| 单词 | foolscap |
| 例句 | In the drawer of her bedside locker, she kept a foolscap notebook with marbled cardboard covers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A sheaf of foolscap from her father’s office was before her, the desk light threw down its comforting yellow patch, the fountain pen was in her hand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I pulled out a new nib and my box of good glossy foolscap paper reserved for special occasions. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z This marked-up manuscript was then given to Laloo Chiba, who spent the next night transferring my writing to his own almost microscopic shorthand, reducing ten pages of foolscap to a single small piece of paper. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled out these shiny Congolese foolscap notebooks, roughly bound, with big green elephants stenciled on the front. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z They came on serviettes, on paper tom from exercise books, on scraps of foolscap, on the backs of our own leaflets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know it’s been a rough year for many of you,” he continued, shielding his narrow eyes from the sun with a foolscap. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Against this tech-inflected landscape, Thomas Harding’s more than serviceable new biography of George Weidenfeld, long a force of letters in England and briefly in the United States, floats as if on stained foolscap. Putting Out ‘Lolita’ Was Hardly His Most Controversial Move 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Lloyd pictured Cinna as a bum in a suit, foolscap spilling out of his pockets. The Magnificent Memory of Norman Lloyd 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z It consists of calculations etched largely in ink on yellowed leaves of foolscap and squared paper, with 26 pages in Einstein’s handwriting, 25 pages in Besso’s and three containing entries from both scientists. Rare Einstein manuscript that ‘almost miraculously’ survived sold for more than $13 million in Paris auction 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The map runs to sixteen laminated foolscap pages, or about ten square feet, when I tile the pages together. The Invisible City Beneath Paris 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z It was an anonymous and rather strangely-written letter containing 130 words printed in English on white foolscap. A wedding bomb, a letter and an unlikely suspect 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z A few stray droplets landed on the altar, setting the foolscap alight. In a new light : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z The ostrich egg remained motionless; but the scratching of a pen and the slow regular movement of a very plump white hand across a double sheet of foolscap indicated that the room contained human life. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z In the end, however, the letter was written, covering in all five pages of Chinese rice-paper, in shape longer than foolscap, but not so broad. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z Let his imaginary pen glide, swift and effortless, over his imaginary foolscap. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z This day is published, in 1 vol. foolscap 8vo., price 7s. 6d. extra cloth, with numerous woodcut illustrations, A TECHNICAL DICTIONARY; or, a Dictionary explaining all terms of Art and Science. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-09T03:00:19.037Z We used to build little columns of these Foxgloves by thrusting one within another, alternating purple and white; and we wore them for gloves, and placed them as foolscaps on the heads of tiny dolls. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z He was bending low over his writing-table, with a cup of tea by his side, and already several sheets of closely-written foolscap were scattered about the table. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z The open note, as it lay upon the table, disclosed a torn, ragged edge, as if it had been carelessly severed from a sheet of foolscap. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z There, too, lay her quill and inky horn and a foolscap book sewed neatly and marked: Felicity Warren 1774 HER BOOKE. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Then he set to work, using very large foolscap to write on, working rapidly, but with frequent references to his storehouse of facts in the scrap-books which were ready at his hand. How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction 2012-02-17T03:00:36.070Z He had reduced the more important of the various possible human beliefs to twenty-odd propositions and many subheads, all of which he had had printed on a double sheet of foolscap. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z That evening I refilled my fountain-pen, opened a fresh packet of foolscap, and began:— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 14, 1916 2012-02-11T03:03:42.797Z Mrs. Tyson blew out the candles upon his writing-table and arranged automatically some disordered sheets of foolscap. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z The circulation amounted to six copies a week, each of which had to be written out in fair round hand on two sheets of foolscap paper. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z So he wrote and wrote in feverish haste, drinking cup after cup of tea, and turning off page after page of foolscap, till long past midnight. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Students had to provide their own paper to write their exams, and one day he found himself without even a few pennies to buy the necessary sheets of foolscap. India's Way: India?s Boom Creates Openings for Untouchables 2011-12-22T03:02:26Z The smallest sheet was water-marked with a jug, as above, and termed "pot"; the next had a cap and bells, hence our term "foolscap"; the next a horn, hence "post". Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z An ordinary departmental committee is no use: generally they only give you a couple of pages of lined foolscap and no white blotting-paper, and very often the pencils are quite soft. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The manuscript is written on blue prison foolscap. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z This course having been unanimously determined upon as strictly regular, I laid a large folio of foolscap on the writing-table, and the apparition proceeded to put itself in an attitude for careful inspection. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z A flash of the talisman was soon to raise a bottle of ink and a quire of foolscap. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z He held out what looked like a musty document, consisting of several foolscap pages, covered with close writing on both sides of each page. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z Let’s go back into the other room and I’ll get you some foolscap to take it down on. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z It was written on blue foolscap paper with the prison stamp on the top. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z He studied the sheet of ruled foolscap which he took out of it with every appearance of absorbed interest. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z If you write a large hand, take foolscap; if a small hand, use letter-paper size. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z There was a large leather blotter, with pouches, a pad of athletic club letterheads, a lot of spoiled half sheets of foolscap, about a quire of clean paper, and a few small miscellaneous articles. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z In schools, French was taught with great zeal, and, according to Sylvester, the future translator of Du Bartas, it was forbidden to speak English, however trivial the matter, under penalty of wearing the foolscap. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z It opened readily, and in the place where it opened lay a blue foolscap envelope. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z He seized a pen and wrote, without pause or hesitation, a number of notes on some foolscap which lay ready on his table. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z There are large envelopes that will hold foolscap paper, properly folded. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z So I got a few sheets of foolscap and made a few rough sketches, and thought and planned for a night or two, and thus the Wanderer came into existence—on paper. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z A favourite quotation of his was from Byron— “One hates an author that’s all author—fellows In foolscap uniforms turned up with ink.” Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Inside was a sheet of foolscap covered from top to bottom with mighty shaky handwritin'. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z Once inside the cabin of the lugger the Fish-King took an immense ruler, and sitting upon the table in front of a high heap of foolscap began ruling one wave after another. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z This Cote 79 contained only sixteen foolscap pages, and they represent the gist of an examination which lasted several hours! My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z Here, if anybody is ill he wants the doctor to drink the medicine with him in whacking tumblers, and won't accept a recipe unless it covers a whole sheet of foolscap. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z If the horse dies naturally, the post-surgeon can fill out a comparatively brief report; if he orders it shot, he will have to write out some five foolscap pages. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Char banged the receiver down impatiently with one hand, while the other continued to make rapid calculations on a large sheet of foolscap. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z His long pale fingers underwent a distinct tremor as he unrolled a large crackling sheet of foolscap. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z We wrote the "Memoirs" on foolscap which I brought myself, for the President knew that his stationery was counted! My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z He paused abruptly, seized a sheet of foolscap and resumed his normal tone. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z The mask sat down at the organ, and took a pen and a sheet of foolscap. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Put away that great pile of foolscap and talk to me; I’m as full of talk as an egg is full of meat.” Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z I took the paper with trembling hands, climbed to the desk, spread the sheet of foolscap ready upon a big piece of blotting-paper, and took up one of the pens before me. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z He simply wrote his check at top of a sheet of foolscap, stating in it what it was for, and courteously asking the bank "please" to pay the amount. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z A neat pile of foolscap covered with shorthand characters indicated early rising and studious method. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z Square foolscap 8vo., with Illustrations, elegantly bound in cloth, price 9d. each. W.P. Nimmo Catalogue, Selected List, 1890 2011-07-09T02:00:14.090Z Becoming wearied she laid the neat manuscript away and began scribbling with a pencil on a half sheet of foolscap; the disconnected words revealed the thoughts that had been troubling her all day. Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z I fully expected a severe scolding or a blow when he took up my sheet of foolscap and scanned it over, but he threw it down before me again with a grunt. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z When he died, the drawers filled with large and small fragments of foolscap sheets were cleared out and left for his successor to fill in his turn. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z After a slight and salubrious meal, we again tackled to the foolscap, and by nine o'clock dismissed the printer's devil to his den with a quarter of a ream of manuscript. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z At last, however, he unfolded the sheet of foolscap on which it was written, and read the ominous contents. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z Dinah’s letter was a sheet of foolscap; it was written as a diary. Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z The first records of the court were kept on sheets of foolscap paper, and fastened together with wafers. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Lo-Keong opened his mouth to speak, but before he could do so, Mrs. Ainsleigh entered with a sheet of foolscap in her hand. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z I found him busy, drawing strange hieroglyphics on a large sheet of foolscap paper with a red-lead pencil. That Little Beggar 2011-05-21T02:00:09.877Z "Well, I'd like to see you fill ten large foolscap pages proving it." Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z At eleven o'clock his lordship was intent upon a sheet of unlined foolscap, with sundry notes dotted down the edge, and the rest of the leaf left blank. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Sometimes I write four or five pages of foolscap, and other days I will write as much as fifteen. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z In one corner was an immense mahogany writing table, clean now except for a drinking glass packed with sharpened pencils and a large yellow foolscap pad. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z "I've done now," he remarked a few minutes later, sitting up and putting the sheet of foolscap and the red-lead pencil under his pillow. That Little Beggar 2011-05-21T02:00:09.877Z Just as Priscilla's own reflections had taken this turn, she allowed her eye to rest on a half sheet of foolscap that she had last picked up. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z A sheet of bluish foolscap, with the ink scarce dried upon it, was spread out before the eyes of the widow. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z It is written, or rather wildly scribbled, on both sides of six sheets of blue foolscap, the water-mark of one of which is 1863, doubtless the date of the composition of the poem. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z She then opened another compartment, and took out two pieces of folded paper, of a creamy tint, apparently about the size of two sheets of foolscap. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z Chris was in the act of drawing, with no little pomp, the large sheet of foolscap from beneath his pillow. That Little Beggar 2011-05-21T02:00:09.877Z Bragg's writing instrument galloped across the paper and soon covered the foolscap with a terrible denunciation of the unfortunate Botts. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z The lawyer, still obsequious, signified assent, at the same time seizing a pen, and placing a sheet of blue foolscap before him. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z As soon as she stirred, he returned to his blue foolscap. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z The one—the parchment, however, was useless; the other—the sheet of foolscap—was the last. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Few would dispute that the census has grown into something of a monster: from a single foolscap sheet, it has become a 32-page booklet with four pages of questions for every person. Do we actually need a census? 2011-03-10T08:00:09Z That his young mind turned longingly towards a different future, may be seen from his desires written at this time on a sheet of foolscap. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z For answer the legal man squared some foolscap sheets on a small table and produced a stylographic pen. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z As he spoke he took a sheet of foolscap paper, and a fresh dip of ink, as if to make notes of her business. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z The MS., from its commencement to the termination of the licence, was written on forty-eight pages of foolscap paper, in a small hand, sometimes not easy to be read. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z “It is too good—too flowing and clear,” said the curate, looking at some sheets of foolscap Septimus laid before him. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z No; Clarence had left them “up to their knees in foolscap” in a government office. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z A foolscap sheet bore already some written words. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Meanwhile, the old schools were broken up and the foolscap addressed to the old masters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z He had brought the counterblast with him—six sheets of foolscap, with all the t's uncrossed—and insisted on signing it with his own name. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z I drew the sheet from its cover—a piece of coarse foolscap, folded note fashion. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z In stationery there was to be had paste-board, foolscap paper, second do., letter paper, black and red ink powder and wafers. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z It consisted of many sheets of foolscap, and appeared to be a kind of rough diary kept by Jabez Huxham, when he was in Africa. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Nothing more was heard of the Funeral Association, Limited, until a week later, when Belinda, noticing a light in the third-floor classroom, investigated and found Amelia and Laura May bending over one sheet of foolscap. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z I would advise you to procure a ream of foolscap paper and set to work. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z Instead he continued to write his columns, usually between 1,100 and 1,300 words, in small, neat handwriting, using a proper pen with black ink on lined foolscap paper. Alan Watkins obituary 2010-05-09T15:08:00Z The bread is made of the inner rind next the wood, taken off in flakes like a sheet of foolscap paper, and is steeped or washed in warm water, to clear off its astringent principle. Notes and Queries, Number 229, March 18, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Caroline went into her sitting-room, brought out pen and ink and foolscap, dictionaries and Latin grammar; but when she sat down to work, her usual pleasure and eagerness had flown. Capricious Caroline They examined every packet: they opened every bundle of papers: they looked into every folded sheet of parchment or foolscap. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z The tips of his nose and ears were almost hidden by a most magnificently stiff collar, and his chin nestled in a bed of frill, made to match the collar of the best foolscap. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 Suddenly his eye fell upon the pad of foolscap before him, upon which he had been emphasising his remarks by vigorous slappings. "Pip" A Romance of Youth Our copies," he told his little daughters, "were set by the schoolmaster in books made of a few sheets of foolscap, stitched together and ruled with a leather plummet. Little Women Letters from the House of Alcott "If I am to kick up my heels in this room all day—and probably for several days—I must have a pen and ink and some foolscap." The Spy in Black However, I cleared the table of the fruit and the flowers and placed before him several sheets of generous foolscap, on which I had copied for a friend The Raven as it was first published. The Home Life of Poe The herbarium of Linn�us is on paper of the common foolscap size, about eleven inches long and seven wide. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools Monday.—I told Grandfather if he would bring me some sheets of foolscap paper I would begin to write a book. Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl From this period, however, Norwich kept pace with other places; a newspaper had been established even earlier, a quarto foolscap, at a penny a number. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations He threw some sheets of foolscap on the table, took out his pen, and sat down to his work. The Spy in Black He lends old nibs and half-sheets of paper, and requires the borrower to give him back new nibs and foolscap sheets. John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced Every one of those many packets of foolscap and parchment bore in the left-hand corner near the top a few carefully written words summarizing their contents. The Missioner I was spending it with the aid of a sheet of foolscap paper and a long pencil until after two o'clock in the morning. Life on the Stage Ah, Mrs. Kennyfeck, indolently and carelessly as you hold that small epistle in your fingers, it cost him who wrote it many a puzzling thought, and many a fair sheet of foolscap. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) For about five minutes he stared at the foolscap, but the pen never made a movement. The Spy in Black "I think it's quite inspiring to see a pile of fresh sheets of foolscap and a paper of questions," she declared. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days One of them fills thirty-two pages of foolscap, and the other sixty; and it must be remembered that the calculations themselves were quite novel at that time. Astronomical Discovery He had been writing upon a sheet of foolscap and the writing was in German. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England Felt nearly exhausted when we reached camp, but a healthy reaction took place upon finding a big "foolscap" letter, all from home, also the likeness of sister Margaret and her two little boys. An Artilleryman's Diary In the end—it was some time in September—I called on the local stationer and bought a large heap of superior foolscap. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. Map of Mani The engraving opposite is a copy of the ancient map, the original of which covers one side of a sheet of foolscap paper. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. Read that,” said the Commandant, handing him a folded letter in blue official foolscap. Harley Greenoak's Charge In his hands Tapinyani held a sheet of large foolscap paper, concerning which he seemed to be closely questioning the tall white man standing at his side. Tales of South Africa Spreading before him a bulky roll of foolscap, his Honor, after requesting the close attention of the jurors, commenced to read the final instructions. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin This was one of these: the paper was a greenish sickly-white, a kind of dyspeptic foolscap; the very mill that fabricated it might have had the shaking ague. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Then squeeze on to the corner of a half-sheet of foolscap a little color from a tube of oil paint. Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades Material in prose and verse was given to me, and filled three foolscap pages in a close handwriting. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday And Jack held out a sheet of foolscap for his friend's inspection. The Children of the Top Floor The clerk made many notes on foolscap sheets in a large, round hand, and Mrs. Carshaw, seated in the train, read them many times through her gold-mounted lorgnette. The Bartlett Mystery I once wrote a short note in ink on a page of foolscap, and then filled up the sheet with a long letter, written with soda, which would be invisible until heated. In and Out of Rebel Prisons The huskily strident voice trembled slightly, but she read several pages of foolscap without a break, and finished with a flourish. Ancestors A Novel Then, in a softer tone: "Now, Sammy, I want you to promise to write me a long letter—two sheets o' foolscap." Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys "Ye—yes," said Winifred slowly, laying down her pencil, and surveying rather ruefully the large sheet of foolscap in her lap. The Children of the Top Floor In another moment they were shut up in Mr. Byrd's room, with a large sheet of foolscap before them. Hand and Ring Men pore over foolscap sheets of paper with magnifying glasses, comparing, classifying, and checking, day in, day out. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police The written statement the Rebel Colonel has sent to me covers fourteen pages of closely written foolscap; and my interview with him on the subject lasted five hours, by a slow watch. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 Have therefore, pinned up, a number of slips of paper—a foolscap half-sheet divided vertically into two long strips I find best. Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass My Dear H—: A common sheet of paper is enough for love, but a foolscap extra can only contain a railroad and my ecstasies. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years The ladies are ever quarreling in words, while their husbands do the same thing upon foolscap. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. This is a sheet about foolscap size, and its publication is confined to the Metropolitan Police. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police One day in the board-room of the British Museum he handed to Lord Aberdeen a sheet of foolscap covered with writing arranged in parallel columns down each of the four pages. Home Life of Great Authors It was a sheet of foolscap, written on three sides, in a plain, bold hand. The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia And this was it—about twenty pages of foolscap. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The paper, as I had noted before, was the same kind of foolscap as that which I had been in the habit of using at my office in Florence; and the typewriting—was it mine? Miss Cayley's Adventures He pushed scornfully on one side the elegantly shaped inkstand, with its burden of pens; the blotting-pad, with its silver edges; the piles of cream-laid foolscap. The Moving Finger He took a sheet of plain foolscap from his writing-table, and carefully divided it into eight equal pieces, and gave each boy a piece. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Driscoll unfolded a long sheet of foolscap, and began to read. The Missourian “Miss Hope will sign right here,” said Blosser, hastily unfolding a sheet of foolscap. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune On the voyage he wrote a minute narrative of his diplomatic career, occupying two hundred and fifty pages of foolscap. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series There wasn't a book or sheet of foolscap resting on the walnut. Modus Vivendi Each is labelled and every title is copied on a sheet of foolscap, and each section numbered and credited to box one. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. Catharine once remarked herself that she wrote on "sensitive skins, while his material was foolscap." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Probably the size of foolscap is the most convenient, each sheet being confined to a single species. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses The portly Bishop of Oxford is on his right, and like the other corner man, the Bishop of Salisbury, he scribbles away at a great rate in a huge manuscript book, or roll of foolscap. Punch, or, the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 8, 1890. Two days later he received a bulky envelope, which contained a short note from the detective, and a type-written document, which covered several pages of foolscap. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly He stood for a few moments, fingering things, turning over pieces of foolscap and tapping the table with a paper knife. Changing Winds A Novel To her who received it the one syllable was more than a page of foolscap. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance It covered nine sheets of foolscap, and had cost him hours of agonizing toil. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas He fills his foolscap with correspondence, which he addresses to the highest authorities; the favoured recipients being His Excellency the Governor, the alcalde mayor, and members of the town council. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Suffice it to say, however, that Khalid comes to church on that fatal day, takes the foolscap sheet down from the door, and, going with it to the town-square, burns it there before the multitudes. The Book of Khalid It is, therefore, a wise precaution to line the tin, even for a plain cake, with foolscap paper. The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience The next day, when he arrived at his office, Tom Franks eagerly pounced upon Florence's foolscap envelope. The Time of Roses As the result of that and several other half-hours of work, she covered two pages of foolscap; then, seeking out Miss Edith, she unfolded her scheme and begged for help. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life It covered three pages of foolscap paper, and had at least the merit of being written on only one side. Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story Then the typewriter clicked, and shortly afterwards the master mechanic came into the office with a sheet of foolscap, which he handed to Ralph. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer In one volume, foolscap 8vo, illustrated by numerous Woodcuts, price 9s. cloth. Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding So Paul wears the foolscap, that those coarse fools might have a mirror in which to behold their real selves. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost Within a week every girl in the Fourth Book had an autograph album, even if it were only one made of foolscap and trimmed with tissue-paper such as Rosie made for Elizabeth. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Is it not sufficient to read them in a modest foolscap octavo? The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time It held a stylograph and had been resting on some scattered sheets of foolscap that Ian had left there in the morning. The Invader A Novel Carefully counting nine leaves of blank white foolscap, he bent down over the paper, with his face almost touching it. Malcolm Sage, Detective Filled in with ordinary blank foolscap, such as, no doubt, you have in your office—but, then, it is in every other office, too; every stationer has it by the ream. The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator As he walked to the Table, a sheet of foolscap paper in right hand, Liberals and Nationalists leapt to their feet waving hats and handkerchiefs, cheering like madmen. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914 However, he called to his aid his son Robert, set him down before a sheet of foolscap, and told him to “put down there just what I tell you.” Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson He had left his chair and was leaning over the table, completely puzzled, first by Milly's terrified expression, then by what she had written, illegibly enough, across the two sheets of foolscap. The Invader A Novel A sheet of foolscap lay upon it, and curiosity prompted me to glance at it. The Seven Secrets It was nothing but a sort of thin manuscript book, made of a few sheets of foolscap size, sewn in a cover of thickish grey paper. The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator And Mark's imagination saw his first brief bringing others in its train, until he should sink in a sea of blue foolscap, helpless and entangled in clinging tentacles of red-tape. The Giant's Robe It was printed on a half sheet of foolscap, with a large and almost wornout type. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The options made to him were written on slips of paper hastily torn from a cheap note book, engrossed on yellowing sheets of foolscap in tremulous Spencerian. Mountain Blood A Novel The coroner, seated at the table at the head of the room, took the usual formal evidence of identification, writing down the depositions upon separate sheets of blue foolscap. The Seven Secrets From the outside left breast-pocket of his "undress" coat he produced a white foolscap envelope, bearing in blue the "foul anchor" badge of the Admiralty. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Having done this, he took up a sheet of foolscap, on which was written, in the form of a petition, the resolution of the Fifth calling upon Mr. Weevil to expel Percival from Garside. The Hero of Garside School Then, four snug little foolscap papers a month contained all that the world was doing that any one cared to know. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Baxter and the Frenchman stood elbow to elbow; the Frenchman held in his hands a number of sheets of paper, foolscap size, to the contents of which he was obviously drawing Baxter's attention. Ravensdene Court I could sum up my life on a sheet of foolscap. When the Birds Begin to Sing It flashed on her that her order had been dangerously unlimited, and she opened the cover in trepidation, but what was her dismay at the double, treble, quadruple foolscap? Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Denis Quirk was in his office, busy in putting his ideas into effect with a piece of foolscap in front of him, and the telephone receiver close at hand. Grey Town An Australian Story It was printed on half a sheet of foolscap by James Franklin, brother of Benjamin Franklin, who served his apprenticeship with him. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy They ought to be written on foolscap paper, leaving a margin, to the left hand, of one-fourth of the breadth, and superscribed on the cover "On H. M. Service." The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. I have gathered twenty-one thick foolscap volumes of manuscript. The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad. He handed his father a large double sheet of blue foolscap containing a great deal of printed matter. The Prodigal Father Is it not also graft when a student helps herself to examination foolscap and takes it for private use? Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls He opened the leather portfolio which lay on the table and extracted six sheets of foolscap paper. The Keepers of the King's Peace This was written with a firm hand on four sides of a foolscap sheet, expressed with great perspicuity, and signed with the convict's name. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Use foolscap paper, and write on one side of the paper only. The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents There were several foolscap sheets containing many particulars respecting the life and conversation of one Hester Prynne, who appeared to have been rather a noteworthy personage in the view of our ancestors. The Scarlet Letter Stover stiffly arose and handed him the foolscap. The Varmint This manuscript contains about twenty-five pages of foolscap paper, and remains a standing evidence of the fidelity of the Virginia Huguenots to their Christian duties and ordinances. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Your novel may be tedious beyond endurance; your epic a preposterous waste of once valuable foolscap; but your slashing review is sure to be widely read and enjoyed. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. He had some wonderful adventures inside the moon—I've got them all written down in my foolscap book. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 "Sir William wished me to ask you for some foolscap paper, ma'am, please," he said, "with lines on it." The Arbiter A Novel There were also a large number of loose sheets, making in all nearly 200 foolscap pages of sacred formulas. The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 301-398 She gave the detective several sheets of blue foolscap pinned together and closely written in the shaky handwriting of Aaron Norman. The Opal Serpent Slowly, as though with a sense that the great discovery was imminent, he tore open the letter and pulled out the three foolscap pages, which, with a covering note, constituted the contents. Jack O' Judgment It held his books and his treasures, but he took out only a pencil, a bit of paper and the foolscap book. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 I want some foolscap paper for my father. The Arbiter A Novel Among them was his father’s chief treasure, a manuscript book containing 122 pages of foolscap size, completely filled with formulas of the same kind as those contained in Swimmer’s book. The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 301-398 From the letter, which extends to thirty-four foolscap pages I make the following extracts. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Touched with rum, half mad o' balked greed, with a face like wrinkled foolscap, Small Sam Small went over the side, in his coonskin coat. Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Miss Trevor would not give up the foolscap book so easily, but for a long time Paul refused to show it to her. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 So Edna wrote, neatly: "Buy-law I. The club will take up a subscription of five cents each, and buy foolscap paper, as much as it needs." Cricket at the Seashore There are people whose talk has inimitable touches, and whose lives are art, but who never sit down to a quire of foolscap. The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] In a letter to a friend, dated 18th April, 1846, he said:—My report on a system of public elementary instruction occupies nearly 400 pages of foolscap. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada "I'm a poem for a paper," said the foolscap letter at last. Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914 Miss Trevor did not get a glimpse of the foolscap book that day, nor for many days after. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 "For instance, By-law one: 'The club will buy foolscap paper to print on, and will take up a surscription of five cents to buy it with.'" Cricket at the Seashore He covered a sheet of foolscap with a bare—he called it a detached—statement of the facts about Irish lunacy. Lady Bountiful On New Year's Day I worked at it for fifteen hours—writing upwards of twenty pages of foolscap, besides researches, comparing authorities, etc. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada It was written on a sheet of blue foolscap paper and ornamented with a penny stamp, necessary, so a footnote informed me, because the sum of money involved was more than two pounds. Lalage's Lovers On her way back to the hotel Miss Trevor remembered the foolscap book. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 "We could print the paper all out on foolscap." Cricket at the Seashore He took from his bag a quantity of foolscap paper and set to work to draft a note to the Prime Minister on the needs and ideas of Irish Labour. Lady Bountiful Read—O ye poetasters who are now hammering at Crecy—read the "Bonnets of Dundee," and then, if you have a spark of candour left, you will shove your foolscap into the fire. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 He flung a typewritten sheet of foolscap at me. Lalage's Lovers The day came when Paul at last showed her the foolscap book. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 The telegram to be written on a sheet of foolscap paper, with the full name and address of the sender, and the name also of the nearest American Consul. A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes He sat down at his writing table, took from a drawer a bundle of foolscap paper, fitted a new nib to his pen and filled his ink bottle. Lady Bountiful She took from her desk a sheet of foolscap paper. Marjorie's Busy Days The former divided his speech into thirty-two heads; the latter took eighty pages of foolscap for his. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 He removed his pipe and nodded at the foolscap book. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 The table, covered with sundry sheets of foolscap, show strong symptoms of the Novel progressing. Olla Podrida With prodigal extravagance he tore up another whole sheet of foolscap and began again. Lady Bountiful It is a half-bound book of rather more than foolscap size, and about three-fourths of an inch thick, and many of the entries are in Dr. Franklin's own handwriting. The Postal Service of the United States in Connection with the Local History of Buffalo Then I dropped on an essay, eight pages foolscap, in scholarly handwriting, with perfect grasp of subject, and concentrated, pithy expression. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah You'll find it more interesting than the foolscap book, only you must remember it isn't true! Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 Yet, ere I give myself away, And abdicate on foolscap flimsy, Let me implore you, mark the day— Time-honoured feast of prank and whimsy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 1, 1893 In conclusion, the good clergyman presented him with several pounds of foolscap, closely written over in a neat hand. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Afterwards he took from his suit-case a quire of ruled foolscap paper and a fountain pen, and, seating himself, sat for some time with his head in his hands deep in thought. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime He laid upon the table a wordy document in foolscap with a receipt stamp in one corner, and read it aloud in his own breathless chuckle. Despair's Last Journey The very first day I tottered under the weight of the mighty foolscap. The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young A sheet or two of foolscap, giving to the Department at Ottawa an official report of their travels and observations, is the only record that survives. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police I jumped up, but of the ten or twelve foolscap leaves on very thin paper, I only managed to recover two or three. In the Forbidden Land It was written on long ruled foolscap on rather darkish blue paper in a pale blue ink, and it needed young eyes to decipher it. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile Green had pulled a fountain pen from his pocket and adjusted a couple of sheets of official foolscap. The Grell Mystery She pushed Geography aside and took a new sheet of foolscap with every prospect of passing. The Wrong Woman It is upon a sheet of four pages, rather larger than foolscap, which it entirely fills. Notes and Queries, Number 54, November 9, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. A domino on the outer edge of the group came forward with a roll of foolscap, tied with a black cord. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore After a few moments, Magdaléna's glance swept the wall of leaves that surrounded her; then she took a pencil and a roll of foolscap from her pocket. The Californians Green held out a pen to him and pointed to the bottom of the foolscap. The Grell Mystery Here," he said, passing a sheet of foolscap to the inspector, "is the plan of international co-operation which—I will return candour for candour—the increasing importance of the case renders expedient. The Sins of Séverac Bablon It consists of twenty-nine leaves, foolscap folio; and, except that the edges and corners of the leaves are occasionally worn by frequent perusal, is otherwise in excellent condition. Notes and Queries, Number 54, November 9, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Like the man who wrote, it was extremely large, being several sizes bigger than foolscap, and very loosely ruled. The Big Otter Even I—albeit I 'm sure I did not know it, Nor sought of foolscap subjects to be king— Was reckon'd a considerable time, The grand Napoleon of the realms of rhyme. Don Juan Her new pen flew over the sheets of foolscap, and if she was too nervous to do herself full justice she at least acquitted herself with credit. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story Behind a large, bare table, upon which were some sheets of foolscap, a metal inkpot, and pens, sat Chief Inspector Sheffield. The Sins of Séverac Bablon Inside lay a folded sheet of foolscap paper. The Princess of the School The Poles, I remember, asked for answers to questions on two sheets of foolscap and charged thirty shillings for a visa that went out of date before I could get to their country. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 I found six huge cardboard cases, large enough to contain foolscap paper, lettered on the back: Gräfl. Figures of Several Centuries Dexter drew a half-sheet of foolscap paper from a folio, and rather shrinkingly placed it before his tutor, who took a pair of spectacles from his pocket, and placed them over his mild-looking eyes. Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel This done, he proceeded to work his way back by placing a blue printed sheet of foolscap upon each improvised blotting-pad. Glyn Severn's Schooldays Before she left I gave her a sheet of foolscap paper, and a long lead pencil, and showed her how to keep her reckoning as to the Sabbath day. By Canoe and Dog-Train You must write a Greek theme of not less than two pages of foolscap, on the Blessings of Peace, and bring it me on Tuesday. Dr. Jolliffe's Boys And he took half a sheet of foolscap and wrote out the formal notice to the Adjutant of the 4th Blankshire at once. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War I counted up one sheet of foolscap, and it came to two hundred and fifty. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story Cecil would say shortly, and taking up her pencil slash scathing comments at the side of the foolscap sheets. The Independence of Claire He then hid himself behind a foolscap folio, to signify that the audience was ended. She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. “Here are Tom Bowling’s certificates, sir,” said he, giving the couple of sheets of foolscap in question to his superior officer. Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy The paper was published in manuscript, and consisted of twenty foolscap pages, which O’Reilly prided himself upon completely filling at every issue. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific Opening it, he unfolded a sheet of foolscap and handed it to the other. A Mating in the Wilds The time of examinations had come, and night after night the dining-table of the little parlour was littered with the sheets of foolscap which were to test the progress of the pupils throughout the term. The Independence of Claire In a city claiming to be the 'HOME OF ART'—they pinned a piece of foolscap paper around the neck of Chloe. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Ulyth flushed crimson with annoyance, and turned her sheets of foolscap hastily over to hide them from her room-mate's prying eyes. For the Sake of the School "Two thousand pounds?" exclaimed Stoner, whose thoughts went like lightning to the half-sheet of foolscap. The Borough Treasurer Already two thirds of their signatures were scrawled on the sheets of foolscap tacked beneath the notice. Christmas A Story Superintendent Galloway, with inky fingers and a red face, and a sheaf of foolscap papers in his hand, came bustling out of the bar parlour to superintend the arrangements. The Shrieking Pit How the hours slip past, with nothing to break the stillness save the scratching of pens on foolscap paper, while each student draws upon the supply of knowledge stored up during the winter months! Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls It is but a small portion we can condense even on hundreds of pages of foolscap paper. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author One of these, a half-sheet of ruled foolscap, he laid in front of him, the rest he put back. The Borough Treasurer I carefully engrossed the will in long hand on fresh foolscap, ornamented it with seals and ribbons and, returning to the hotel, superintended its execution. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble Then he saw a similar hand holding a sheet of foolscap paper on which he saw some writing, which he, however, was not able to read. Real Ghost Stories A number of sentences had been re-constructed several times before they were entirely satisfactory, and then four copies had been printed on foolscap paper. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis After sitting for twenty minutes before a blank sheet of foolscap, Lenox gave up all further effort at mental concentration. The Great Amulet The half-sheet of foolscap was covered with figures: the figuring extended to the reverse side. The Borough Treasurer She took a sheet of foolscap, and made it into four sheets of note paper. Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land And Other Stories The questions in the various subjects were arranged in sections according to their value, and printed on the margin of stiff blue-coloured foolscap, to which the answers were limited. Real Ghost Stories Mr. Sumner's speech, written in his own hand, made nearly one hundred foolscap pages, and the manuscript, which he gave me, is now in my collection of autographs. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Such visitors, however, were not numerous, for the early numbers of the paper show very few advertisements, and the paper itself was little larger than a sheet of foolscap. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money Stoner knew how that half-sheet of foolscap had come into his possession. The Borough Treasurer Down on their knees they fall in booksellers' shops, and, crowned with foolscap, repeat to Blue-Stockings prayers addressed in doggrel to the Deity! Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 This was all set down presently, in a lengthy dispatch covering, at least, two columns of "foolscap," and sent to the Brigade. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery The inaugural message had been prepared by General Harrison in Ohio, and he brought it with him to Washington, written in his large hand on one side of sheets of foolscap paper. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis It was a dingy little sheet, about twice as large as a sheet of foolscap, without a word of editorial, and containing a small number of well-selected paragraphs of news. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money So much for the difficult reasons which had made him appropriate the half-sheet of foolscap. The Borough Treasurer Such are a few hints for "Some Passages in the Life of a Green Goose," written by himself—in foolscap octavo—published by Quack and Co., Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 He passed his mornings in his summer-house, writing on small scraps of paper, and these he handed to his wife who copied them on foolscap. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Images of leisure played before him, leisure in which he saw himself covering foolscap paper with his views on several subjects, and with favourable illustrations of Southern eloquence. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) A quire of foolscap, occupying the only clear space on his desk, is melting rapidly beneath his pen. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The letter, covering twelve closely written foolscap pages, was probably dashed off at a sitting without supposing any eye but my own would ever see it:— June 8th, '58. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer Vanderlyn's visitor again sat down; he laid open on his knee the leather portfolio, and out of it he took a large sheet of foolscap, which, unfolding, he handed to Laurence Vanderlyn. The Uttermost Farthing It would be difficult for them to convince any one that Father Vaughan and Lord Fitzalan were wearing foolscaps. Gilbert Keith Chesterton "I was thinking, Sir, that none would trouble themselves much about our foolscap if we had not once made them wear it." Queechy, Volume II The colonel brought from his hip pocket the carefully folded sheet of foolscap which he had put away when duty called him to Barclay. A Certain Rich Man Cooper wrote rapidly, in a fine, small, clear hand, upon large sheets of foolscap, and seldom made an erasure. The Story of Cooperstown Then from a heap of correspondence he selected a long report typed upon blue foolscap. The Golden Scorpion Lancelot laughed in unison and seizing a couple of sheets of foolscap he opened and spread them on the table. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Naturally, to quote Lord Morley: "A settlement of foolscap sheet, independent of facts, of local circumstances and feeling, and passion, and finance, and other appurtenances of human nature" . . . will lead nowhere. Catholic Problems in Western Canada Byron, who had a larger amount of common sense than any poet of his day, tells us, in "Beppo," "One hates an author that's all author; fellows In foolscap uniforms turn'd up with ink." Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country By the time we had completed our intentions, all of which were carried unanimously, several sheets of foolscap had been filled, or rather would have been filled had we been possessed of any paper. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Immediately around the corner, on a level with my eyes, was a packet of foolscap envelopes and a stick of black sealing-wax! The Golden Scorpion A pile of foolscap paper with red-ruled margins, a clean sheet of white blotting paper, and a penholder with a new nib lay ready. The Luckiest Girl in the School “That the spark that would fire the mine might be in that pretty little beribboned roll of foolscap,” said Risley, laughing. The Portion of Labor Against the dead man's breast he found it, neatly folded, about the size of foolscap paper—several pages of it, he judged, by the thickness of the packet. The Courage of Marge O'Doone "Here it is," he said, taking up a rather grimy-looking roll of foolscap from in front of him. Pieces of Eight It was a sheet of foolscap covered with fine writing and many figures in groups and in columns. The Title Market Winona was gazing at the sheets of foolscap in the Principal's hand. The Luckiest Girl in the School The dusk was falling, and he laid down the pen with which he was delicately transcribing uncials on sheets of foolscap, in order to light a lamp on the table. Masques & Phases Of the three letters she selected two and then, making much of the dog, returned a foolscap envelope to his jaws and instructed him to bear it to Berry. Berry And Co. She never brought her books home and as the reader will ere this have surmised, she was in the daily habit of writing a sketch of her lesson on foolscap, and then reading it off. Tempest and Sunshine Then he went and procured a big bottle of ink and a packet of foolscap paper for Number 19. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross His diploma, written on a sheet of foolscap, and signed by Bishop Madison, Judge St. George Tucker, and others, is still preserved in his family. Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell I have no money to fling away upon fools and foolscap. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers On the table where I write there lie two paper-weights, preserving from the fate of the sibylline leaves the sheets of foolscap to which this essay is now being committed. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science On it lay the page of foolscap, blank but for the words: "He was—" The day had gone and the plot with it. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) "What is it, Dad?" she asked, as he tucked envelope and foolscap pages into the inside pocket of his coat. Burned Bridges My dear H——, A common sheet of paper is enough for love, but a foolscap extra can alone contain a railroad and my ecstasies. Records of a Girlhood Sir Chichester rose to his feet and tore his sheet of foolscap across. The Summons There was no parchment used; each document was a half-sheet foolscap size, party printed and partly written. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned As he did so a folded sheet of foolscap, which had been lodged between the drawer and the side of the desk, fell to the floor. The Cromptons Also, in the Press, and will soon be published, done up neatly in foolscap, and rogue's binding for cheapness, by the same author, The Converted Bailiff; being designed as a companion to The Religious Attorney. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two I have not told you half I could say, but foolscap will contain no more. Records of a Girlhood He sat down and once more he drew his sheet of foolscap in front of him. The Summons "Oh yes, he did," said Humility, and produced it: a single sheet of foolscap signed on her wedding day. The Ship of Stars Opening the envelope, he took out the piece of foolscap, on which was neither date nor name of place. The Cromptons He proceeded to sift some fine, crisp snow in one of the imprints, then, producing an old letter from his pocket, he flattened out the type-written sheets of foolscap therein. The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police In a moment the latter was on his back, and the soiled sheets of foolscap were in Arnold's pocket. The Lighted Way The statement may seem extraordinary, but I could transcribe every rural, out-of-door scene in the "Vicar of Wakefield" upon a single half-page of foolscap. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 The sign was not printed, but written on a half-sheet of foolscap, which was what led Clover to notice it. Clover These literary spinners forget the example of Macaulay, who was quite contented if he turned out two foolscap pages as his actual completed task in mere writing for one day. Side Lights He sits staring at a sheet of foolscap all day and thinks he's working. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment He had written it out in pencil on a couple of sheets of foolscap. The Lighted Way So saying he handed Belton a foolscap sheet of paper on which the following was written: Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem A Novel Silas Gatewood, with a peculiar relish, fills three pages of foolscap, "being anxious to give his rascally conduct in full," as he says. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself She took up from the table a foolscap envelope sealed and having her name written upon it in large and somewhat unsteady characters. The Green Eyes of Bâst I merely sat and stared at the half-written sheet of foolscap on the desk, unable to concentrate my thoughts. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment They were written with a quill pen on foolscap paper, and almost wholly devoted to the weather and the sickness in the family. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years It is a well-written letter, covering three pages of blue foolscap paper, so it must be conveying a good deal of news to Antony and Susannah. With the Harmony to Labrador Notes of a Visit to the Moravian Mission Stations on the North-East Coast of Labrador She was a name, that I found written in the front of the missal, and copied over and over down foolscap paper in my practice of script: "Eagle Madeleine Marie de Ferrier." Lazarre On his return from Lewisburg on Monday Bud had handed him a note, written on common blue foolscap, in round, old-fashioned hand. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana From a small green-covered foolscap volume lent me by Mr Arthur Hill of Thorton-le-dale, I have taken the following description of the "Bounds of the Forest of Pickering, as far as the waters are concerned." The Evolution of an English Town These were continued at intervals through the fall of 1859 and the winter and spring of 1860, and numerous pages of foolscap are still in existence containing a carefully kept account of the expenses. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years His team sat down two sides of a long table, and himself was enthroned at the top in front of foolscap and blotting-paper. Tell England A Study in a Generation Each shareholder will he presented with a gratuitous copy of the Company’s regulations, printed on fine foolscap. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 28, 1841 That letter on blue foolscap paper kept a little warmth in his heart. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana It is under my eye, whether I go to buy a hat, a shawl, or a paper of pins, or watch, or ream of foolscap. Around The Tea-Table Charles Sumner stated that he covered nineteen pages of foolscap in his effort so to formulate it as to omit the word "male" and, at the same time, secure the ballot for the negro. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Several sheets of foolscap paper covered with large open handwriting lay upon the table. Muslin It was about this time that I composed some verses in her praise, half-printing and half-writing them on a sheet of foolscap paper. Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies After that he drew a sheet of foolscap from the stationery case and laid it on the blotting pad. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest We were given five sheets of foolscap, two hours and our own choice of subject. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 21, 1917 Baufr� exhausted all his rhetoric and used four sheets of foolscap in his endeavor to make me see these surroundings of the artist, whom he evidently considered a great man. White Shadows in the South Seas Her preacher had been out of certificates, and had made shift with a plain, undecorated sheet of foolscap that Frosty said looked exactly like a home-made bill of sale. The Range Dwellers "I want you to tell me the meaning of these verses," Lilian Rosenberg said, handing him two sheets of foolscap and then sitting down. The Sorcery Club For practicing penmanship, nothing is more suitable than foolscap, which may be easily sewed into book-form, with cover of some different color, and thus serves every requirement. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Long and passionately she wept on Ada's bosom as she bade her farewell, promising never to forget her, but to write her three pages of foolscap every week. Homestead on the Hillside The address was written upon blue foolscap paper, all in his own hand, and with few interlineations. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him We have laws and by-laws written on large foolscap paper, bearing a huge seal which looks very official. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 So he wrote about ten sheets of foolscap paper, all about sinners. Dave Ranney There were indeed some enterprising spirits who did embark upon the task of collecting these rumours, but they dropped it in despair, before economy in foolscap was even thought of. The Siege of Kimberley We who are the helpless target for the slings and arrows of every writer who chooses to put pen on foolscap—might we not meet now and then for the humour of exchanging anecdotes? Shandygaff In front of each chair, on the table, two sheets of clean foolscap have been placed on a sheet of blotting-paper. The Amateur Poacher It would take more than one letter of mine written on foolscap paper to tell you of our colleagues and friends. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 Many of this strange company wore foolscaps and had little bells appended to their garments, tinkling with a silvery sound responsive to the inaudible music of their gleesome spirits. Twice Told Tales We think what fun it would be to sit right down and churn the ink-well, spreading speculation and cynicism over a number of sheets of foolscap to be wafted Billward. Mince Pie His kit for every voyage, besides the gallon of ink and the hundredweight of foolscap, always included a score of books, ranging from Livy or Chaucer to Gorky and histories of Italian art. Shandygaff Now—none of 'em here, and I with my ink-stand before me, a pencil, a pen, note-books galore, and any amount of foolscap, represent "the composition" of our party. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, July 4, 1891 On the other hand, there are those who say, "Drink is a dreadful thing; let us stamp it out by means of foolscap and printers' ink." The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour On the little square table was a long slip of foolscap covered with complex figures. The Firm of Girdlestone All small notes on slips of paper were left, but almost every article written on full-sized foolscap sheets was abstracted. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 The last wills and testaments of the three greatest men of modern ages are tied up in one sheet of foolscap, and may be seen together at Doctors Commons. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 494, June 18, 1831 Much of his work is written in bound notebooks, especially when he is abroad, to prevent the loss and disorder of multitudinous foolscap. The Life of John Ruskin Digesting my disgust as best I could, I lighted my cheroot with the mendacious foolscap and blushed for my species. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 And he drew some sheets of foolscap from his pocket. The Price of Love A kind of writing-paper, rather inferior in quality, a trifle larger than foolscap, and used at the English universities by mathematicians and in the lecture-room.—Bristed. A Collection of College Words and Customs Upon my table in the centre of the room were spread some clean white sheets of foolscap, and sat a bottle of black ink. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull An essay on 'The Immortality of the Soul,'—covers fifteen pages foolscap. Risen from the Ranks Harry Walton's Success "Don't you know," he gasped, "that the ministers always send up their own sermons, pages upon pages of foolscap?" Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People It was a foolscap envelope addressed to Mrs. Maldon. The Price of Love Right on top was"—she paused impressively to get suspense for her climax—"was them notes on yellow foolscap that I seen in the hands of the visitor last week. The House of Mystery An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant By the by, are they on foolscap? for I forgot to caution you on that head. Yesterdays with Authors "I am thirty-four years old," he said, and Thresk interposed without glancing up from his foolscap: "From your style of conversation I find that very difficult to believe, Captain Hazlewood." Witness for the Defense He had brought the counter-blast with him; six sheets of foolscap with all the t's uncrossed, and insisted on signing it with his own name. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People Inspector Dawfield veiled a slight smile with a sheet of foolscap. The Moon Rock It was a single sheet of foolscap paper, folded together in book form, and stitched. Thirty Years in the Itinerancy Oil some pieces of foolscap paper, lay the fish on them and sprinkle over them the mushroom, parsley, shalot, lemon juice, pepper and salt. The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. I labored daily, when alone, for weeks; how many sheets of foolscap I covered, and dashed to earth, was never told. The Morgesons The writing-books were made of three sheets of foolscap paper, folded into a convenient size, making twenty-four pages in the book. The Teacher The table was littered with parchments, old books, and some sheets of newly written foolscap. The Moon Rock From the outside breast pockets of each of them protruded a number of pencils; and, from their lower side pockets, thick memorandum books with gray covers, or stiffly folded quires of foolscap. Round the Block As my letter was liable to be quite lengthy I bought a quantity of foolscap paper and begun. Death Valley in '49 The bill is of prodigious dimensions, about the size of a sheet of foolscap paper, lined and cross-lined for a multitude of entries. Composition-Rhetoric A lawyer's clerk writes a narrative of some case, on blue foolscap, and, after the manner of legal documents, without a single stop from beginning to end. Hodge and His Masters When the inspector had finished his story he picked up the blue foolscap on which was inscribed the sprawling report of the churchtown sergeant. The Moon Rock A new edition, complete in one volume, foolscap 8vo., with an illustration. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island I found, as the result of my elaboration, over three hundred pages of closely written foolscap paper, and I felt very much relieved when it was done. Death Valley in '49 After some minutes' search Dudley came in with a sheet of foolscap, and then with pen and ink he began to write at Roy's dictation: "When I am dead"— But Dudley's pen stopped. His Big Opportunity He usually preferred foolscap for these documents, and the capitals were numerous and imposing. Stories by American Authors, Volume 6 A copy of Burke’s “Vicissitudes of Families” was lying open on the table, and beside it were two sheets of foolscap, covered with notes in thin irregular handwriting. The Moon Rock A new edition, complete in one volume, foolscap 8vo., with an illustration. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Let a gentlemanly man, with a gentlemanly style, take of foolscap paper a few quires; stuff them well with high-sounding titles—dukes and duchesses, lords and ladies, ad libitum. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 A sheet of foolscap paper, and upon it a long slender hand. Vain Fortune Paper," Hewitt proceeded, holding it up to the light, "Turkey mill, ruled foolscap. Martin Hewitt, Investigator This he did in a fine bold hand on four sides of foolscap. A Cotswold Village A new edition, complete in one volume, foolscap 8vo., with an illustration. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island I am not about to recite at length the items in the will, which covered a page of foolscap. Only an Irish Boy Andy Burke's Fortunes "Look here at this sheet of foolscap," he exclaimed, waving it excitedly. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 And striking fiercely at the sheet of foolscap on which the mistakes were marked in red ink, he kept muttering: "It's past understanding, past understanding!" The Aspirations of Jean Servien Forty-nine heads bent down and forty-nine pens scratched lustily across as many sheets of foolscap. The Cruise of the Dazzler A new edition, complete in one volume, foolscap 8vo., with an illustration. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island There was a dictionary lying face downward on the table, and the open bureau was littered with foolscap paper and the evidences of recently abandoned toil. Tono Bungay Mr Swiveller took a large sheet of foolscap, and with a countenance of profound gravity, began to make a very small note in one corner. The Old Curiosity Shop For almost sixteen big foolscap pages I held them, and I was eager to go on and tell them more about it when I reached the last line. At the Foot of the Rainbow Many of this strange company wore foolscaps, and had little bells appended to their garments, tinkling with a silvery sound, responsive to the inaudible music of their gleesome spirits. From Twice Told Tales A new edition, complete in one volume foolscap 8vo., with an illustration, 8s. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island There were several foolscap sheets, containing many particulars respecting the life and conversation of one Hester Prynne, who appeared to have been rather a noteworthy personage in the view of our ancestors. The Scarlet Letter He took more time to this task, frowning laboriously over the fresh sheet of foolscap, and screening from observation with his hand what he was writing. The Market-Place Ink, pens, and a sheaf of foolscap were brought from the ranch house. The Octopus : A story of California Perhaps I shall get the credit also at some distant day when I permit my zealous historian to lay out his foolscap once more—eh, Watson? The Return of Sherlock Holmes A new edition, complete in one volume foolscap 8vo., with an illustration, 8s. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island She had passed over to her sister's desk by the doorway, and was holding a sheet of blue foolscap in her hand. The Innocence of Father Brown It must be written or printed on foolscap, bookwise, in the first person; give correctly the names of the parties to the action; and the description and true place of abode of the deponent. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 It was necessary to take pains with this, because the only name his blurred eyes seemed to see anywhere on the foolscap sheet was that of Levi Gorringe. The Damnation of Theron Ware Perhaps I shall get the credit also at some distant day, when I permit my zealous historian to lay out his foolscap once more—eh, Watson? The Return of Sherlock Holmes Religious Books, Printed in large type, bound in cloth, gilt back and edges, foolscap 8vo. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island It contained two inclosures—one a letter in the same handwriting as the address; the other a large sheet of foolscap rumpled up, and appearing once to have been rolled up, was written in pencil. Brave and Bold The Fortunes of Robert Rushton As Gwin spoke she drew in front of her a sheet of foolscap paper; and, dipping her pen in ink, looked eagerly at her three young companions. Wild Kitty The sergeant lifted the lid of a desk and pointed to a sheet of foolscap paper whereon lay certain small articles at which Viner gazed with a sense of strange fascination. The Middle of Things As we left the room, we heard his pen travelling shrilly over the foolscap. The Return of Sherlock Holmes A new edition, complete in one volume foolscap 8vo., with an illustration, 8s. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Respecting the youth himself—a person fresh from college, and whose mind is as much like a sheet of white foolscap as possible—he was utterly unknown. The Grand Old Man She copied it in her most painstaking handwriting, on one side of foolscap, and sent it, with return postage, to a popular magazine. Star-Dust At last she held in her hand the half-sheet of foolscap paper of which Mrs. Mallathorpe, driven to distraction, and knowing that she would get no sympathy from her own daughter, had told her. The Talleyrand Maxim Then came a piece of foolscap headed "General remarks," and here were written the following words:—"Lives quietly; is popular with his fellow artists; has few debts; does not frequent the British Colony." The End of Her Honeymoon A new edition, complete in one volume foolscap 8vo., with an illustration, 8s. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Only Marcia noticed that the hand which took up the foolscap shook a little. The Coryston Family A Novel After which relief he seated himself before his desk, took out a sheet of foolscap, and selected a pen from the inkstand. Birds of Prey The sight of the half sheet of foolscap in Eldrick's hands seemed to fascinate her. The Talleyrand Maxim It was a sheet of ordinary foolscap covered with minute figures and writing. Roden's Corner A new edition, complete in one volume foolscap 8vo., with an illustration, 8s. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island We look at this old yellow document, scribbled on half a sheet of foolscap, and ask of it many questions for which words have no response. A Book of Autographs Telegraph forms, pen, ink, and foolscap paper were already there. The Slave of the Lamp Sir Oswald folded the sheet of foolscap on which the will was written, and held it over the flame of the lamp. Run to Earth A Novel Will you oblige me by accepting this foolscap, which, I hope, will serve to make this blessed day yet a trifle more pleasant to look back upon when Mark has got his old majie again. Weighed and Wanting Anew and improved edition, foolscap 8vo., bound in cloth, with emblematical gilt back and sides, gilt edges, 4s. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island He could make a great show of industry with books and foolscap, and nobody pryed too closely into the result. The Golden Calf This paper was partly written, partly printed, on a large sheet of foolscap, and had at the top an ornamental device, in lead pencil, with "Sunday Visitor" in the middle of it. What Katy Did "I was thinking, sir, that none would trouble themselves much about our foolscap if we had not once made them wear it." Queechy With this enigmatical peroration the major made Hester a low bow, and handed her a sheet of foolscap, twice folded, and tied with a bit of white ribbon. Weighed and Wanting In a moment the air was thick with a Brobdingnagian snow-storm: pamphlets, huge wads of foolscap, bills, books, newspapers, waste-baskets went flying at the grotesque target from every quarter of the room. In the Arena Stories of Political Life It was done by an immense number of figures, and covered four sheets of foolscap gummed together. The Heavenly Twins It was very long, and filled several pages closely written upon foolscap paper. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 She pointed to a tiny heap of gold and silver and to a foolscap paper which lay beside it. The Christian A Story It resembled the movements of a fly that had fallen into an ink-pot, and subsequently taken a little brisk exercise on a sheet of foolscap by way of restoring the circulation. The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories Then the place rocked with the gust of laughter and ironical cheering that swept over the Assembly, Members climbed upon their chairs and on desks, waving handkerchiefs, sheets of foolscap, and waste-baskets. In the Arena Stories of Political Life A facsimile of the original account, filling many foolscap pages, has been published; and copies were eagerly ordered by collectors in Europe as well as the United States. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched It is made of corn meal in sheets as thin and large as foolscap paper. Canyons of the Colorado At his elbow was the clerk, with a quire of foolscap neatly arranged, and holding a pen idly in his hand. The Old Homestead By three o'clock an imposing array of sheets of foolscap covered with badly-written Greek lay on the study table. The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories I threw aside the letter and picked up the roll of blue foolscap which contained the solution of the mystery. The Mystery of Cloomber But over sea and continent from sight Safe to the Indies has the earth conveyed The vast and moon-eclipsing cone of night, Her towering foolscap of eternal shade. Last Poems by A. E. Housman Elim Meikeljohn laid before him a small docket of foolscap folded lengthwise, each section separately indorsed in pale flowery ink, with a feminine name, a class number and date. The Happy End Van glanced furtively at his chum who, unconscious of his scrutiny, was writing steadily down a long page of foolscap. The Story of Sugar And Scatterall went to work with a sheet of foolscap paper, endeavouring to make some estimate of what amount of ready cash Charley might have in his pocket on completion of this delicate little arrangement. The Three Clerks Both the grey rough paper and the solid-looking page of foolscap contained approximately in the same words the answers to the complaints of Doctor Svetilovitch. The Created Legend But it is one thing to say, 'In this particular case I am forced to put on this foolscap and grin,' and another to buy a pocket foolscap and practice myself in grinning. Daniel Deronda Polly set the precious copy along the top of the white foolscap, straight on the table. The Adventures of Joel Pepper He pulled out a pencil; he held the foolscap up before his eye, and he began to describe. First and Last The manuscript of his journal occupies forty foolscap pages. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders This last contained a white solid-looking page of foolscap folded in four, handsomely engraved with the District Attorney's seal. The Created Legend A few minutes later I was summoned to the schoolroom with Mr. Ramsey, where we were furnished with pen and ink and a sheet of foolscap to write our "petition" to the Home Secretary. Prisoner for Blasphemy It took him two hours to do so, and we then pasted them carefully on this sheet of foolscap. Tales of Bengal The shock to my feelings can only be appreciated by a writer who feels that he has consumed thirty or forty pages of foolscap in vain. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 39, December 24, 1870. In a well-worn arm- chair in the comfortable study, near to a table covered with books and holding some loose sheets of foolscap in his hand, sits Mr. Fraser. Dawn When Mary entered the children's bedroom one bright, pleasant morning she was amazed at finding both of the beds empty and a piece of foolscap paper pinned to the dressing table. Algonquin Indian Tales It will make two nice foolscap octavo volumes of about 500 pages each. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 It was made up of many fragments of paper, carefully pasted on a sheet of foolscap, and bore the words, “Tárak Ghose & Co., two hundred rupees, 200,” repeated at least twenty times. Tales of Bengal Tell me when you get into Dover St. and what the No. is—that I may change foolscap for gilt, and plain Mr. for Esqr. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 SIR,—Sometime ago I wrote to you to send me a ream of foolscap, which I begged might be sent without delay, as it was for the purpose of writing out my Christmas bills. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 332, September 20, 1828 Make the pages or folios small, one-fourth of a foolscap sheet is large enough. Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby The man fumbled nervously in the inner pocket of his coat, and at last brought out a sealed and rather bulgy foolscap envelope. The House of Whispers On Apr. 21st I made my Report on the clock and bells, 20 foolscap pages. Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy Once had he got so far as to write on a page of foolscap, "In the name of God, Amen;" but the effort proved too great for him, and he abandoned the undertaking. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers It was no longer a question of filling a sheet of foolscap with grammatical sentences, discovering synonyms for words hard to spell. Hyacinth It is simply," he answered, "a sheet of foolscap. The Governors "I'm afraid I am interrupting your work," he said, standing on the threshold and looking down at the sheets of foolscap which littered the table in front of me. A Rogue by Compulsion Solomon himself in all his glory was never decked out more gorgeously than this poor half-breed's greasy sheet of foolscap is at the end of its journey through the pigeon-holes. The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief She selected carefully a sheet of foolscap and from among the pen oils a nicely sharpened Faber number three. Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. It was drawn in ink on a white sheet of paper of foolscap size, with a slightly bluish tint. The Hampstead Mystery A single glance at the sheet of foolscap was enough. The Governors She fetched the letter out of the cabin, and sitting in the well I proceeded to decipher the three foolscap pages of hieroglyphics which Tommy is pleased to describe as his handwriting. A Rogue by Compulsion Peggy handed over the foolscap, and Patsy eagerly read the "pome." Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation I then gathered up every scrap of paper left on the table--blotters, little note pads, foolscap--used or unused. The Secrets of the German War Office |
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