A beggar's sack is bottomless

[henry_flower]

'John Watkins, known by the name of Black John, died at Bristol [1759], aged 78, who on his being prevented from possessing an estate in Gloucestershire, to which he is said to have been heir, made a vow never to be shaved, which he kept to his death, and a little before his exit, desired he might not be shaven.

He was a beggar for about 50 years last past, and often lodged in a glass-house, though he had a room in the city, in which 200 weight of silver and halfpence, and a considerable quantity of gold was found, all acquired by begging.'

(From The Annual Register For the Year 1759, 8th Edition, London, 1802.)

Comments

[bytebuster]

Пффф! У нас судді-колядники є. Цей теж наколядував…

[henry_flower]

до речі, "200 weight" це мабуть "stone weight" (у імперських одиницях), себто 6.35*200 == 1270 кг!

[bytebuster]

Є інший варіант.
200 weight — це може бути одрук, і правильно писати: 2 hundredweight, що зменшує статки до 2*50.8 = 101.6 кг.

Але все одно нєдурствєнно.