I, Ch. The Antiquary , On the postal service. Peachum in Act 1, scene 1, pp. Jerome , book Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow.
Becker American historian - Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update May 22, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 2 American politician - The Tragedy of Bonduca —14; published Singing. I will see thee damned first. And be shot at for sixpence a day. There is not at present enough for all to have a decent share. What would then be the consequence? To others it is a cult and a philosophy, and these last will neve be understood by the profanum vulgus, nor by the merchant-minded nor by the unphysically intellectual.
Grandpa had collected one of these in the oesophagus. He gave a protracted, strangled gurgle which for a long time we all took to be the beginning of some anecdote. Dressing up in cassocks was all part of the fun. Training , Parting. We hoard up our infinite wealth of words between the boards of dictionaries and in speech dole out the worn bronze coinage of our vocabulary.
We are the misers of philological history. And when we can save our pennies and pass the counterfeit coin of slang, we are as happy as if we heard a blind beggar thank us for putting a pewter sixpence into his hat. Happiness , Wealth , History , People.
Perhaps there might be Mine-Inspectors too:—might there not be Furrowfield Inspectors withal, and ascertain for us how on seven and sixpence a week a human family does live! Interference has begun; it must continue, must extensively enlarge itself, deepen and sharpen itself. Such things cannot longer be idly lapped in darkness, and suffered to go on unseen: the Heavens do see them; the curse, not the blessing of the Heavens is on an Earth that refuses to see them.
Lovel, for I am a faithfu' servant o' the office—if it werena for the powny. One day? My business is trying to arouse human pity. There are few things that'll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is when they've been used several times, they no longer work. So it happens, for instance, that a man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time that he'll give him sixpence. But the second time it'll only be a threepenny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he'll hand him over cold-bloodedly to the police.
Some people like it laid on with a trowel, and this requires very little art. It cannot be the worst of all possible decisions since there are, in my view, only two possible decisions. One of these is to abolish the sixpence now—which my hon.
Friend the Member for Chislehurst Mr. Macdonald wants, but which not many other people want. The other is to do what I have done. It is not within the bounds of possibility for any Government to guarantee the continuance of a coin in a new system indefinitely.
It depends on whether or not the public choose to use it. I have made it possible for the public to make their choice felt. Does not the right hon. Gentleman agree that the report was a complete waste of time and energy? How much did it cost? Every argument that he has put forward in his statement today would have been equally valid without the report.
Why did the Government not take the advice given by hon. Members at the time of the passage of the Decimal Currency Act and thus save a great deal of anxiety? I do not agree with the hon. If he puts down a Question, I will tell him the cost, but I can say now that it was not very large.
The report was essential in order to take account of the movement of public opinion, which appeared to be strong and sustained, and also to know whether there were overwhelming technical objections to the continuance of the coin.
The report shows me that the board itself would prefer immediate abolition, but, also, that there are no overwhelming technical objections to the sixpence's continuance. In view of the need to ensure that the transfer to decimalisation in February, , is not accompanied by unjustified price increases, will my right hon. Friend ensure that his welcome statement is made available to the chairman of London Transport , and, in particular, to the Greater London Council , to ensure that the sixpenny minimum fare on the London Underground is maintained, at least for the foreseeable future?
I trust that my statement will be available. If necessary, I shall take steps to make it available to those two bodies. The sixpence will remain in existence until February, As the Chancellor professes to be concerned about public opinion, will he explain why the Government did not heed public opinion a few years ago and have the 10s. That question goes back a long time.
I think that public opinion, and opinion in the party opposite, was less clear on this issue then. Will my right hon. Friend accept that many of us on this side of the House will welcome at least this partial reprieve for the sixpence? My right hon. Friend said that adequate supplies of the sixpence would be available during this period. I understand that none has been coined since the early half of Can my right hon. Friend assure the House that, if necessary, steps will be taken to coin further sixpences?
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