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"No, Jacob; too soon, too soon," said David, when the guinea had been tasted.

Having been at home a week or two partaking of the family beans, he had used his leisure in ascertaining a fact which was of considerable importance to him, namely, that his mother had a small sum in guineas painfully saved from her maiden perquisites, and kept in the corner of a drawer where her baby-linen had reposed for the last twenty years--ever since her son David had taken to his feet, with a slight promise of bow-legs which had not been altogether unfulfilled.

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"Look here," said Old Sharon; "I give you an opinion for your guinea; but, mind this, it's an opinion founded on hearsay--and you know as a lawyer what that is worth.

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However, after a moment's hesitation, he contented himself with naming twenty guineas, and swore he would not sell it for less to his own brother.

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The other swept back the guineas into the belt, and put it on again under his waistcoat.

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She enclosed the half guinea (I was afraid she must have had a world of trouble to get it out of Mr.

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Johnson sent him a guinea, promising to come to him as soon as possible.

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Gradually the guineas, the crowns, and the half-crowns grew to a heap, and Marner drew less and less for his own wants, trying to solve the problem of keeping himself strong enough to work sixteen hours a-day on as small an outlay as possible.

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I immediately put my hand into my pocket, and, laughing to him, pulled it out, and there was in it three guineas and a half.

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To make some sort of disappearance had been his precise intention, but to disappear in this fashion and make his return to the world with a thousand guineas in his pocket, had not exactly come within the scope of his imagination.

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Fogg took out the twenty guineas he had just won at whist, and handed them to the beggar, saying, "Here, my good woman.

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"A farthing a day is seven shillings a year," answered the M.P.; "seven shillings a year is the interest of seven guineas. Take care of your farthings, old Tinker, and your guineas will come quite nat'ral."

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