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Hotel Cecil to a five-guinea seat among the washed.

CORONATION DAY 2010

Lo! the author of the very five-guinea quarto, that lay open, in complimentary exposure, at a plate, up stairs on the drawing-room table -- with his round unmeaning face "breathing tranquillity" -- sound asleep!

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 328, August 23, 1828 Various

Instead of being a mere vestry with a chairman waiting for a quorum, it became an active local body, and, thanks to its methodical five-guinea clerk, actually had its meetings convened by sending out printed cards, as appears by the following entry: --

Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King Alfred Kingston

The last-named gift consisted of gold five-guinea pieces of Charles II. and

Notes and Queries, Number 63, January 11, 1851 Various

At artistic evidence he laughs noisily in half-crown periodicals and five-guinea tomes.

Art Clive Bell 1922

"You mustn't let a five-guinea hat destroy your hopes altogether," he continued, with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.

My Brilliant Career Miles Franklin 1916

Sent to Mr. Lance Rankin, the great author's agent, together with the five-guinea fee which I found was necessary.

In the Mist of the Mountains Ethel Sybil Turner 1915

Mrs. Peter was so good that I felt I'd get it unless the five-guinea Plymouth Rock man came up.

Mates at Billabong 1911

Hotel Cecil to a five-guinea seat among the washed.

Coronation Day 1903

Bernal Osborne, father of the Duchess of St. Albans, was one of the party when the prince proposed a game of whist at five-guinea points.

The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe Fontenoy, Mme La Marquise De 1900