The millionaire stumped out of the room in a huff, and Dr. Horace Wilkinson made his way homeward to his spirit-lamp and his one-and-eightpenny tea, with his first guinea in his pocket, and with a feeling that he had upheld the best traditions of his profession.
"Round the Red Lamp Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life"
Arthur Conan Doyle
An eightpenny in the Burton.
"Ulysses"
James Joyce
An eight-shilling meal stands out, among eightpenny teas, as a rare extravagance....
"Anthony Lyveden"
Dornford Yates