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...rni che Garibaldi ricevette dai massoni inglesi di Edimburgo del denaro in piastre turche, pari a una somma equivalente a circa 3 milioni di franchi (...

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...! why don’t you pay the man? That fellow is always striving to save half a piastre for me.” “I wish he wasn’t quite so particular,” said Mrs. Damer, w... ...h of these numerous Arabs must be remunerated by some very large number of piastres. Mr. Damer, who was by no means a close man in his money dealings,... ...ng that the bargain had been made at so low a rate as to leave him not one piastre for himself. Each man had an Arab on each side of him, and Miss Daw... ...nguage in his endeavour to assure his tormentors that they would not get a piastre from him. 25 Anthony Trollope But this only changed their soft per...

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...l on his own account — for in his several voyages he had amassed a hundred piastres — and under some pretext land at the Island of Monte Cristo. Then ... ...sful the profit would be enormous, there would be a gain of fifty or sixty piastres each for the crew. Alexandre Dumas 185 The patron of The Young Am... ... “In two hours’ time,” said he, “these persons will depart richer by fifty piastres each, to go and risk their lives again by endeavoring to gain fift... ... any fishing- boat, desire them to come here to me. I will pay twenty-five piastres for my passage back to Leghorn. If you do not come across one, ret... ...with themselves in the profits, which amounted to no less a sum than fifty piastres each. Edmond preserved the most admirable self-command, not suf- f... ...ncies’ wishes; only, I tell you beforehand, the carriage will cost you six piastres a day.” “And, as I am not a millionaire, like the gentleman in the... ...e at Rome, I know the prices of all the carriages; we will give you twelve piastres for to-day, tomorrow, and the day after, and then you will make a ... ...dered his attendant to let him eat with the domestics, and to give him two piastres a month. With this, Luigi purchased books and pencils. He applied ... ... been bended. Teresa was lively and gay, but coquettish to excess. The two piastres that Luigi received every month from the Count of San-Felice’s ste...

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...ng money for change, the honest fellows would frequently keep back several piastres, and when urged to re- fund, would give most dismally:and begin do... ...e church are open, he elbows in among the first, and flings a few scornful piastres to the Turkish door-keeper; and gazes round easily at the place, i... ...minute, at the next cried out for backsheesh:and not content with the five piastres which I gave them individually, screamed out for more, and summone... ...eivers had maligned me before the august pres- ence, pretending that not a piastre was left in my village, and that my extortion had entirely denuded ...

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...ike him in the quarter For mortifying brick and mortar, Or pocketing the odd piastre By substituting lath and plaster? With plan and two-foot rule in ...

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...and not a house; virgin for- ests, and not a stick of furniture! A million piastres and a resident master for half a century would be necessary to mak... ...perfectly quiet; I have green trees to look upon, and spend the sum of one piastre a day. I am amazed at the amount of calm, pure pleasure which I enj...

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...warded their fidelity at the end of our joint journeyings by a donation of piastres to be settled by myself, and which, under such circumstances, woul... ...y are you to pay him?” he asked. “Oh, nothing,” I replied. “Give him a few piastres when you part with him at Jaffa.” I do not know why I should have ... ...ard. I was in the act of squabbling with the Pole over the last demand for piastres, when we heard a noise in the gateway of the inn, and I saw Smith’...

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...ve paid heavily to spare me from ill usage.’ ‘Y e may say that, sir. Forty piastres of T unis, and eight mules, and twa pair of silver-mounted pistols... ...and weighty. ‘Tak’ it; tak’ tent of it; ye’ll need the siller. Four hunder piastres of T unis, not countin’ zeechins, and other sma’ coin.’ ‘Shall I s... ...f the consequences of detaining them. Arthur was prepared to offer his own piastres at once in case of need of immediate payment. He was by this time ... ...great respect, not for the Dey, but the Marabout, had agreed to accept 900 piastres as the ransom of all the five captives, and that the Marabout reco...

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...ks are twined with innumerable jewels; her dress is covered over with gold piastres. The odious Mahometan expresses himself charmed by her beauty. She...

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...ases and from these barrels escaped ingots of gold and silver, cascades of piastres and jewels. The sand was heaped up with them. Laden with their pre...

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...r the lowest member, on his noviciate, was expected to give at least fifty piastres (at this time about two pounds sterling); and those of the higher ... ... of eight thousand picked men, animated with the prom- ise of five hundred piastres a man, to as many as should en- ter Suli, after ten hours’ fightin...

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... Left him, at last, the sole of many masters Of an ill gotten million of piastres. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto Two” 64 A fisher, therefore, was ...

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...ks are twined with innumerable jewels; her dress is covered over with gold piastres. The odious Mahometan expresses himself charmed by her beauty. She...

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...produce. In Cochin China, the finest white sugar generally sells for three piastres the quintal, about thirteen shillings and sixpence of our money, a... ... years, viz. from 1754 to 1764, both inclusive, amounted to 13,984,185 3/5 piastres of ten reals. On account of what may have been smuggled, however, ... ...nnual importation, he supposes, may have amounted to seventeen millions of piastres, which, at 4s. 6d. the piastre, is equal to £ 3,825,000 sterling. ...

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...her?” she continued, going up to Perez. “She has two hundred thousand gold piastres,” replied the Spaniard. “And that is not all, monsieur,” said the ... ...!” she repeated to Montefiore. The marquis, hearing this statement of gold piastres, came forward once more, saying,— “I am really free—” A glance fro...

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... suspense and the deepest dismay. The Saint-Ferdinand had four millions of piastres on board, the whole fortunes of the five passengers, and the Gener... ...ized the booty. In the twinkling of an eye, provisions and barrels full of piastres were transferred to the Othello; the General thought that he must ... ...stomed. The older men looked instead with grim, set smiles at the casks of piastres about the main mast. The General and Captain Gomez, left seated on...

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...ish farthing, a single obolus or sestertius from the ancient world, or one piastre from the new, without of- fering you anything whatever in gold, sil...

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...sport and business to Cyprus; some military society of a sort there. A few piastres, properly distributed, help to keep one’s memory green. But you, o...