...She tried to pierce thedistance far away, beyond which lay the shores of France: that relentless andstern France which was exacting her pound of flesh, the blood-tax from thenoblest of her sons...
Baroness Orczy 「The Scarlet Pimpernel」
...It was impregnable; for no artillery heavy enough to pound the mountain into pieces could ever be dragged within range...
Talbot Mundy 「King--of the Khyber Rifles」
...I saw even on the banks of the Quango as much as sixpence paid for a pound...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...at Senna, 1 Pound at Tete, and 2 Pounds beyond the tribes in the vicinity of Tete; these are a good price for a penful of gold-dust of the value of 2 Pounds...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...a pound....
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...Every pound of meat, and every three spoonfuls of musk or porridge I ate in Africa, contained at least ten grains of sand...
Henry M. Stanley 「How I Found Livingstone」
... a pound of sugar...
Thomas Clarkson 「The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the」
...The poor fellow had to return to his friends with the total loss of personal appearance and half a pound of butter...
Samuel White Baker 「In the Heart of Africa」
...I gave him three-quarters of a pound ofpowder, in addition to the cloth...
David Livingstone 「The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873」
...It was rather a nice problem in ballistics this, for a mistake in calculation of a foot in distance or a pound in push would land Mr...
Stewart Edward White 「African Camp Fires」
...Had myluggage exceeded the limit, for each extra pound I would have had topay the company ten cents...
Richard Harding Davis 「The Congo and Coasts of Africa」
...Sugar has been made, indeed, but at a cost of three times as much, per pound, as would have purchased it...
Horatio Bridge 「Journal of an African Cruiser」
... In the ivory trade, small teeth (comprising all that weigh less than twenty pounds) are considered to be worth but half the price, per pound, that is paid for large teeth...
Horatio Bridge 「Journal of an African Cruiser」
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