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Dear teachers,
Would you be kind enough to help to me to interpret the phrase in bold in the following sentence?
They would go to the stake if that were the alternative to paying Peter’s pence to the Scarlet Woman. (B.Shaw, “The Intelligent Woman,s Guide to the Socialism and Capitalism”
Peter’s pence = Peter’s mite = pope’s mite
Thanks for your efforts.
Regard,
V
Would you be kind enough to help to me to interpret the phrase in bold in the following sentence?
They would go to the stake if that were the alternative to paying Peter’s pence to the Scarlet Woman. (B.Shaw, “The Intelligent Woman,s Guide to the Socialism and Capitalism”
Peter’s pence = Peter’s mite = pope’s mite
Thanks for your efforts.
Regard,
V
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