Drawings

Examples

• Lubbock made drawings for me, with the camera lucida, of the jaws which I dissected from the workers of the several sizes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Before its introduction it was not possible to reproduce cheaply in printers’ ink shaded pictures like photographs, brush drawings, paintings, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Possibly the first drawings began as children's drawings begin, out of idle scratchings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• After Edison had decided this question, Upton made drawings and tables from which the real armatures were wound and connected to the commutator. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Before I could say a word she had turned away to her book-case, and had taken from it the album that contained Walter Hartright's drawings. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In this same library we saw some drawings by Michael Angelo (these Italians call him Mickel Angelo,) and Leonardo da Vinci. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• As he made the drawings he did not figure the charges. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• She slumbered towards the afternoon, and I put away the book of drawings so that she might not see it when she woke. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• No crowding, said Mr. Rochester: take the drawings from my hand as I finish with them; but don't push your faces up to mine. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I know what your drawings are. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The one on the right hand shows it as seen with the right eye, and the other as it looks with the left eye; and if both drawings be combined into one image, it stands out in bold relief. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The vast majority of their drawings represent animals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He brought three drawings to Edison, who examined them and said none of them would answer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Marianne's pianoforte was unpacked and properly disposed of; and Elinor's drawings were affixed to the walls of their sitting room. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• If I die first, promise you will give him this little book of his drawings, with my hair in it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• His drawings were on metal plates that would not stretch nor shrink by the fraction of a hair. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This is well shown in the drawings given by Owen of the leg bones of the horse, ox, and rhinoceros. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Some brought models, others drawings, still others a bare idea, and a few, of course, had just a plain bug. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• By this time he would seem to have given up all thought of the artist’s career, and to have turned his talent with the pen to the aid of his mechanical drawings. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Upright pieces of wood, _d h_, _e f_, at each end, are furnished with slides or clips to hold the drawings, which are reflected from the inclined mirrors, and seen in them by each eye separately. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• You know, her father was our drawing-master, Mamma, at Chiswick, and used to do all the best parts of our drawings. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Her drawings, as she finished them, or tried to finish them, were placed in my hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The most extensive application of photo-lithography is in the reproduction of the Patent Office drawings, which amount to about 60,000 sheets weekly. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I did all I could to control myself--I said nothing, and looked down close at the drawings. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He neve r attained any literary facility, and was always more successful in conveying his observations by maps, drawings, and con versation than by books. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The other drawings pleased her much, but she called that an ugly man. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It is not many drawings, but the character of one which makes a thorough draughtsman. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Lord Hertford showed us a vast collection of gold and silver coins, portraits, drawings, curious snuff-boxes and watches. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• She received a letter from Winifred Crich, ornamented with drawings. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• At first he used the umber chiefly, in imitation of the old drawings that he was copying. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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