| 1. | I drew out my purse a meagre thing it was. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 2. | But it was only her purse they were after. - from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie |
| 3. | In the purse were two half-crowns and some coppers. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 4. | "But my purse will be exhausted.. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 5. | Into the purse of rich prosperit. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 6. | aside His purse is empty already. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 7. | Keep the purse for your lackeys.. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 8. | Put money in thy purse follow tho. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 9. | This vision made him feel keenly his own poverty of purse and spirit. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 10. | Like empty purses pick'd and his poor self. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 11. | Our purses shall be proud, our garments poo. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 12. | Lies in their purses and whoso empties them. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 13. | O'ercharging your free purses with large fine. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 14. | alehouse And right as Judas hadde purses smale. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 15. | Take note of the men who carry purses for silver instead of letting their change lie loose in their pockets. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |
| 16. | Indeed you come near me now, Hal for we that take purses g. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 17. | cut most of their festival purses and had not the old man com. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 18. | They divine purses in pockets, they scent out watches in fobs. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |