Still the young man stood by, and saw piece after piece disappearing without a murmur: he had daily an opportunity of seeing Inez, and felt as if her favour would be better than silver or gold, and that every smile was worth a ducat.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Day after day was sending the student's gold in vapour up the chimney; every blast of the furnace made him a ducat the poorer, without apparently helping him a jot nearer to the golden secret.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
So here was one of the two, and I asked who the other was, and he said, "Trooper ducat, but Powell mended your brother's head; didn't you meet him in the Taj Hotel in Bombay?"
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch