Writes

Examples

• Under date of February 12, he writes: This day has been memorable in the annals of Valdivia for the most severe earthquake experienced by the oldes t inhabitant. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Sometimes she writes Percival only, but very seldom--in nine cases out of ten she gives him his title. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And you should see the hand she writes! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Meg is the turtledove, and Amy is like the lark she writes about, trying to get up among the clouds, but always dropping down into its nest again. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• So Frank writes word. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Captain Marryatt writes: I do not know a spot on the globe which so much astonishes and delights upon first arrival as Madeira. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Lady Gaunt writes them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I look and I think I see, writes Bergson, I listen and I think I hear, I examine myself and I think I am reading the very depths of my heart. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• May I ask how it is that one who writes English does not speak it? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• On their looking at one another, not knowing what to say, he takes the slate once more and writes My Lady. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Dr. Wallis Budge writes of them as conquerors from the East. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In common conversation he seems to have no choice of words; he hesitates and blunders; and yet, good God, how he writes! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The spirit, he writes, was a new one; it marked the Tang civilization with entirely distinctive features. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He writes handsomely, doesn't he, Susan? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Who writes poetry about him? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Whoever writes to a stranger should observe three points: 1. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I remember, he writes, an experiment which our Signor Galileo had shown me more than thirty-five years ago. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The Emperor Constantine writes to one of his officials: We need as many e ngineers as possible. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Who can tell, he writes, but in time this pure air may become a fashionabl e article in luxury? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• That is what she writes about. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Dear me, Annie, how illegibly your cousin Maldon writes, and how stupid I am! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Toward the close of 1812 he writes to Lady Davy:-- Yesterday I began some new experiments to which a very interesting discovery and a slight accident put an end. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• After making a survey of the room and looking with particular attention all round the bed where the doctors stand, he writes, My Lady. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In this work he writes under the inspiration of Greek philosophy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The law in its majestic equality, writes Anatole France, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep in the streets and to steal bread. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• In reference to the last (volcanic ash combined with lime and r ubble to form a cement) Vitruvius writes in a way that indicates a discriminating knowledge of geological formations. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Mrs. Weston was disengaged and Emma began againMr. Frank Churchill writes one of the best gentleman's hands I ever saw. Jane Austen. Emma.
• He writes: I began (1666) to think of gravity extending to the orb of the moon, . Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• What a letter the man writes! Jane Austen. Emma.
• But I am not afraid of your seeing what he writes. Jane Austen. Emma.

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