Example Sentences

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The State," he said, speaking at least as haughtily as Dea Flavia herself, "hath agreed to accept the sum of twenty aurei for this slave.

From "Unto Caesar" by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

He had fixed her price as fifty aurei, and Menecreta had saved just one half that amount when fate and the vengeance of the populace overtook the extortioner.

From "Unto Caesar" by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

"There are scrupula," said he; "when Lygia shall be in my house, thou wilt get the same full of aurei."

From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah

"And how many aurei didst promise to Hun Rhavas for helping thee to defraud the State?"

From "Unto Caesar" by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness