England produced Shakespeare; the British Empire the six - shilling novel.

英格兰生了莎士比亚；大英国则生了六先令(一部的)小说。

A British Tommy's basic pay in the war was one shilling a day, equivalent to 35 pence a week.

英国的事务工资制规定一战时每天工资是1先令，相当于每周35便士。