| 单词 | lead pencil |
| 例句 | Out of desperation I’d included some of my old Biology drawings, in hard lead pencil with colored shadings. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He smells of peppermint LifeSavers; underneath that is his ordinary smell, of cedarwood lead pencils and wet sand. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was the tip of a lead pencil, broken off and wrapped up and presented along with a card that said, “A gross of commas, to be used liberally throughout the year as needed.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It should not “taste like lead pencils,” as my son used to say. Pasta with vegetables: A dish that’s nutritious and delicious no matter the season 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z For artists still in Iraq under the sanctions regime, even lead pencils could be contraband. These Artists Refuse to Forget the Wars in Iraq 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Art supplies like lead pencils, barred as possible “dual use” for weapons, disappeared. Mourning Iraq’s Destruction, a Native Son Creates 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Each day he dotted the virtues he failed to fulfill with a black lead pencil. Taking My Measure 2011-04-06T22:00:00Z Woolf ends up at a stationery shop on the Strand, where she purchases a single lead pencil before heading home. Long live the mall food court! 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z A lead tablet and lead pencil found at the dig could have belonged to White himself, Dawson said. ‘The mystery is over’: What happened to ‘Lost Colony’ 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z This can-do sentiment dates back to an era when lead pencils and chalky pastels were standard. Can You Draw This? Of Course You Can 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z They later found a lead pencil and writing slate dating to the late 1500s that appear to bear images of letters and an Englishman with a gun. Artifacts show Lost Colony settlers lived with natives 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z The winery’s tasting notes describe “subtle hints of vanilla and cigar box” for its 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon, as well as “hints of cassis and lead pencil.” A Vineyard Gets Its Ducks in a Row, and Visitors Flock In 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z “Get a heavy lead pencil and scratch out the word ‘Democrat,’ and scratch out the word ‘Socialist,’ and let the two platforms lay there.” Democrats shouldn’t fear Sanders’s talk of revolution. Their party was built on it. 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z One of the most unusual recent discoveries is a small piece of slate that was used as a writing tablet, along with a lead pencil. We Finally Have Clues to How America's Lost Colony Vanished 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Thickets of white birch trees and broad frozen rivers, black branches like lead pencil sketches. In Sochi, hotel complaints fall into chasm between global spectacle and underserved population 2014-02-07T17:55:40Z With a little basket of cheap jewelry—which served the same purpose as a present-day beggar's stock of lead pencils—Marie went the rounds of the streets. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Now it is stationery, lead pencils and waste baskets.” Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z The divisions for the cords are marked on the back with a lead pencil after measuring with the dividers, and the cuts made according to the markings. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z He painted miniatures on ivory, and for a time on paper, using the lead pencil over Indian ink washes. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z The city has an extensive coal trade and numerous manufactures, among which are lead pencils, leather goods, silk goods, wall-paper and caskets. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z It was written with an extremely hard lead pencil, such as few men carry, because it does not easily make very legible writing. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z These should be wiped with a little white paint or linseed oil, and written with a soft lead pencil before the surface becomes dry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The inside screed had not been written in ink, but with a soft purple lead pencil. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z It was recaptured in what was considered a stout trap, with a door constructed of iron bars as thick as a lead pencil, but escaped by twisting this solid obstacle aside. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z He took paper and a lead pencil and his compasses. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z The drawings of the human face in black lead pencil, frequently heightened with a little colour, which he sometimes made to present to his friends, exceed all praise, for truth, delicacy, and fine finish. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z She kept the prayer in her coin purse, written in lead pencil on one of the cards furnished by the Casino to keep track of bets. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The best thing for the rod is a piece of brass wire one quarter of an inch thick; a lead pencil however is a good substitute. Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. 2011-12-29T03:00:20.733Z While Elmer was saying this George drew out a lead pencil stub and made a figure on the front of each bunk, running from one to four. Storm-Bound or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts 2011-12-17T03:00:14.840Z June gathered his treasures together, a new lead pencil, an old sword hilt, some brass buttons and, best of all, a tiny goldfish in a glass jar. Captain June 2011-12-08T03:00:26.820Z Cut a hole that you have marked on one end of each box by drawing a lead pencil around a silver quarter of a dollar. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Our information is that the message is written on a slip of oiled paper carried inside a dummy lead pencil. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z The Santa Maria mines of Sonora, Mexico, probably the richest deposits in the world, supply the American lead pencil manufacturers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Tot noticed at his side a mammoth heap of lead pencils, some short and stubby and worn, and others long and almost new. Dot and Tot of Merryland 2011-11-12T03:00:34.677Z The wood is aromatic, soft, strong, and of even texture, and these qualities make it most desirable for lead pencils. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z About 1770 it was discovered that the gum would rub out lead pencil marks. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z "Only that there's a hole at one end of it, just about big enough to put a lead pencil through." On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z The massive graphite is very easily machined and is widely used for electrodes, dynamo brushes, lead pencils and the like. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Among the painters, Matthew H. Jouett of Mercer County from early childhood displayed a talent by drawing sketches with a lead pencil. Stories of Old Kentucky 2011-09-23T02:00:21.413Z This message was printed with a lead pencil on the paper: “He laughs best who laughs last.” The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z I found a tiny stump of lead pencil. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z Polly retired behind a counter and produced a long and narrow book, from which dangled a lead pencil at the end of a string. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z These drawings were not crude, but were strongly characteristic and were delicately done with ordinary lead pencils, several of which were prepared beforehand with sharp delicate points. Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z These were just plain pieces of metal four or five inches long, shaped more or less like a lead pencil and tapering to a blunt point. Health Through Will Power 2011-08-18T02:00:20.367Z I hate to have folks chew my lead pencils.” Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z All I want is a nook and a lead pencil.” Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z Can’t you imagine me—very proper and stiff, hair done up—sitting at the head of the table tapping with a lead pencil... A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z A sour look or an unkind word or even a trifling mishap—the loss of a lead pencil when he is inspired to write—can cast a gloom over his day. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z Not one of them could make an 88 with a lead pencil, and that's what they've got to do to beat you. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z This pad, together with a small piece of soft lead pencil, is placed in the right-hand trousers pocket. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z These writings are all printed with lead pencil, or on the slate, because the mechanical difficulty of writing script with the pen makes it tedious to children. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z The arrows, which are unfeathered and half the diameter of a lead pencil, have for point a sharpened nail attached by a wrapping of sheet-tin. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z The following will suffice as a fair sample: I had by oversight forgotten to return a borrowed lead pencil, which had been about three-fourths used up. Riches of Grace A Compilation of Experiences in the Christian Life 2011-06-21T02:00:23.800Z Picking up a piece of paper lying on a shelf, he scrawled a few words with his lead pencil. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z I took out my annotation book and with lead pencil placed it on Mrs. G.’s lap, and she threw over them a rubber circular, making the necessary condition of darkness. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z Booth Tarkington," says a publisher's note, "probably uses more lead pencils than any other writer in America. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z When I could eat no more, I bought from my waiter a sheet of note-paper, an envelope, and a lead pencil. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z The marks may be made with a tapping knife, by means of paint, or with a lead pencil. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z He held in his hand a sheet of note paper, on which he had traced with a lead pencil the Quaska River and the various creeks running into it. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z One evening a small lock of hair was found in the corner of the slate, in the center of which was a small lead pencil. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z It had evidently been tore off the side of a wooden packing box, and the letters was roughly printed in lead pencil. Friend Island 2011-02-28T03:00:33.693Z It consists of an arrow-shaped missile of steel like a pointed lead pencil. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Maurice whistled, took up a lead pencil on Sidney's desk, and began scribbling with it on his finger nails. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:19.937Z For the greater part, they are executed in lead pencil, although several of the most interesting are in colored chalk. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z You forget pens, lead pencils and paper: you forget all about oral arithmetic, Charlie.” The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z They are so large that I have written upon one of them with a lead pencil in ordinary handwriting, a stanza from Childe Harold. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z It was a torn portion of wrapping paper, and bore a brief message; a formless scrawl traced with a blunt lead pencil. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Put the spool on the edge of the material and with a lead pencil, draw a crescent and then another, clear across the end. Guide to Hotel Housekeeping 2011-01-27T03:00:39.557Z He had, as his working implements, the pin, a strong magnifying glass, a thick pad of paper and a lead pencil. The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z He appears to be engaged partly in the degustation of an unappetizing lead pencil, and partly in the contemplation of a half-quire of notepaper. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z Take up the slack of the string with the point of a lead pencil and, keeping the string drawn taut, move the pencil point over the board into every possible position. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Cut it into narrow strips and roll so each piece will be the size and length of a lead pencil. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z Erasers on lead pencils call for tons of the article. Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z Now, the neck of a partridge when the feathers are removed, is about the diameter of a lead pencil and the head is the size of a silver dime. Camps and Trails 2010-12-20T17:12:16.133Z The baulk line and the D are marked either with chalk, tailors’ pipeclay, or an ordinary lead pencil; no other marks appear on the table. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z I had supplied myself with forty reams of writing paper, a bushel basket full of lead pencils, and two dictionaries. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager Mr. Doutfire covered the hit by a business-like action of putting the point of a stubby lead pencil in his mouth. A Poached Peerage Aquatint may be effectively used in combination with line etching, and still more harmoniously with soft ground etching in which the line imitates that of the lead pencil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" It’s the size of the end of a lead pencil. Whispering Wires There was scarcely anything he could not do, from making lead pencils to constructing a boat. The Vagabond in Literature By keeping a lead pencil under my pillow, wrote several letters thus, home, contrary to orders, but I knew their anxiety. An Artilleryman's Diary It need not mention the sum to be paid for the land; it can be signed with a lead pencil: a stamp signature will suffice. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman He watched Babette leave the house with a sigh of relief, and for the remainder of the afternoon he made intricate calculations with the stub of a lead pencil on the backs of old envelopes. The Competitive Nephew I do know this, however, that the opening in Mr. Stockbridge’s head is the same size as my lead pencil—which I have measured and found to be under a quarter-inch. Whispering Wires Why is a lead pencil like a perverse child? The Handbook of Conundrums But we do say that an artist is drawing when he uses the lead pencil, and here we have a motion bearing some resemblance to that of traction generally. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" I remember hearing Mr. Emerson, in his discourse on Henry Thoreau, relate that the latter had once determined to manufacture the best lead pencil that could possibly be made. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 He pulled an old envelope out of his pocket and explored his waistcoat for a stump of lead pencil. The Competitive Nephew Those kids in the Second Form actually had a society for collecting stumps of lead pencil, and used to steal them shamelessly from any boxes that were left about in the gym. The Head Girl at the Gables Thus, the germ deposited from the lips of a case of the disease, on the common drinking cup, slate, lead pencils, toys, and the like, may easily pass from child to child. Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying When violet ink is not within reach, he prefers to write with a lead pencil, but he does so only when composing short stories and essays. Methods of Authors When Reed came back, the jeweler showed him a thin wire o' gold, about as long as a lead pencil, an' said that was all the gold in the chunk. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Then she retreated behind a cloak-rack while Milton wielded a lead pencil in a businesslike fashion. The Competitive Nephew When he had exhausted these hiding places, he left by the front door and closed it after him, with a narrow, jamming wedge that he had made of half a lead pencil. Pastoral Affair In stripping Colonel Stoddart a lead pencil was found in the lining of his coat and some papers in his waist. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches He writes his poems with a lead pencil, and polishes them for weeks before they are published. Methods of Authors Now let’s have a compass and a lead pencil—thanks. The Adventures of the U-202 An Actual Narrative From out the coils of her blue-black hair an indelible lead pencil projected at a jaunty angle. The Competitive Nephew The laugh is on me, I fear—it’s only a cedar paring from a lead pencil. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Voltaire, as a preliminary to his day's work, would sharpen an even dozen lead pencils. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 Sitting down before the table, Constance drew forth a sheet of note paper from her little writing pad, and with a lead pencil wrote a few words to the clergyman. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon The roots spread out upon a level floor measured thirteen feet from tip to tip, the single roots averaging the thickness of a lead pencil. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history It was placed in such a position that the sharp end of the lead pencil rested on the razor blade. The Blue Ghost Mystery Among the numerous amateurish illustrations drawn by lead pencil and tinted with colors, three are reproduced here; also her three route maps. Across the Plains to California in 1852 Journal of Mrs. Lodisa Frizzell Passage after passage was blackened with heavy lines in lead pencil. Mystery Ranch Before each plate stands a tiny Maypole about the size of a lead pencil, wound with baby ribbon of different colors. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions It has been claimed that a certain manuscript, probably dating from the 13th century, shows signs of having been ruled with a lead pencil. Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 Between them coat the paper with carbon ink, or with lead pencil marks. Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son Next, a good lead pencil, writing blue at one end and red at the other. The Art of Lecturing Revised Edition The agent to be used may be either caustic soda or potash in the form of sticks about the thickness of an ordinary lead pencil. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle The 4 H. holder, with Siberian lead pencil point, is used in the very finest work on bromide paper, for finishing in the light places. Crayon Portraiture Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide Enlargements The first distinct mention of lead pencils which we have is about 1565. Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 One lay rocking, already as large as a football with streamers of ooze hanging upon it, and a black-ink fluid squirting; others were rods of red jelly-pulp, already as large as lead pencils, quivering, twitching. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 He would put a dollar in his mother’s savings-bank, and buy for Cecilia a lead pencil from the man who had picked holes in the wood-work of his wagon with them. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland "Then they are Collins, Everett and Badger; is that right?" asked Cissie, as she poised her lead pencil over her little pad. Fred Fenton Marathon Runner The Great Race at Riverport School The lines first made are then gone over with a sharp pointed lead pencil. Crayon Portraiture Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide Enlargements It was a short poem, hastily written with lead pencil, and much crumpled and worn, as if it had been carried about. The Eye of Dread "Well," he says, "I saved the Hamilton Construction Company just $6,547.98 last year by cutting down the excessive use of lead pencils and blotters alone!" Alex the Great She kills pigs, cuts cheese, toasts pork, slices lemons, stirs coffee, licks the horses, scares Secesh, and cuts lead pencils. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The carbon should be sharpened to a long point like a lead pencil and should project not more than 2 inches from the holder. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair Finish the face with the No. 0 crayon and the 4 H. Faber's lead pencil according to directions given for finishing bromide enlargements. Crayon Portraiture Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide Enlargements Even then, in the pocket of her calico dress lay a little book and a stubbed lead pencil, and in the book was already the beginning of her great epic. The Eye of Dread He taps the desk with a lead pencil, reads the card a couple of times and then slams his fist on the desk. Alex the Great He had some blank paper and a single lead pencil, which were utilized to their fullest extent. Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils Just so it would show where the lead pencil had traveled across. Mixed Faces It was soiled and worn, broken at the edges, written over in lead pencil, but still perfectly legible. The Vagrant Duke “Sheriff,” said Rathburn suddenly, between bites on a huge meat sandwich, “could you let me have a stub of a lead pencil an’ a sheet of paper to write a letter on?” The Coyote A Western Story Ear troubles are often caused by sticking foreign objects in the ear, such as hair pins, pins, matches, toothpicks and lead pencils. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Duvall took a tablet from the bottle and placed it in the glass, stirring the water about with the end of a lead pencil until the tablet was dissolved. The Film of Fear For scribbling hasty notes, he prefers huge lead pencils, such as he favored in parliamentary days; pencils 15 inches long, similar to those used by German carpenters. Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck Kreynborg was using a pocket-gun, one of those small terrible weapons which shoot a projectile barely larger than the graphite of a lead pencil, but loaded with a fraction of a milligram of hexynitrate. Invasion He took the stub of a lead pencil from the pocket of his shirt. The Coyote A Western Story The result is that eggs appear encased in two slender strings of jelly, each having a diameter about that of a lead pencil. The Meaning of Evolution Her canvas loomed up like a great white cloud, and her low, black hull, by comparison, looked no bigger than a lead pencil. Marcy The Blockade Runner On 62 the fly-leaf are the names of three successive owners, and on the margin are lead pencil notes in which the reader criticises the author. The Book of Khalid The millionairess walked to the fireplace, and stood leaning over the high fender, sharpening a cherished stump of lead pencil. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life It was written on a single sheet of paper, in lead pencil, and evidently in a disguised hand. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall As the yolk falls into the bowl there floats to the top of it a lighter yellow spot as big as the end of a lead pencil. The Meaning of Evolution In a lead pencil there are only three substances, graphite, clay, and wood, but a really good one must be manufactured with as much care as if it were made up of twenty. Makers of Many Things Each child should have a five-inch square, a slender stick five inches long, a pin, a ruler, a pair of scissors, and a lead pencil. Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools Then gather a small armful of sound, dry twigs from the size of a lead pencil to that of your finger. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts It was a cryptic sign in lead pencil, and apparently she had drawn her hand over it to remove it, but had not been altogether successful. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London In the oldest of the rocks there are beds of graphite, from which lead pencils are made. The Meaning of Evolution A pen of almost any kind is a valuable article, but for rough-and-ready use we should find it hard to get on without its humble friend, the lead pencil. Makers of Many Things Double each piece in the middle and, using the overhand knot, tie it over a stout lead pencil or a very narrow ruler. Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools It was just a piece of common wrapping paper with a message written on it in lead pencil. Continuous Vaudeville The pen and ink were downstairs, but she had a lead pencil, and Allister would not mind. In Orchard Glen He always wants to be doing something; and many funny pictures he makes, both on his slate and with a lead pencil on paper. The Nursery, February 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 2 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers A lead pencil, by the way, has not a particle of lead in it. Makers of Many Things Dip wooden meat skewer, or lead pencil, into pure nitric acid, and rub into wound. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) I will, and then you can give me half a one-cent lead pencil to make change. Betty Leicester A Story For Girls Now he merely turned the paper over, took out a stubby lead pencil, licked it and began to write on the blank side, flattening the paper on his bank book. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Enter the particulars necessary for the identification of the specimen, on the tablet, with a lead pencil, or pen and ink. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. With the aid of a lead pencil and a piece of Bones's priceless notepaper he sketched the front elevation and discoursed upon rays, especially upon ultra-violet rays. Bones in London What struck Melissy as strange was that the squaw was figuring on the back of an old envelope with the stub of a lead pencil. Brand Blotters It was grimy, and printed in lead pencil, and contained these words:—'Be on the lukout. The Talking Horse And Other Tales The sinews stood out on his bronzed neck, and his muscular right arm swung high in the air, with a lead pencil grasped in the clenched fist. From Slave to College President Being the Life Story of Booker T. Washington My father wrote always with a quill pen and blue ink, and never, I think, used a lead pencil. My Father as I Recall Him Watching, Sunny Boy managed to see his father take out a clean white handkerchief and a lead pencil. Sunny Boy in the Big City The sheet of paper had been scribbled on with a lead pencil. The Rover Boys in Alaska or Lost in the Fields of Ice Let dry half hour; then with a lead pencil make leaves or designs, and with your paper funnel ice your pencil designs. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed Do not wet lead pencils with your spit. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Letters or any writing or drawing in lead pencil should be fixed with size before being inserted. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians As the sea-plane approached the land Ross could, with the aid of his binoculars, distinguish other objects—wavy lines, dotted with ant-like figures bunched together round something that looked like stumps of a lead pencil. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Used for ties, posts, interior finish, pencil cases, cigar boxes, silos, tanks, and especially for lead pencils, for which purpose alone several million feet are cut each year. Seasoning of Wood ‘Oh,’ said he, ‘that’s a misprint in the typewriting,’ and he changed the B to P with a lead pencil. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man If this is not successful, take a lead pencil and try to push the object straight back into the throat. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Basil was standing in the passage, sharpening a lead pencil as she passed. The Children of Wilton Chase A notebook and a lead pencil, carried in handy pockets, should not be forgotten. Our Bird Comrades This is a place where the lead pencil may be used profitably. The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know Mr. Anthony kept his eyes on his lead pencil with a strange, whimsical smile. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories In another was a lead pencil; the fifth was a cake of sweet chocolate, and the sixth package was a little lump of modeling wax. Sunny Boy in the Country When grafted, every scion grew—all nine grafts made of the little Persian walnut were smaller than a lead pencil—and were pithy as well! Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 It held a bit of very thin paper, and on taking this out I found it was covered with writing, in French of course, and done with a lead pencil at that. Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold Make out a new slip.—Here’s a lot of men have signed with lead pencil. At Plattsburg When he reached his room and shut himself in, he set his candlestick on a table and proceeded to draw from his pocket the memorandum-book, also producing the stump of a lead pencil. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim It was found to have been drilled completely through the chest by a hole about the diameter of a lead pencil. The Fire People Miss Masters opened the notebook and took a lead pencil from the shining rolls of her hair. Little Lost Sister It may look absolutely perfect, but if there is a black line developed there that is just like a lead pencil line between the stock and the scion, the tree is on the way out. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 When I went out to graft them I found that on these small stocks anywhere from the size of a lead pencil to the size of a finger, the cambium was discolored. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 It is laid over the writing to be examined, and the various measurement marks are made with a finely pointed lead pencil. The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents They were no larger yet than lead pencils. Little Grandmother Harvey took his order book from his pocket and stuck his stub of lead pencil in his mouth. Little Lost Sister Presently a noise as of a lead pencil in the key-hole salutes her ear, and she goes to the door and opens it, and finds him taking the pencil out of the key-hole. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 A pair of sharp scissors, a ruler marked off into whole, half, and quarter inches, and a lead pencil—these are your tools. Little Folks' Handy Book Accuracy of alignment permits beam paths no thicker than the old lead pencils I used to use in the Twentieth Century. The Airlords of Han I'm going to be in this foight if I have to use a lead pencil. The Return of Blue Pete The sharpenings of a lead pencil were still there, and lying at the edge of the water was a crumpled-up piece of paper. A Patriotic Schoolgirl The room was greatly in the necessity of whitewash, being black with smoke and signatures in lead pencil. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. She described how they all worked and saved to buy Christmas presents for one another; how happy they were over simple gifts, even a red lead pencil. The Cricket This was simply to draw, with a very hard lead pencil, on ground glass, then to cover the ground surface with varnish, which rendered the glass perfectly transparent. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 The natural opening is large enough to admit a lead pencil, a "pin head opening" would not be larger than the lead in the pencil. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 2 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies Bending down to where the camp light fell upon the writing, he saw that it was an address, scrawled in lead pencil: “Mrs. Hannah Smith; Nurse.” Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos Make a small dot on a piece of paper with a lead pencil and look at it through the diamond. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 Jocko ran across the street, and began climbing the tall man who was selling lead pencils. Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California As you spin, wind on a lead pencil. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades The boys went in, and presently Mrs. Carmody brought forth a letter written in lead pencil on a half-sheet of note paper. Dave Porter in the Gold Fields or, The Search for the Landslide Mine There was always a short recess between breakfast and chapel, which the girls called a "breathing space", and during which they could revise exercises, sharpen lead pencils, and take a last peep at lessons. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life She sucked the end of the lead pencil meditatively. Chicken Little Jane The man's eyes were covered with large blue goggles, and in one hand he held his hat, and in the other a couple of dozen cheap lead pencils. Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California Apparatus: Tripod, alcohol lamp, small pan of water, lead pencil. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades You felt in your pocket an' fetched out them chips o' lead pencil, an' you planted em one by one so all-fired cutely that nobody who wasn't searchin' fer signs c'd have discovered 'em. Kiddie the Scout When the paper was removed the beeswax retained the marks of the lead pencil. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing One of the young fellows looked up and sort of scratched his head with a lead pencil. The Man Next Door "Well, now we begin," he said as he took out the lead pencil that he always used as a baton. The Music Master Novelized from the Play Wind or reel the silk fiber over a lead pencil. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades The stream of water is never much larger than a lead pencil. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles He took a lead pencil, and wrote down: Saw two Arab ruffians. The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 I said this aloud, and all the party drew their lead pencils. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War She looked up, he was still counting and beating time with the lead pencil as a baton. The Music Master Novelized from the Play The pitch of the thread is marked off by arcs, as 6, 7, etc., or by laying a rule directly on the centre line and marking with a lead pencil. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Vambéry was not more averse to show a lead pencil among Tartars than I am to take notes of words among strange English gypsies. The Gypsies Its tiny wrists were scarcely larger than lead pencils. The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon This merely consists of a bit of glass tube of about the same dimensions as an ordinary lead pencil, drawn down to a very fine jet at one end. On Laboratory Arts Drawing a stump of a lead pencil from his pocket he completed the word properly, opened the paper, and handing it back to the Indian, said: "Let's hear you read that." The Hunters of the Ozark The outline may then be again traced over with a pencil or pointed instrument, causing the imprint of the lead pencil lines to be left on the whitened surface of the block. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Others were rods of red jelly-pulp, already as large as lead pencils, quivering, twitching. Beyond the Vanishing Point These were little round sticks about the thickness of a lead pencil, and the size of each heap went up or down, as fortune shifted back or forth. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War No use to cram your brain with transient things, when lead pencils and paper are so cheap and so easily obtainable. Dollars and Sense It makes a hole as large as a small lead pencil, directly into the trunk or limbs, and excavates long tunnels into the heart wood. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911 On a frosty day in winter, there's a big crack, so big that you could drop a lead pencil between the ends of the rails. The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men He took a metal container from his pocket, in shape like a short lead pencil, and poured out two tiny pellets into his palm. Plotting in Pirate Seas He was the man who gave Horace Greeley a lead pencil! Memoirs He had an oilcloth pack full of tablecloths, napkins, towels, suspenders, lead pencils, laces, overalls, mirrors, combs—a lot of things. Mitch Miller In cutting them, use a long rule, and a lead pencil or piece of chalk. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School The point of an ordinary lead pencil applied in the same way became equally brilliant. Post Haste Gwen paused in the act of sharpening a lead pencil, and eyed the intruder. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story "Have you a lead pencil in your pocket?" A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta As they concluded their brief Sabbath exercises, La Salle drew from his vest pocket a stump of lead pencil, and seemed at a loss for something on which to write. Adrift in the Ice-Fields Set up a stick, in the middle of the circle, with the name of the plant heavily written upon it, with a dark lead pencil. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Yes, this is indeed the valuable sandal-wood, which the Chinese burn as incense, and employ largely in the manufacture of fans, and of which in England the cases for lead pencils are formed. The South Sea Whaler The major had been drawing with a lead pencil, when he was carried into the presence of the sultan. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Make a list of the reasons that would induce you to buy a particular kind of fountain pen; suit of clothes; set of books; stove or range; lead pencil; candy. Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School He furnished himself with a quart bottle of ink, a box of pens, two dozens of lead pencils and two reams of paper, and greatly enjoyed these preliminaries. The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories He stood watching attentively as the skipper tore up form after form, meditatively sucking the chained lead pencil with a view to inspiration between whiles. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant He then showed us his work-box, a compact leather case containing pads of paper, pens, lead pencils, and other requirements of the writer. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country 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 About as thick as a lead pencil!” scoffed Jill, flattening her nose against the pane. Betty Trevor You see," he began, "I use a lead pencil because it's more convenient, that's all. The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain "It takes United Worlds seven solid days of debate to decide whether or not to buy one lead pencil." The Galaxy Primes It is used in the manufacture of lead pencils and crucibles, as a lubricant, and as a protective covering for iron in the form of a polish or a paint. An Elementary Study of Chemistry He is about as thick as a lead pencil, but that doesn't prevent his swallowing a large pigeon's egg whole, nor even a hen's egg at a pinch. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly For all he saw resting in the box was a slip of white paper on which had been poorly printed, in lead pencil, the words: "Merry Christmas, Master Butt-in!" The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports It played delightfully little tinkly notes almost like hitting the rim of a glass with a lead pencil. The Girl Scouts at Home, or, Rosanna's Beautiful Day Use a key, a penny, a closed knife, a watch, and an ordinary lead pencil. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale What I got was this, scribbled in lead pencil: Grebel out. Torchy, Private Sec. The skin may be actually scarred with a lead pencil if the patient be told that it is red-hot iron. The Story of the Mind She smiled and handed me a common wooden lead pencil. Highways in Hiding He did not win the capital prize but in lieu of $4 he had two brass rings, a pair of brass cuff buttons and a lead pencil with a sharpener on the end of it. Watch Yourself Go By Grace sat poking holes in an unoffending sheet of paper with her lead pencil. Grace Harlowe's Problem "She lost a nickel a week after that—a nickel she was going to buy a lead pencil with." The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island His father presently removed to Moscow, where he carried on a manufactory of lead pencils. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present I ruined some more lead pencils and finally broke the pencil sharpener to boot. Highways in Hiding Ominous silence broken by the tapping of a nervous lead pencil in the hand of a nervous woman. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques Hastily, yet cautiously, he unfolded it and read these words scrawled on it with a lead pencil: Me and Spike kan yit save you. The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 Bert printed, with a lead pencil, paper signs, offering a reward for any news of Snoop, and these were tacked up on trees about the island so the blueberry pickers might see them. The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island The mail the next day brought a note from him, written with a lead pencil on a piece of torn paper. Rimrock Jones Every mark had been carefully scraped off the barrel, but on the top head were the words, printed with a lead pencil, 'This is yourn and I am sorry.' A Busy Year at the Old Squire's What fun is there buying a lead pencil in a store? Roy Blakely, Pathfinder Some infernal machine might have been missed in the search and nothing was to be trusted—no, not even a bit of innocent-looking lead pencil. Everyman's Land It was hastily scrawled in lead pencil, on a leaf torn from a memorandum. Cape Cod Folks He went back to Vermont, and began peddling such small articles as steel pens and lead pencils through the towns of the State. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Certain of the letters he drew on paper with a lead pencil and pasted on the back of his hands, so as to keep them in sight. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's The legs are, however, remarkably delicate, and so slight as to be not much thicker than an ordinary lead pencil. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon He took from a crude knapsack which he wore upon his shoulders a coil of cord about half the size of a lead pencil, but evidently of much strength. The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes Robert answered that he had been in Mr. Miller's shop pounding out lead for a lead pencil. Stories of Great Inventors Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison Here is the letter† † Reproduced in facsimile. written with the same old lead pencil on the same old spongy copy paper: Louisville Feb. The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison Into the show-cases has crept every article of small dimension that had no habitat or kind upon the shelves around—from laces to lead pencils. Sergeant York And His People "Five lines ... eighty-four words ... lead pencil ... paper torn front pocket book...." The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 Carbon.—Examine pieces of charred wood, coke, or coal, and also the "lead" in lead pencils. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Morris sat down in a revolving-chair too crushed for comment, and drummed with a lead pencil on the desk. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter As to thickness, it seemed to be about the diameter of one of those lead pencils. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story If you take two lead pencils, and thrust an end of each into each end of a hollow, brass pencil holder, you will get an idea of what I mean. The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real Each penny that he deposits is marked with a lead pencil cross in a blank square. The War After the War "Anything can be used as a weapon; you could stab a man to death with that lead pencil you're using," Pitov replied. The Answer After his graduation from Harvard, in 1837, he helped his father make lead pencils. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Rounds picked up a couple of lead pencils from the desk and took my hand in his. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Additionally, such was her lively humour, she affected to light and smoke the stub of a lead pencil. Gentle Julia Everybody knows your rag sheet will contradict to-morrow what you say to-day in headings red and long as a lead pencil. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Carbon is a solid: diamonds are nearly pure carbon; "lead" of lead pencils, anthracite coal and coke are impure forms of carbon. Public School Domestic Science Roguish Marjorie brought a lead pencil, and laid it carefully across the back of her mother's hand, from which it immediately rolled off. Marjorie at Seacote Mr. Carnegie answered at once, and on the margin of the letter wrote in lead pencil: "Give McLuckie all the money he wants, but don't mention my name." Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Considering that fifteen minutes and a lead pencil were all, there had been a great deal done, in a style that proved use and cultivation as well as talent. Wych Hazel He extracted therefrom a lead pencil and a block of detachable pages, which he handed to my uncle with an almost imperceptible bow. Tales Of Hearsay This they did, but arrived at the school without finding anything but a coat-button and a yellow lead pencil. The Mystery at Putnam Hall The School Chums' Strange Discovery Keep the backs of them so level that a lead pencil wouldn't roll off. Marjorie at Seacote They are as follows:— First, Any thing written at the time is far better than no record at all; so, if you can only write a pocket diary with lead pencil, do that. How to Camp Out The President of the Santa Fé smiled and rolled his lead pencil between the palms of his hands. The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories The school children, pouring into the street twice a day, had to go to Main Street for their candy and lead pencils. Maida's Little Shop "Only this button and lead pencil, and this buckle." The Mystery at Putnam Hall The School Chums' Strange Discovery The doily should be folded in four, and the letter out-lined in lead pencil in the corner of one of the quarters. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 Second, All such small diaries, scraps, letters, and every thing written illegibly or with lead pencil, are difficult to preserve or to read, and are very unhandy for reference. How to Camp Out Now mould out into rope-shaped pieces a little longer than a lead pencil. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions Now place a lead pencil between the eyes and the tree. First Book in Physiology and Hygiene At this moment the robber chief approached the group, holding in his hand a sheet of soiled paper and a lead pencil. Frank Among The Rancheros Lifting itself high in the air, a mere lead pencil for size, weighted with a heavy top, a very little injury shatters a reed. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service But one day Frederick handed Miss Burns a piece of paper with a verse written in lead pencil in a trembling hand. Atlantis It should be made about the size of a lead pencil, and eleven Page 92 inches or so in length, depending of course upon the size of the box. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making An' just th' same as they didn't touch th' White Chief, Custer, just th' same they didn't touch th' feller what shoved a lead pencil an' once in a while said, 'Give 'em a chance.' Injun and Whitey to the Rescue Then I reflected that the two men carried no writing materials, or, at the best, a lead pencil, the marks of which would be obliterated before the paper had been two minutes in the water. Poison Island He had ruled lines on it, and had written his biography with lead pencil. 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 The usual mark is an "X" on one side of the egg and an "O" on the other written in lead pencil. Outdoor Sports and Games Through Page 120 the centre of one of the sides a small hole the size of a lead pencil should be bored, this being the upper side. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Sea Kale to be sown in well-prepared beds; or plantations may be made of the smaller roots of the thickness of a lead pencil, and about four inches in length. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition And it was in this debris, carefully poked over with a lead pencil, that a needle was found. The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story But when he said he wanted me to do the trick you could have knocked me down with a lead pencil. Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular You will need a ten-foot pole with marks for the feet indicated on it in lead pencil, and in addition to this a few 20-penny spikes and a ball of stout twine. Outdoor Sports and Games In this case it should consist merely of a round stick of about the thickness of a lead pencil, and we will say, 7 or 8 in. in length. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making She sprang up from her bed and went to search in the drawer of a little old wooden stand, until she found a half page of note paper and a bit of lead pencil. For Woman's Love It was the "little thing" of a lead pencil, in keeping the accounts of their endless games of solitaire, that threw the switches now, for Maurice Curtis.... The Vehement Flame Scornfully Miss Brady impaled the back of her head with a lead pencil. The Day of Days An Extravaganza The stamps were struck by hand on sheets of paper which had been previously ruled into squares with a lead pencil. What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 A stout wooden peg, having a hole the size of a lead pencil near the top, is driven firmly into the Page 53 ground. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making If the soup has a blonde appearance stir it with a lead pencil which will make it more of a brunette. The Silly Syclopedia To which Eleanor replied that she preferred a hard lead pencil, anyhow,—but her wishes seemed to be of no importance! The Vehement Flame I'll tell you what to do, Roger, get some of those rubber tips that slip on the ends of lead pencils. Ethel Morton at Rose House Thus he walks from visita to visita, with Page 67ncovered face, beating himself with a cord, into the end of which is braided a bunch of sticks about the size of lead pencils. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century "The corner of this fence would be inside the line of the main street," he went on, sighting along his lead pencil to the angle of Whiteman's corral. Heart's Desire He had taken an unsharpened lead pencil from his pocket and was slipping it through his fingers absently, allowing its blunt ends to tap the arm of his chair at intervals. A Hoosier Chronicle Perhaps, if he had kissed her, the soft lead pencil might not have acted as Destiny; she might have melted under the forlorn story he was so eager to tell her. The Vehement Flame It is many a long year since they had such simple desires: bed-sheets and pillow-cases, a shade for their window, Dutch dictionary, and lead pencils. A Woman's Part in a Revolution His father was a maker of lead pencils, and he followed the business for a time, but afterwards supported himself mainly by teaching, lecturing, land surveying, and carpentering. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader Bäader followed with a brass candlestick and a tallow dip about the size of a lead pencil. A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others He had written it out in lead pencil beforehand, but seemed mighty anxious to get it just right. A Hoosier Chronicle Down on Tyler Street there had been another quarrel—as trivial as the difference of opinion as to hard and soft lead pencils, and again human lives were shifted from one track to another. The Vehement Flame The body contains 9 gallons of water, enough carbon to make 9,000 lead pencils, phosphorus for 8,000 boxes of matches, iron for 5 tacks, and salt enough to fill half a dozen salt-cellars. Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment Presently a noise as of a lead pencil in the key-hole salutes her ear, and she goes to the and opens it, and finds him taking the pencil out of the key-hole. Peck's Compendium of Fun Next make a dent with a lead pencil at the exact centre on the vane side, and revolve the pencil until the dent is well polished. Things To Make She went to Joe and sweetly offered to lend him her knife to whittle his lead pencil. Jimmy, Lucy, and All For by spring that squabble about lead pencils, which had turned his careless steps toward the bridge, had turned his life so far from Eleanor's that he had been untrue to her. The Vehement Flame From Pencil To Pen With a smile of confidence the salesman held out a soft lead pencil. Certain Success Similar to lead pencil, and of even greater delicacy, is silver-point drawing. The Practice and Science of Drawing I take an ordinary lead pencil, and wind the ribbon round and round, thus making a sort of spiral spring; this done, I gently pull the coils asunder. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 The gun was about two inches long and as large around as a lead pencil. Jimmy, Lucy, and All Mr. Manning, in a flowered dressing gown, sat at a table, with a sheet of paper before him and a lead pencil in his hand. Making His Way Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward We have known other men to twirl a lead pencil in their fingers in a lazy sort of fashion, and then drop it at the important moment. A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga The note was written with a lead pencil, in haste: She was sorry that he was angry, but she still didn't know just what she had done. Youth and the Bright Medusa The plate is then marked on one corner on the film side with a lead pencil, placed in the holder without disturbing the mat, and the exposure made. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 You will also require a long, wooden crochet needle, about as thick as an ordinary wooden lead pencil, having a hook at one end, similar to a common bone crochet needle, only larger. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Do you see that other youngster striving against a wolf with a lead pencil for weapon? The Plain Man and His Wife With the help of a small notebook and a lead pencil he auctions it before an outsider can wink, and the gurry is taken a few yards further, where women are pouring herrings into barrels. The Pleasures of Ignorance I suppose it is because he rarely uses a lead pencil that the wiseacres are able to fulfil their destiny. Since Cézanne But he wrote it all down with lead pencil and afterwards copied it on the machine. The Young Engineers in Mexico Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers She had a knot of blue ribbon which Anthony Dexter had once given her, a lead pencil which he had gallantly sharpened, and which she had never used. A Spinner in the Sun A lead pencil, pen and ink or colored crayons can be used, as the rosin and gasoline give a surface that can be written upon as easily as upon paper. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do "The show will cost us about $80 a day," Bunch financed, with a strangle hold on a big green lead pencil. You Can Search Me In Caramaira and Saturma there are such broad, straight roads that one might think they had been drawn with a lead pencil. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Its manufactured products consist chiefly of pottery and lead pencils. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 The tunnels, often as large as a lead pencil, extend usually in a longitudinal direction and follow a very irregular, tangled course. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing With a lead pencil draw on the ground glass one line vertical and one horizontal, each in the center. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Then, with a lead pencil, he drew a line on the paper along the sides of the blocks. Home Geography for Primary Grades Lorry sat back and chewed the lead pencil. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life He drew out a shabby, pigskin card-case and a stump of lead pencil, at which latter he looked with what seemed to me much more interest than was deserved by so commonplace an object. The Mystery of 31 New Inn I am a very busy lead pencil, for my duties are numerous. Composition-Rhetoric With a lead pencil make an outline of the inscription to be burnt on the tree and bring, the rays of a large magnifying glass not quite to a fine focus on the same. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do You think, I suppose, that the lead pencil with which you write is made of lead. Home Geography for Primary Grades The attendant, before locking me in, searched me and took from me several lead pencils; but the stub of one escaped his vigilance. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography The Medium held from time to time a lead pencil in one hand, but was not moved to write. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert All the time, three lead pencils were kept busy, and plans and specifications became as autumn leaves. Virginia: the Old Dominion Stick the point end of the fully open blade into the side of a lead pencil and use the half-open blade as the center leg of the compass. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do She took a handkerchief and calmly made a tourniquet above the gash, twisting it tight with a lead pencil. The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers The attendants, acting no doubt on the doctor's orders, refused to grant my request; nor would they give me a lead pencil—which, luckily, I did not need, for I happened to have one. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography The Medium, ostensibly under Spirit influence, with lead pencil in hand proceeded to write two communications from the Spirit of the late Henry Seybert. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert Ulysses suspected that this twenty-year-old Republican was probably hiding in his knapsack a blank book full of original verses written in lead pencil. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel The stabbing and piercing potentialities of a lead pencil are not yet properly investigated, tabulated, established and known. Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life The cedar trees, which are landmarks in many of our northern states, yield light, soft, durable wood that is useful in making poles, fence posts, lead pencils and cedar chests. The School Book of Forestry I dared not ask for ink, so I wrote with a lead pencil. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography Below this name, in a corner of the card, the following address was written in lead pencil: “On board the schooner Ebba, anchored off New-Berne, Pamlico Sound.” Facing the Flag She also gave me this paper, written right there in the street with a lead pencil. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Moreover where writing is done in lead pencil and hurriedly, six is often made to look like four and a part of eight may become blurred till it looks like a zero. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 Anybody with a lead pencil can command all the funds he wants. Further Foolishness It was an assistant physician, other than the one regularly in charge of my case, who at last relented and presented me with a good, whole lead pencil. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography Well, compared to the yellow stripe that's in him, that cane is a lead pencil. Cheerful—By Request Finally he spoke aloud in playful reproach: "It's a pity, baron, to write in that wonderful diary of yours with a lead pencil." Through the Wall By that time aging and blurring of the original lead pencil notes, together with recopying, had invalidated the record till it is no longer altogether reliable. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 He took a lead pencil, and drew a great black rectangular figure on the summit of the hill. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes They will like to make the outlines of ships and steamboats, birds, etc., which can be drawn for them with a lead pencil on the board by the teachers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Then, all at once, before you could sharpen a lead pencil with a dull knife, if out from the bushes didn't pop Billie Bushytail, the squirrel. Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg Bed Time Stories It was written with a lead pencil on both sides of a sheet of paper, and I insert here a photograph of a half-tone reproduction of it. The Discovery of Yellowstone Park I see a small brass cylinder," I answered, "about two inches long and rather thicker than an ordinary lead pencil. The Red Thumb Mark "You just about swear by old Baumberger, don't you?" she began presently, fiddling with her lead pencil and going straight to the heart of what she wanted to say. Good Indian They should be taught to write with the lead pencil before the pen, whose use need not come into the Kindergarten. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 And the fox knew it would be a perfectly tremendous explosion, for the firecracker was as big as a hundred lead pencils made into one. Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg Bed Time Stories Hand me Jot's lead pencil, Diademy, and that old envelope on the winder sill. The Village Watch-Tower The uses of minerals and rocks are shown by means of pictures of quarries, and of buildings and monuments, and lead pencils are seen in the various stages of manufacture. Library Work with Children But first she drew a lead pencil from where it had been stabbed through her hair, and marked the letter with heavy brackets, wetting the lead on her tongue for emphasis. Good Indian So they burned the ends of lead pencil. The Phoenix and the Carpet On the long lines, where it had to be as thick as a lead pencil, the expense seemed to be ruinously great. The History of the Telephone Suddenly the man hastened from the shelter only to return a few minutes later with several pieces of bark and—wonder of wonders—a lead pencil. Tarzan of the Apes In the fall a lead pencil in his waistcoat pocket caught on the ledge and was driven into the axilla, breaking off out of sight. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine From the drawer he took a can of tobacco, a pipe, a pair of scissors, a paste-pot and brush, a pile of copy paper, a penknife and three half-lengths of lead pencil. The Cruise of the Jasper B. The ones she was setting on to hatch out little chickens were marked all over with a lead pencil. The Life of Me; an autobiography Merely to do the writing of these records wears away five hundred and sixty thousand lead pencils. The History of the Telephone Here were merchants' bills, a few letters of no consequence, a couple of writing tablets, two lead pencils, and a steel pen and a squat bottle of ink. Jean of the Lazy A He flashed six inches of grooved silvery handle before their faces, and three feet of shining black steel, scarcely thicker than a lead pencil. At the Foot of the Rainbow George Willard, who had been sitting for an hour idly playing with a lead pencil, greeted him effusively. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life And he sends me pieces of poetry he cuts out of the papers," Cecily went on, "with lots of the lines marked with a lead pencil. The Golden Road A curious collection, not of lead pencils, but of the lead out of lead pencils. The Innocence of Father Brown Moreover a piece of paper was found upon the floor, on which was written, in the boy's hand, with the bit of lead pencil that he carried: Done because we are too menny. Jude the Obscure Requisitions were too heavy—that meant going around to the wards and suggesting to the head nurses that lead pencils and bandages and adhesive plaster and safety-pins cost money. K His hands played with a lead pencil that lay on the desk. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life Textbooks, in many cases her initials and graduating year printed in lead pencil along the edges. Star-Dust Perhaps there is a maddening drug made of lead pencils! The Innocence of Father Brown Then she scrutinized the ceiling, the floor, and thoroughly inspected an inconsequential lead pencil on the desk. The Beautiful and Damned They are ordinarily made of roots from the size of a lead pencil to one's little finger, and are cut in lengths from 3 to 5 in. long. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) "I should think so," said Mahala Crane, her younger sister,—a wide-awake girl, who hadn't been to school for nothing, and performed a little on the lead pencil herself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Wentworth hemmed and tapped on the desk with the end of his lead pencil. A Woman Intervenes Ah, yes, but I meant then that I made it by the sweat of my good lead pencil. In the Midst of Alarms A transparent slate; and lastly, two new lead pencils! What Katy Did Fresh zinc takes a lead pencil readily, and the writing often becomes more legible as it becomes older, and it will usually remain three or four years. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) He admired my lead pencils, of which I had two, but refused to accept one of them, on my offering it to him. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land He referred to the youthful person later as "one who performed a little on the lead pencil." Authors and Friends Yates took the yellow envelope, addressed in lead pencil, but, without opening it, repeated his question: "But how on earth did you find me?" In the Midst of Alarms 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 If the label has had a light coat of thin white lead, and the legend has been made with a soft lead pencil, the writing should remain legible four or five years. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Those varnished with dead varnish can be tinted and worked up with colored crayons or black lead pencil and make very pleasing pictures. Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 He placed on the table the bunch of letters he had in his hand, and, drawing up a chair, opened a blank notebook that had, between the leaves, a lead pencil sharpened at both ends. The Face and the Mask Mr. Wilde drew a rough sketch on the margin of yesterday's Herald with a bit of lead pencil. The King in Yellow Wyoming already has women enough who write with a lead pencil. Remarks That mauve and grey orchid was probably not even sketched in with a lead pencil. Modern Painting Having a curiosity to see his apartment, however, they went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography In writing an ordinary lead pencil may be used. Steam, Steel and Electricity A man wants to feel sure that he is given good value for his money, it matters not whether he is buying a lead pencil or an automobile. Business Correspondence The way he sharpens a "hard medium" lead pencil and skins the apostle of the so-called Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, makes my heart glad. Remarks Engraved outlines of elaborate ornamentation were given them, and these they drew with lead pencil, measuring the spaces carefully with compasses. Modern Painting A pound of tea often costs six shillings on that side, and you can get a common lead pencil for fourpence at the rival store across the street in the mother province. While the Billy Boils I just run across a lot of wriggling little snakes, about as long as lead pencils, and I'm seein' 'em twist and turn. The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island At the end of pregnancy the mouth of the womb is small, too small, often, to admit an instrument as broad as a lead pencil. The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy Next came some letters and telegrams I had received while in Court, and a lead pencil, which I took from my breast-pocket. Prisoner for Blasphemy He produced the bit of cardboard; Ross fished up a chewed stump of lead pencil, took it in cold, stiff fingers, and disfigured the square with eccentric scribblings. The Best American Humorous Short Stories A package of envelopes now and then, a few lead pencils, a box of steel pens, a slate pencil to a school-boy, were all its sales. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 Leith grinned as the scientist dipped his lead pencil into his open mouth so that he would be able to dab down first impressions the moment he turned his thick lenses upon the wonders. The White Waterfall When the ovum has ripened, it becomes detached from the ovary, and enters a fleshy tube about the size of a lead pencil, known as the oviduct. The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy Florida supplies the world with the wood required for lead pencils, and the inroads made into her cedar forests for this purpose threaten to eventually rob the State of one of its most unique features. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young And while reading this book he ought to leave on its pages the traces of his readings, some marks made with a lead pencil or with his whole memory. So Runs the World His fees consisted in a broken lead pencil. Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation The child will have had a good deal of practice with slate and lead pencil; will have drawn all sorts of lines and figures from dictation, and have created numberless designs of his own. Children's Rights A book of nursery logic Under this entry, which was made laboriously in ink, there was another one, in lead pencil, done by Philip's brother, Jack: This is called selling Pigeons short. The Black Creek Stopping-House "This is a bad business, Mr. Grant," began the policeman, producing a note-book, and moistening the tip of a lead pencil with his tongue. The Postmaster's Daughter The paper was a half sheet torn from an exercise-book, and its contents were written in faint lead pencil. The Hampstead Mystery "I went to one of the shops to make myself a lead pencil," said little Bob. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans The pieces were loaded; a party of newspaper correspondents produced their lead pencils and pads, and began to take notes; the little birds continued to sing. History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition Next, I took a live frog and rubbed it on my hand over an area marked out with lead pencil; at first the place was wet, but in a few seconds dry and rather shiny. The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Fitz sharpened a lead pencil and without a word inserted the desired amendment. Colonel Carter of Cartersville He had seated himself on his painting-stool, and had taken a lead pencil in his hand, with which he was making strong marks to counteract the sense of tremulousness. The Mill on the Floss "I wish to Heaven one of my fingers was a lead pencil!" A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill In cutting them use a long rule, and a lead pencil or piece of chalk. American Woman's Home The document was written with a lead pencil on note-paper, and was partially illegible from exposure. Schwatka's Search Robin was sitting at a low table making pothooks with a lead pencil on a piece of paper Dowson had given her. The Head of the House of Coombe She stood there for a minute, fingering a lead pencil; her nerves were tense, and yet, as she reminded herself, it was foolish to be frightened. The Iron Woman He had no ink; but paper and envelopes had been brought along, and in half an hour his lead pencil had filled several sheets with a very creditable account of what had transpired. Richard Dare's Venture Set up a stick in the middle of the circle, with the name of the plant heavily written upon it with a dark lead pencil. American Woman's Home From his shirt pocket he drew the stub of a lead pencil and the note- book in which he had written his will and the record of his betrayal. The Long Chance Yes, last week a fellow was in here with an order on you for four dollars, but it was written with a lead pencil on the back of an envelope. Tales of the Road He produced an old envelope and a lead pencil and scribbled. The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers That lead pencil is worth more than all the letters of credit lumped together. West Wind Drift I'll lend you a lead pencil, the back of an envelope will do.' Celibates He jerked out his lead pencil and with the rapidity of a lightning calculator multiplied, added, and subtracted. Her Weight in Gold But, sure enough, Henry took out his lead pencil and jotted down the points in the back of his order book. Tales of the Road It was in lead pencil and looked like a map of the roads around here. Green Fancy "What's this dotted line for, Bob?" asked the banker, pointing with his lead pencil. Hidden Treasure Suddenly his eyes caught some writing on the wall in lead pencil. The Rover Boys at School Skinner, if I hadn't any more imagination than you possess I'd be out there on the corner of California and Market Streets peddling lead pencils this minute. Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley I gave Mason the order, written with a lead pencil on the back of an envelope, and he gave me the four dollars. Tales of the Road We can learn something about this even from our common lead pencils. The Fairy-Land of Science An exclamation burst from his lips, as his eye caught the words, written in lead pencil, "——Chestnut Street," and placing it beside the letter, he saw it was written by the same hand. Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery Angleworms were extremely numerous, as large around as an ordinary lead pencil and, when not extended, two-thirds as long, decidedly greenish in color. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan On the same tree was written with lead pencil: "Sixty miles to Beckwith's Hotel." Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West He drew a lead pencil from his pocket and quickly added up the total. The Tempting of Tavernake Although there are hundreds of different species, they have only three general forms, which have been aptly compared to billiard balls, lead pencils, and corkscrews. The Story of Germ Life There are men whose regular duty it is to list and take care of his possessions down to the last lead pencil, and to forward them to the legal heirs. Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Brady had intended his color scheme to be old ivory—the panel itself was nearly white—and on it Shan Tung had written heavily with a lead pencil the hour of his presence, "10.45 P.M." The River's End A lead pencil photographed in this way shows only the black lead, and a razor with a horn handle only the blade. The Story of Electricity "It's pretty hard to identify plain print, done with a lead pencil," he murmured. Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam Graphite, a soft black mineral composed of carbon and used in the manufacture of lead pencils and as a lubricant, occurs widely in the metamorphic pre- Cambrian rocks. The Elements of Geology And waving a lead pencil in the air, he drew an imaginary stroke with it. Thelma It is about two feet in thickness, and has been made use of both as fuel, and in the manufacture of lead pencils. The Student's Elements of Geology What he held was the half of a lead pencil, a rarity to him, given to him now as a prize at school. Out of the Triangle: a story of the Far East After it was fixed, one of his shopmates wrote upon it with lead pencil in big letters: 'This is good work for a joiner. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists These books are frequently marked and annotated in lead pencil, thus bearing witness to the subjects which interested Beethoven. Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words Ardelia wrote a poem on the occasion, wrote it right there, with rapidity and a lead pencil, and handed it to me, before I left the room. Samantha at Saratoga Her gallery, which has the diameter of a lead pencil, sometimes descends to a depth of twenty inches. Bramble-Bees and Others Thorpe looked out of the window, tapping his desk slowly with the end of a lead pencil. The Blazed Trail His father made lead pencils and ground plumbago in his own house in Concord. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters We intended to report his lecture in full, but we laughed till we split our lead pencil, and our shorthand symbols were too infused with merriment to remain steady on the paper. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters To call up your "party" you would not merely lift the receiver as today; you would tap with a lead pencil, or some other appliance, upon the diaphragm of your transmitter. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry I bent over the shoulder of Jed Feary for a view of the manuscript, closely written with a lead pencil, and marked with many erasures. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country Old Lewis carried a chain and a semicircle; Nic., paper, rulers, and a lead pencil; and I followed at some distance with a long pole. History of John Bull On the margin of one of the papers so sent, Teddy wrote with a lead pencil, "no news today." The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show The Prophet sat down at the table, holding a lead pencil upside down in one hand and an account-book wrong side up in the other. The Prophet of Berkeley Square I noticed that for some days afterwards Veronica displayed a tendency to shutting herself up in the schoolroom with a copybook, and that lead pencils had a way of disappearing from my desk. They and I Members of the class of 1916 sold lead pencils and jelly, scrubbed floors, baked angel cake, counted knot holes in the roof of a summer camp. The Story of Wellesley And a few weeks after they were married she ran the point of a lead pencil through her eye and it set up inflammation of her brain. All Roads Lead to Calvary After many puckerings of her smooth young brow and tappings on her small, white teeth with the end of a lead pencil she gave out her dictum. Strictly business: more stories of the four million The Prophet hastily made a large variety of scratches with the lead pencil. The Prophet of Berkeley Square In reading Zinzendorf, we constantly need the lead pencil. A History of the Moravian Church Written in lead pencil on a leaf torn from an old ledger, it would have been hard to read even if the writing had been more legible. To the Last Man As he was engaged in his grimy task, Miss Cornelia got out a piece of writing paper from a drawer and placed it on the center table, with a lead pencil beside it. The Bat He sat back, while Jackson talked of the border and Joey slipped in and pretended to sharpen lead pencils. Dangerous Days As to my own little practice, it seems to be degenerating into an agency for recovering lost lead pencils and giving advice to young ladies from boarding-schools. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes "I thought," said Mullens, "that maybe five hundred—" "Five hundred!" interrupted Kinney, as he hammered on his glass for a lead pencil and looked around for a waiter. Roads of Destiny Yielding so far as to shake the parcel and press it, and finally tear a comer off the paper, she saw some words written in lead pencil. To the Last Man He was not at home; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil. Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood By these improvements a new era in the manufacture of lead pencils was begun in France. Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. |
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