petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit[obs3], stiver[obs3], rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea; rouleau[obs3]; wampum; good sum, round sum, lump sum; power of money, plum, lac of rupees.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

When now he managed his caresses and endearments so artfully, as to insinuate the most soothing consolations for the past pain and the most pleasing expectations of future pleasure, but whilst mere modesty kept my eyes from seeing his and rather declined them, I had a glimpse of that instrument of mischief which was now, obviously even to me, who had scarce had snatches of a comparative observation of it, resuming its capacity to renew it, and grew greatly alarming with its increase of size, as he bore it no doubt designedly, hard and stiff against one of my hands carelessly dropt; but then he employed such tender prefacing, such winning progressions, that my returning passion of desire being now so strongly prompted by the engaging circumstances of the sight and incendiary touch of his naked glowing beauties, I yield at length at the force of the present impressions, and he obtained of my tacit blushing consent all the gratifications of pleasure left in the power of my poor person to bestow, after he had cropt its richest flower, during my suspension of life, and abilities to guard it.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

Do you really imagine that all this Catholic movement during the last centuries is naught but a desire for power for the mere purpose of 'mean pleasures'?
— from The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I was not a little surprised at this instance of honesty, and told him it did not belong to me; but he bade me recollect, and see if all my money was safe; upon which I pulled out my purse, for I had bought one since I came to town, and, reckoning my money in my hand, which was now reduced to five guineas seven shillings and twopence, assured him I had lost nothing.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

I knew a lot of them -- some were my invitees -- and the others were friends of my pals or my pals' pals.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

But at this point our mathematicians paused.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

But it is not to the purpose of my present statement to criticise the conduct of our friends.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass

For here he strives for the production of the Object by means of the representation alone , from which he can expect no result, because he is conscious that his mechanical powers (if I may so call those which are not psychological) which must be determined by that representation to bring about the Object (mediately) are either not competent, or even tend towards what is impossible; e.g. to reverse the past ( O mihi praeteritos ... etc.), or to annihilate in the impatience of expectation the interval before the wished for moment.—Although in such fantastic desires we are conscious of the inadequacy (or even the unsuitability) of our representations for being causes of their objects, yet their reference as causes, and consequently the representation of their causality , is contained in every wish ; and this is specially evident if the wish is an affection or longing .
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

Other examples are the following:— My brother-in-law’s opinion; the commander-in-chief’s orders; the lady-in-waiting’s duties; the coal dealer’s prices; Edward VII’s reign; the King of England’s portrait; half a year’s delay; in three or four months’ time; a cable and a half’s length; the pleasure of Major Pendennis and Mr. Arthur Pendennis’s company ( Thackeray ).
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

That is to say, I had the photographs of my pictures, and prints, and coins, and so forth, all about me, which I intend, one of these days, to present (the photographs, I mean, if the clumsy English language will let me mean anything) to present to the institution at Carlisle (horrid place!), with a view to improving the tastes of the members (Goths and Vandals to a man).
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Mrs. Windemere had never succeeded in getting even the direction, when, after several throws, she took her position once more, protesting it was of no use, she did her side more harm than good.
— from All Aboard: A Story for Girls by Fannie E. (Fannie Ellsworth) Newberry

He may justly be ranked among those, who, though destitute of sound understandings, are still rendered dangerous to society by the intrinsic baseness of character that engenders hatred to everything good and valuable in the world; who, with barbarous malignity, view the prevalence of moral principles, and the extension of benevolent designs; who, foes to virtue, seek the subversion i. 126 of every valuable institution, and meditate the introduction of wild and furious disorders among the supporters of public virtue.
— from A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 by De Alva Stanwood Alexander

You came to this house uninvited; you invade a gentleman's private residence, and you attempt to meddle and to interfere with me in the practice of my profession.
— from A Man's Woman by Frank Norris

To be sure, the white granite of which the temples and palaces of Machu Picchu are constructed might easily pass for marble.
— from Inca Land: Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Hiram Bingham

I asked, beginning again to dig for the worm; for Sir Ralph was squatting beside me now, watching the point of my parasol.
— from My Friend the Chauffeur by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

The idea that she was giving me the first lesson in love, and of being the first possessor of my person, seemed to excite her lust to the utmost, and she immediately followed my discharge with another, so copious that it spurted all over my thighs.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

Before he could advance further, a liveried porter of massive proportions came up to him and barred the way.
— from The Hampstead Mystery by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees

As the one suggestion I have to make in regard to the shaping machine best illustrates the subject of maintaining true wearing surfaces, I will leave it until I reach that part of my paper.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various

There must be many among the countless admirers of Mr. Jack London who will be delighted to read this intimate journal of his travellings in remote waters, written by the wife who accompanied him, and who is herself, as she proves on many pages, one of the most enthusiastic of those admirers.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916 by Various