Library of Formatting Examples:Italics/20C

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contains. At Salisbury (only about 20 miles off) fat hogs sell for
5<i>s.</i> to 4<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i> a score. But, then, observe, these are <i>dairy hogs</i>,

Pounds, shillings and pence

Shillings and pence: mark the abbreviations, including the periods, but not the numbers. (This is different from italicized dates.)

(l., s., and d. are abbreviations for the Latin words libra, solidus, and denarius.)