Written

Examples

• She had written in a hurry and dipped her pen too deep. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• In disproof of which superfluous remark Sir Leicester has indignantly written on the slate, I am not. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is written in letters, not figures,--twenty thousand. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I would not tell him that I thought him dying, so I expressed my regret that he had not written to me when he was so ill. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Laura had certainly written to say she would pass the night under the roof of her old friend--but she had never been near the house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• This was his answer, written, I suppose, in some pique: True you have given me many sweet kisses, and a lock of your beautiful hair. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In that sense, I have written to her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Every few weeks thou dost bring in twelve or more books, written in half the time it takes our quickest scribe to make a single copy. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• According to Miss Batesit all came from herMrs. Dixon had written most pressingly. Jane Austen. Emma.
• On scrutiny they proved to be French compositions, written in a hand peculiar but compact, and exquisitely clean and clear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The last name was written in pencil, and Amy explained that he was to rewrite it in ink and seal it up for her properly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• But if she DID, the letter was written and sent away with a privacy which eluded all her watchfulness to ascertain the fact. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• But, she added, looking at Mr. Casaubon, I can imagine what he has written to you about. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Biddy, said I, I think you might have written to me about these sad matters. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The note was written on a rather untidy half-sheet, without date or address, but her hand was firm and free. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He had it written up for the newspapers, and advertised public demonstrations of its powers, and arranged that Bell should lecture on it in different cities. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But another decree was written. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The one missent must first be attended to; it had been written five days ago. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The first volume, as well as a portion of the second, was written before I had reason to suppose I was in a critical condition of health. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Here it is, written out. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• When he had written it, he said: 'All right, porter, I will take this myself. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I took out of my pocket-book the letter which poor Lady Verinder had written to me from Frizinghall, on the day when I left her house in Yorkshire. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I address these lines--written in India--to my relatives in England. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I noted, in passing, that she had written a note before leaving home but after being fully dressed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I have taken a book written by one eminent professor and evidently approved by others, for they use it as a text-book. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The coachman brought a message for me, and written instructions for my lady's own maid and for Penelope. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I suppose you have heard of the handsome letter Mr. Frank Churchill has written to Mrs. Weston? Jane Austen. Emma.
• A name casually written on a slip of paper has enabled me to find her out. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The first letters he read were very formal, very carefully written and dealt almost entirely with local happenings. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I told him that as the terms were written they would not; that only the officers were permitted to take their private property. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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