"Cashbox" Quotes from Famous Books
... together with all the linen and plate, was well-nigh intact. Lord Hyde was very glad to hear the news. They told him that all the labourers living near had gladly come to the help of his servants and mine. As his private cashbox had been saved, owing to their vigilance and honesty, he promised to distribute its contents among ... — The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete • Madame La Marquise De Montespan
... instalments are mostly squeezed out of the housekeeping money. In your case, I suspect no instalments have been paid; proceedings have been threatened; Mrs. Yatman, knowing your altered circumstances, has felt herself driven into a corner; and she has paid her private account out of your cashbox." ... — Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, April, 1858 • Various |