By this extraordinary effort of pedestrianism, he netted the sum of a hundred guineas, which had been staked on his success. |
There were farthings, pennies, oxfords, crowns, florins, shillings, guineas, and pounds, among other divisions. |
It was Doug Jewitt with a Texel shearling who topped the day at 310 guineas closely followed by a Suffolk from the Bulmer flock at 300 guineas. |
It had been a residential hotel where old ladies paid 17 guineas a week for board and lodging, and Jean had been in the habit of lunching there. |
However, there were also crowns, farthings, guineas and sovereigns, all in varying amounts and none really compatible with any of the others. |
Free-range chickens, turkeys and guineas will feed on ticks and other pests, such as grasshoppers, Japanese beetles and mosquitoes. |