whore given a guinea fan.
~ Bernard Cornwell
He leaned in for a sniff. 'Smells like a horse's arse! I've got Ian!' -'No sniffing allowed! We never discussed sniffing! I cry foul!' Ian was outraged. 'I'm not giving you a shilling!' -'Give him a shilling! It's not his fault you smell like a horse's arse!
~ Julie Anne Long
What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings, Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing, To fork out his copper and pocket your shilling.
~ Ebenezer Elliott
I used to go from place to place by tram. A shilling would take you all around London and the suburbs.
~ Vera Lynn