Fourpenny bits once figured in Parliament. A Caledonian M.P. condemned the coin on various grounds and inquired wtoy it was ever »rented. A yovmg L<»rd of ttoe 9x*asary, prompted by DfaEaeSS, supplied tbt answer—""To ea«oor»»e Scotsman to he eenerous." "How often," says a writer iq tin 'Times," "does a critic find that bit pen, as it were, turns against bin; in his hand." As a rule, of course, it. U usually turned against someoa else.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 635, 17 January 1914, Page 7
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75Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 635, 17 January 1914, Page 7
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