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Piastres in sentence

12 examples of Piastres in a sentence

The skipper asked ten thousand piastres, and Candide agreed to his demand without hestitation.
"Ho, ho!" said the cunning Vanderdendur to himself, "this stranger must be very rich; he agrees to give me ten thousand piastres without hesitation."
"Zounds!" said the skipper to himself, "this man agrees to pay twenty thousand piastres with as much ease as ten."
Accordingly he went back again, and told him roundly that he would not carry him to Venice for less than thirty thousand piastres.
"Odso!" said the Dutchman once more to himself, "thirty thousand piastres seem a trifle to this man.
I'll e'en stop here and ask no more; but make him pay down the thirty thousand piastres, and then we may see what is to be done farther."
The magistrate began with fining him ten thousand piastres for his petulance, and then listened very patiently to what he had to say, promised to examine into the affair on the skipper's return, and ordered him to pay ten thousand piastres more for the fees of the court.
After some time, hearing that the captain of a French ship was ready to set sail for Bordeaux, as he had no more sheep loaded with diamonds to put on board, he hired the cabin at the usual price; and made it known in the town that he would pay the passage and board of any honest man who would give him his company during the voyage; besides making him a present of ten thousand piastres, on condition that such person was the most dissatisfied with his condition, and the most unfortunate in the whole province.
All the other candidates complained that Candide had done them great injustice, but he stopped their mouths by a present of a hundred piastres to each.
Candide gave two thousand piastres to Pacquette, and a thousand to Friar Giroflee, saying, "I will answer that this will make them happy."
This couple had been in the utmost distress; they had very speedily made away with their three thousand piastres; they had parted, been reconciled; quarreled again, been thrown into prison; had made their escape, and at last Brother Giroflee had turned Turk.
You and Cacambo have spent millions of piastres, and yet you are not more happy than Brother Giroflee and Pacquette."