"Coin" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... term of neologue was applied to Marivaux by Voltaire, and has been repeated ever since, he was less of a neologist than a precieux in language.[145] That is to say, he was less inclined to coin new words, or even to use old words with new meanings, than he was to employ unusual and peculiar turns of expression.[146] Marivaux was not the only writer of the time to make use of expressions precieuses, and, ...
— A Selection from the Comedies of Marivaux • Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux
... a pouch with steel snaps, and well stuffed. The stranger colored again, and held his hand for it, and the snap burst, and great gold pieces, English coin and very old French ones, rolled about the table, and father shut his eyes tight; and just then Faith came back and slipped into her chair. I saw her eyes sparkle as we all reached, laughing and joking, to gather them; and Mr. Gabriel—we got into the way of calling ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 9, No. 55, May, 1862 • Various
... am to be paid in this coin for services where my neck is concerned, it is time I should look to myself. Here have I offended, for aught I know, to the death, the lord of this stately castle, whose word were as powerful to take away my life as the breath which speaks it to blow out a ...
— Kenilworth • Sir Walter Scott
... before. What the dev'! I say!" Bonny, much excited with his find, extracted a rusty tin tobacco-box from the hole, pried open the spring lid and drew forth its contents: a discolored canvas bag bulging with coin and whipped around the neck with a leather whang. The canvas was rotten; Bonny supported its contents tenderly as he brought it over ...
— The Desert and The Sown • Mary Hallock Foote
... deal in the coin you condemn," said Thorn, bowing. "But you will remember that none call for gold but those who can exchange it, and the number of them is few. In a world where cowrie passes current, a man may be excused for not throwing ...
— Queechy, Volume I • Elizabeth Wetherell
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