Inkstand

Examples

• The red bit, the black bit, the inkstand top, the other inkstand top, the little sand-box. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr Inspector dipped a pen in his inkstand, and deftly laid it on a piece of paper close beside him; then resumed his former attitude. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Let me have nine-penn'oth o' brandy- and-water luke, and the inkstand, will you, miss? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The wells of the brass double-inkstand danced in their sockets. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Here is an inkstand, here are pens and paper, here are wafers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Suddenly she noticed that the pen with which she had written to Selden still rested against the uncovered inkstand. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Now the inkstand top is in the middle, now the red bit of sealing-wax, now the black bit. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• So nothing came of these trials, and Jo corked up her inkstand, and said in a fit of very wholesome humility. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I have no doubt you are, my friend,' replied the old gentleman: fixing his spectacles more firmly on his nose, and looking about him for the inkstand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• In the frenzy of his rage, he hurled the inkstand madly forward, and followed it up himself. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I came to look for you, and after waiting a little while in hope of your coming in, was making use of your inkstand to explain my errand. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• This chap (why you must have come down in the night and been peeping into the inkstand, to get this blot upon your eyebrow, you old rascal! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• You'd have nothing but horses, inkstands, and novels in yours, answered Meg petulantly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

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