Expensiveness Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Expensiveness

1. Lais charged Demosthenes 10,000 drachmas for night in bed. [Gk. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 328]
2. 100 Philistine foreskins price David paid to marry Saul’s daughter. [O. T.: I Samuel 18:25–27]
3. Vincy, Rosamond Lydgate’s income did not meet her spendthrift habits. [Br. Lit.: Middlemarch, Magill I, 588–591]