If a workman can conveniently spare those three halfpence, he buys a pot of porter.

如果一个工人能方便地省下这三个半便士， 他就会买一罐黑啤酒。

Leather and soap are in Great Britain taxed at three halfpence a-pound; candles at a penny; taxes which, upon the original price of leather, may amount to about eight or ten per cent.

皮革和肥皂在英国按每磅三便士征税； 一分钱的蜡烛； 根据皮革的原始价格， 税收可能达到大约 8% 或 10%。