book of account

Example Sentences

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At a small desk within a few feet of him a middle-aged woman with a cold, hard face sat with a book of account before her and a pile of bills.

From A Maker of History by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

If ye had perfectly cheered me, Your book of account full ready now had be.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

Yea, sir, I may thank you of all; If ye had perfectly cheered me, Your book of account now full ready had be.

From "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays by Rhys, Ernest

Yea, sir, I may thank you of all; If ye had perfectly cheered me, Your book of account full ready now had be.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew