ЦИТАТЫ СО СЛОВОМ «PITTANCE»
Известные цитаты и высказывания со словом
pittance.
From fifth grade on, I worked at our public library. The pay, a pittance, was almost superfluous. All through high school, I looked forward to summer as the time when I could work at the library four or five days a week. I was never a camp counselor, a lifeguard, a scooper of ice cream.
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Thirteenth Century England IX: Proceedings of the Durham ...
Similarly, William d'Aubigny supplied a mark of rent to the same abbey for a
pittance on the anniversary of the death of his uncle. Both these grants of the late
twelfth century may have been unusual, however, since both were to a house
with ...
Michael Prestwich, R. H. Britnell, Robin Frame, 2003
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Ballads from Manuscripts: Pt. 1. a Poore Mans
Pittance, by ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Frederick James Furnivall, Richard Williams, William Richard Morfill, 2010
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Living and Dying in England 1100-1540 : The Monastic ...
Picot, Alice 240 pittance, pittances, monastic 10 in corrodies 181 meaning of term
10 at Westminster Abbey 29, 43-4, 46, ... 52, 67; Benfleet pittance 172 n.;
breakfast called pittance 1 60 n.; cheese flans called pittance 61 n.; in corrodies
239, ...
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This I Cannot Forget: The Memoirs of Nikolai Bukharin's Widow
But if you don't agree, Boris Ivanovich, and think that the archive is in such
danger it is impossible to secure its safekeeping, why are you haggling over this
pittance? This is a shameful business, shameful!" "But Stalin, too, is clinging to
this ...
“I musttell you,the priceI'm talking about is a pittance. I can see you're a lady
whose heart would breakif something happened toherdogs. A most generous
and kindhearted lady. Youcan save yourself a greatdeal ofworryby paying a
pittance.
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
But Ducange gives the Late L. pictanlia as a pittance, a portion of food (given to
monks) of the value of a picia, which he explains to be a very small coin issued
by the counts of Poitiers (moneia comitum Pictavensium). This answers to OF.
pile, ...
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No Choice But Freedom: A Novel of Treachery and Triumph in ...
They are – for the most part – unschooled and know no other Skill but what they
do for a pittance. no other Skill but what they do for a pittance. no other Skill but
what they do for a pittance. no other Skill but what they do for a pittance. no other
...
Pat Mattaini Mestern, 2006
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The Poetical Works of Robert Browning
MS prey, — 560 MS Robbed so>Plundered 561 MS []>The sorry pittance>What
poor pittance>What daily pittance MS thief to dole,>thief to spare,> plunderer
dole, 562 MS Hunted to Rome, <there> to hide head, starve and die, — 563 MS
1868 ...
Robert Browning, Ian Jack, Margaret Smith, 2004
My father expensed his youthful life extracting gold from the South African mining
sector, For all his toils hegot pittance, He bust up hishealth sweating blood for
pittance, After years of relentless exploitation, All my father could accrue was ...
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Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in ...
Pittance. Dole, connected with deal, it a portion distributed. Pittance (Fr. pitance,
pittance, of much disputed origin ; there is a L. Lat. pietantia, see Littre). The
pietantia of the middle ages was the zest or relish given to make the bulk of the
fare ...
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «PITTANCE»
Здесь показано, как национальная и международная пресса использует термин
pittance в контексте приведенных ниже новостных статей.
Jhb street vendors raise money for orphanage
The good Samaritans themselves survive on a pittance. But that hasn't stopped them raising money to buy much-needed supplies for the centre ... «eNCA, Июл 15»
Pharma distorts the facts to keep Medicare from negotiating drug …
The rebates obtained by Medicare plan sponsors amount to a pittance. Public Citizen and Carleton showed that the rebates Medicare Part D ... «Philly.com, Июл 15»
Media barred in Brisbane as unions rally against Chinese free trade …
"This government thinks we're racist because we do not want Chinese workers coming to this country and being exploited and paid a pittance," ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Июл 15»
American Sports Network, primary TV outlet for ODU football, now …
While it's a pittance compared to the huge dollars raked in by bigger leagues such as the ACC and SEC, it's a critical source of revenue for ... «The Virginian-Pilot, Июл 15»
Marshall Project stakes out high ground on journalism's slippery slope
... Keller wrote, “There is reason to hope that [Obama] will feel less constrained, that the eight commutations were not just a pittance but, as he ... «Columbia Journalism Review, Июл 15»
Analyzing the 2015-16 roster
... manager R.C. Buford expressed excitement that the Spurs were able to pick him from Sacramento for the pittance of a second-round pick. «mySanAntonio.com, Июл 15»
God's Masterpiece or the Devil's Bad Joke?
The peasants lose their lands, sold for a pittance, and for a pittance they sell the hands that work it, while shortages send the price of grain ... «Huffington Post, Июл 15»
The Folly of Our Ways: Tolerating Costly Duplicitous 'Noise'
... considering that the 'learned' Professor was not convincing in laying bare a credible cost-benefit analysis of the pittance (economic gain) the ... «The Maravi Post, Июл 15»
MPs' salaries
... incomes of Premiership footballers, 'celebrities' employed by the BBC, and those who dabble with our money in the city, they are a pittance. «Bournemouth Echo, Июл 15»
Labor activist from South Korea's dark past finally finds justice
... who began factory life at age 18 and toiled for a pittance at a factory in the Guro Industrial Complex, a manufacturing base in southern Seoul. «Big News Network.com, Июл 15»
