Supposing the wages of a collier — who is paid by the ton — or a wageman, who is paid by the day, to be 17s. per week under the standard, with coal selling at from 9s. to 9s. 1.71 d per ton, his wages would be 17s. + 10 per cent.

a Samsonian feat

the Saracenic style , in which the imagination of the architect is more florid than that which is usually indulged in the North

I'd jump out the window as soon as not.