Copies

Examples

• But there was a systematic hunt for the copies of Holy Writ, and in many places a systematic destruction of Christian churches. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I probably should send two copies, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Of the eight volumes already issued, each containing about 350 closely printed pages for half-a-crown, nearly 170,000 copies have been sold within a period of less than three years. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• To take off copies lay dry sheets of paper on the reversed impression, press gently, and remove quickly. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• DEAR FRIEND, I send you enclosed the copies you desired of the papers I read to you yesterday. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• As a matter of fact, as many as three thousand copies have been made from a single mimeographic stencil of this character. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• These copies or duplicates are the talking-machine records which the public ultimately purchases. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• If any copies were handed about, they must have been in manuscript, and each copy must have been liable to errors and deliberate falsification. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But as Faust was disposing of the last copies of this book in the French capital he was seized with the plague, and died almost immediately. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Thou hast brought two copies, and one has just as many letters and words on a page as the other, and all the letters are exactly alike. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• We need more copies of the ‘Biblia Pauperum’ for our use here, and I have no doubt thou couldst greatly improve on the best we have. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Is it not astonishing that there were no printed copies distributed? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If you do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the rules is very easy. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It is used principally by salesmen in keeping a record of their sales, as three copies can be taken simultaneously with one writing. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Thereupon he marched up the stairs to the office of the paper’s owner, and asked if he would give him fifteen hundred copies on trust. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Exact copies of an original, whether of a painting or a photograph, are now produced on paper with all the original shades and colours. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Only one or two copies of this journal are now discoverable, but its appearance can be judged from the reduced facsimile here shown. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• And this schedule reaches out into the shipping and mailing departments, so arranging it that the first copies off the press are speeded to the far sections of the country. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The price was three cents a copy, or eight cents a month for regular subscribers, and the circulation ran up to over four hundred copies an issue. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Where did you get your copies? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• From this copper plate, which is an exact reproduction of the original type, many thousand copies can be printed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• When they were finished they sold more readily than the History had done, and the edition of fifty copies was soon disposed of. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The public was astonished at the cheapness and good quality of the work, but it was its immense sale which rendered it profitable; for some years it amounted to 180,000 copies weekly. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The printing of a few thousand copies of one of the great American magazines would not be a difficult feat for any large first-class printing plant. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The house was pretty full; I had prepared a number of printed copies, and provided pens and ink dispersed all over the room. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Let it remain from two to six minutes, according to the number of copies you wish to print. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• He asked the superintendent to let him have one thousand copies of the _Press_ on credit. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• From this could be molded, or cast, positive copies which would be identical with the original. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Before coming here, I placed copies of the most important of these papers in another hand. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Either _two_ or _three_ copies can be made at one time, as desired. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.

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