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Meanings of pay the reckoning in English

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Usage of pay the reckoning in English
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I'll pay the reckoning for the wine and good cheer however dear it may be.
The Junior Classics, Volume 4: Heroes and heroines of chivalry
2
It is often played at public-houses among parties to decide who is to pay the reckoning.
The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 2 (of 2)
3
This house is one of the most hospitable places there is-tothose that can pay the reckoning.
Run to Earth: A Novel
4
We ought by this time to have ridden two stages; give me money to pay the reckoning.'
Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
5
Come, you are a brave little old signor-onemore cup of wine and we'll pay the reckoning.
Tales of a Traveller
6
And who will pay the reckoning?
The Fortune of the Rougons
7
Goods to pay the reckoning.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 09: January/February/March 1660-6...
8
When it came time to pay the reckoning the king found that he had no money, nor had his friend.
Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 1
9
Since we cannot agree as to who is to pay the reckoning, I will tell you what we will do.
One Hundred Merrie And Delightsome Stories / Right Pleasaunte To...
10
Antonio, pay the reckoning.
The Bible in Spain / Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonm...
11
The minstrel said that he would certainly join the company, ordered wine for the occasion, and promised to pay the reckoning.
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
12
Probably our shipmate had been treating him in return, and, when pulling out his purse to pay the reckoning, had excited his cupidity.
Hurricane Hurry
13
When it was time to start homewards, and the ladies returned to the barge, he went up to the inn to pay the reckoning.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 01
14
The Kent man, seeing he had displeased his companion, did not press his liberal offer,-putup his purse, and suffered Godrith to pay the reckoning.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 06
15
They illustrate the thought of Goethe: "It is all the same whether one is great or small, he has to pay the reckoning of humanity."
The Great German Composers
16
So to the inn, and paid the reckoning and what not, 13s.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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