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For the same reason, whether the sou was called six liards or four liards, twelve deniers or eight deniers, that made no difference whatever in the real intrinsic value of the sou or the livre.

From The Coinages of the Channel Islands by Lowsley, B.

A few large spruce trees and liards were scattered over the carrying-place.

From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II by Mackenzie, Alexander

Now it should be noted that a denier is equal to six liards.

From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Coster, Charles de

And in those days of distress, shall we be able to borrow a couple of liards upon our land, or our house?

From The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War by Chatrian, Alexandre

Tell me what your wardrobe is worth, tattered impertinence, and I will give you three liards for it.”

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de