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Taunton Two-pence per Pound and so in Proportion to any Part of the road.
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Two-pence for the good of the Company, or not be suffered to stay in the
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Two-pence each was accordingly paid, and then the surly janitor, or verger, as he is called, admitted us within the building.
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As philanthropy is of no _caste_ or creed, let us dip our pen "in the milk of human kindness," and recommend each of our readers to contribute the amount of the MIRROR purchase-money -- _Two-pence_ -- to the fund for relief of the Spanish Refugees.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 343, November 29, 1828 Various
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Tobacco, burn out half a Candle, eat half a Pound of Sugar, and then go away, and pay Two-pence for a Dish of Coffee.
All About Coffee 1909
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Two-pence to be abated for every sheet less than two hundred.
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Well, you shall have your Proposals forthwith; but I desire you wou'd be a little more reasonable in your Bills for the future, or I shall deal with you no longer; for I have a certain Fellow of a College, who offers to furnish me with Second-hand Motto's out of the Spectator for Two-pence each.
Fielding Dobson, Austin 1883
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_ Well, you shall have your Proposals forthwith; but I desire you wou'd be a little more reasonable in your Bills for the future, or I shall deal with you no longer; for I have a certain Fellow of a College, who offers to furnish me with Second-hand Motto's out of the _Spectator_ for Two-pence each.
Fielding Austin Dobson 1880
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Two-pence Duty for Entry, whereas Foreigners pay always Fifteen: These thirteen Pence difference make such ample amends for the small Waste, that there is a great deal of reason to hope, that for the time to come, there will be none but the Curious, and People that do not value the
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Where's the Turk for Two-pence Tip-toe Tommy turn'd?
Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation Anonymous
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