Copied

Examples

• I copied as quickly as I could, but at nine o'clock I had only done nine articles, and it seemed hopeless for me to attempt to catch my train. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• This event was copied into the London papers, out of which Miss Briggs read the statement to Miss Crawley, at breakfast, at Brighton. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The Will has not been copied yet into the great Folio Registers. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Charlie started in, and in a beautiful, large, round hand copied that message. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was probably copied from a newspaper or magazine. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She had just copied them with great care, and had destroyed the old manuscript, so that Amy's bonfire had consumed the loving work of several years. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• In his desire for the greatest subjects for his windows and the finest treatment of them, Bernard turned to Italy, the home of the great painters, and copied their works. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• We copied it from the Elegant Extracts. Jane Austen. Emma.
• It was copied by a priest about 1600 B..-the classical period of Egyptian culture--from a document seven hundred years older. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Who copied this, sir? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Well, he carried over this one first, and he copied it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• That's it, sir, to be repaired, and where they were past repair, to be copied in sound wood. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• His finely turned head might be copied for that of the Apollo Belvidere, and yet he has no vanity. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• There were many cuts in the book which had to be copied, and so they engaged two wood engravers who lived in Strasburg to help them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He copied out what most appealed to him. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Fig.?3, copied from an old engraving, shows this latter arrangement. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• I can tell you in a moment who copied it, sir, by referring to my book. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The expression was, for the instant, so precisely alike, that the minutest line seemed copied with startling accuracy! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Did you ever mention to any one that it was your intention to give any one the treaty to be copied? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• You copied some affidavits in that cause for me lately. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Few were, I believe, unacquainted with the real character of Beau Brummell, among those who courted, praised, sought and copied him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• These again are copied by the memory and imagination, and become ideas; which perhaps in their turn give rise to other impressions and ideas. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• When this has been carefully done the leaf to be copied is laid on a piece of waste paper and inked by applying the roller once or more with moderate pressure. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Evidently the rascal had copied the paper in a great hurry, had broken his pencil, and had been compelled to put a fresh point to it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The platinum film is so thin that the pencil and hand of a draughtsman may be seen through it, the object to be copied being seen by reflection. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It would not be easy, indeed, to catch their expression, but their colour and shape, and the eyelashes, so remarkably fine, might be copied. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He built the first one to be used in American waters, and his model was copied in all other countries. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• To Snagsby's, Law-Stationer's, Deeds engrossed and copied, Law-Writing executed in all its branches, &c. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I saw in the Sandwich Islands, once, a picture copied by a talented German artist from an engraving in one of the American illustrated papers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• A piece of paper was found on the table this morning(dropt, we suppose, by a fairy)containing a very pretty charade, and we have just copied it in. Jane Austen. Emma.

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