"Half dollar" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Populistic change. Two years later came the battle of Manila, which broke down the old isolation of the nation, and started it on a path the goal of which no man can foretell; and finally, but two years ago came that concentration of which the billion and a half dollar steel trust and the union of the Northern continental railways are stupendous examples. Is it not obvious, then, that the student who seeks for the explanation of democracy in the social and economic forces that underlie ...
— The Frontier in American History • Frederick Jackson Turner
... charged half a dollar yesterday! That was for a smaller bottle, sir. Same size, as this, was it? Ah, yes, I gave you a large bottle by mistake,—so you owe me fifty cents. Never mind, don't give it back. I'll take the half dollar.") ...
— The Gypsies • Charles G. Leland
... his big whisk broom and told Luck that they would all presently be gazing at Dry Lake, or words which carried that meaning. So Luck permitted himself to be whisked from a half dollar while his thoughts were "in the field" with his camera men and company, shooting a real stampede from various angles and trying to manage so that the dust should not obscure the scene. After a rain—of course! Just ...
— The Phantom Herd • B. M. Bower
... now, uncle Sam, if you will find me six feet of level plank, and promise to rouse me when the boat comes in sight, I shall not grudge you this half dollar." ...
— The Quadroon - Adventures in the Far West • Mayne Reid
... a half dollar, and he paid them over. "I have eleven cents left," he said. "Hell, take that too. I don't ...
— Goodbye, Dead Man! • Tom W. Harris
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