Citations:penny


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * I would, as the saying is, have given my life for a penny, but that, as God would have it, I was clothed with armour of proof.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * "I always give too much to ladies. It's a weakness of mine, and that's the way I ruin myself," said old Joe. "That's your account. If you asked me for another penny, and made it an open question, I'd repent of being so liberal and knock off half-a-crown."