fifteenpence

Yet, even so, the price of the quartern loaf rose to more than fifteenpence, and we were brought to the verge of civil war.

The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898

Indeed, when all had been done, and he found himself, four days later, dwelling on the top story of the house of cobwebs, a simple computation informed him that his total expenditure, after payment of rent, must not exceed fifteenpence a day.

The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories George Gissing 1880

About fifteenpence a day is the average pay, the ateliers being always closed on Sundays.

The Roof of France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

The pay used to be tenpence a day; now it is one shilling and a pint of beer per day, and in some places fifteenpence.

The Toilers of the Field Richard Jefferies 1867

The manager is a Frenchman, and most of the workmen are Frenchmen, with wages averaging from forty to fifty baiocchi; labourers at the works have from twenty-five to thirty baiocchi per day, -- from a shilling to fifteenpence.

Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge James Aitken Wylie 1849

Having no skeel in these matters, I sent up the close for James Batter, who, being a member of the fifteenpence a-quarter subscription book-club, had read a power of all sorts of things, sacred and profane.

The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824

Having no skeel in these matters, I sent up the close for James Batter, who, being a member of the fifteenpence a-quarter subscription book-club, had read a power of all sorts of things, sacred and profane.

The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824