| 单词 | quill |
| 例句 | “Not the common sense of a quill pig ’mongst the lot of them. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “I suppose you added the porcupine quills before taking the cauldron off the fire?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I’d heard the quills of adult screechers caused a miserable sting and took forever to remove. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Fred and George were sitting in a far corner, quills out, talking in whispers, their heads bent over a piece of parchment. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “My specialty is in administrative supplies—quills, papyrus, Baridian ink—the Temple of Lkossa alone constitutes a quarter of my business, what with all the books and maps they house there.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z After lunch, I was visited by Mrs. Flagg and a frowning clerk with a spotted face who carried an account book, an ink pot, and quill. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve just been crying my eyes out over my dead mum, and I’m just off to do a bit more. “No — it was just — you dropped your quill.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He wished he could dip the quill into the inkpot and inscribe letters and draw pictures such as Brother Luke had done. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Unbidden, a waiter came and filled his glass up with Victory Gin, shaking into it a few drops from another bottle with a quill through the cork. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Filch grabbed a quill from a pot on his desk and began shuffling around looking for parchment. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z "We had Best see to drawing up those documents. Lord Varys, send for parchment and quill. And someone will need to wake Joffrey." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Lying at the foot of the stairs with her head turned backward,” finished a third bristling with porcupine quills. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She dipped the quill and scratched out another item. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy muttered vaguely about needing a new quill. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He put his quill aside and flexed his stubby fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he finally put the quill down, the room was dim and chilly, and he could feel its walls closing in. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps the vicar was putting his quill in his inkpot, huffing, “Gracious, three o'clock already?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I took a slow turn around the shop, admiring the shelves heavy with books, business forms, proclamations from Parliament and General Howe, slates, thick paper, quills, and sealing wax. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “So have I!” said Ron triumphantly, throwing down his quill. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z So we got you a—set of quills. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z One shelf held nothing but writing tools: quills, parchment, bottles of ink, and several boxes with probably more of the same inside. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The fox lay perfectly still, eyes closed tightly, wind whistling through his nose, until every single quill had been removed and placed in a neat pile beside him. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “If I had me a nice goose quill and a pot o’ maester’s ink, I could write down that me member was long and thick as me arm, wouldn’t make it so.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a small assortment of trinkets on the shelf, wooden figurines of animals, quills that looked expensive, but what she was looking at was easily most impressive. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He held a writing quill in one hand and a big metal sheet of parchment in the other. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Jon found parchment, quill, and ink in his saddlebag and brought them to the Lord Commander. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was all her grandmother could do to keep her in paper and quills. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I watch my words as they hit, piercing his eyes and ears and cheeks like porcupine quills. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Its tip was sharp as a screecher tail quill. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He dipped his quill in the ink pot and continued to write. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron was just taking out his quill to sign after Hermione when Lavender crept up behind him, slipped her hands over his eyes, and trilled, “Guess who, Won-Won?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I reach to the nearest wall and touch the tip of the quill to the darkness residing between two slats of wood, and something darker than ink sucks into the hollow of the quill. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z "Send him here after he's eaten. Have him bring quill and parchment. And find Tollett as well. Tell him to bring my axe. A guest gift for our host." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Some of the quills were driven in deeper than others and they tore when they came out. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “Er —” said Harry again, but he was distracted by the quill. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was crowded with abandoned quills, a rusty tinder box, and a few coins and pound notes, which I was sore tempted to take. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z While I was recovering from the fire, Mae and Birdie gave me a notebook, along with a sharp quill pen, a bottle of mirpetal ink, and several pencils. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I pointed with my lips across the fire to Minerva, who was absorbed in chewing through a bag of porcupine quills she’d harvested last week when we ran across its carcass. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They all sat down, took out their books, quills, and parchment, and were talking when he finally entered the room. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He dipped the quill in the ink again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In front of them was a pair of tired and grumpy-looking wizards, one of whom was holding a large gold watch, the other a thick roll of parchment and a quill. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A porcupine had stumbled into his shelter and when he had kicked it the thing had slapped him with its tail of quills. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Try as he might the dog could do nothing to remove the pliant quills; he only succeeded in pushing them farther in. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As it crawled through downtown, the float looked something like an enormous green reptile with a sleek cedar spine and eight wavering spruce quills. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Other quills will describe the triumphs of the following years. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He therefore set off along the corridor again, passing nobody but a frowning wizard who was murmuring instructions to a quill that floated in front of him, scribbling on a trail of parchment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Seventy-two, your Majesty,” he said, bowing low and taking care not to trip over his quill pen, which was a very large one. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Duck has his sword, I my quill and parchment. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mackenzie made up his mind quickly: no matter whose, this dog was desperately in need of urgent treatment; the quills must be extracted at once before the infection spread further. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The porcupine was close enough that he could discern the individual quills, slender and sharp. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In fact, as she ate, she kept a sheet of paper, a quill, and an ink bottle by the side of her plate and would from time to time jot down a word or two. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He drew out a fresh sheet of paper and dipped his quill in the inkpot. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Three long quills were stuck shivering in his paw. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The ribs felt as if they were as hollow as the quill of a feather. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here —take my quill and send this owl back straight away.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In this place hung the double-torsion bow and arrows in a quiver, a great sheaf— quills of groaning. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To learn early American history, for example, students dressed in costumes of the era and were taught how to spin yarn, hook rugs, and use quill pens. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Cedric straightened up, his arms full of inky quills, parchment, and books, his ripped bag dangling off one shoulder. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She put the tip of the green quill into her mouth, sucked it for a moment with apparent relish, then placed it upright on the parchment, where it stood balanced on its point, quivering slightly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Hundreds of delicate bones litter the clearing around the vehicle, scattered among thousands of porcupine quills: the remains of the small game that made up the bulk of McCandless’s diet. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t have been surprised if Faraday gave them a feather quill to go with it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Her tail quills were no longer soft to the touch. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She grasped the quill in tense, careful fingers, and her lips silently formed each letter as she traced the lines. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Fwooper has long been a provider of fancy quills and also lays brilliantly patterned eggs. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Sharpe and the new investors made us sensible of how unprofitable were the products of crayon, quill, and fiddle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Harry hesitated, his quill suspended over the diary. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z My classmates were as unastonished by their extravagant traits as a blowfish is by its quills. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His thighs became quite short A web of skin grew from his wrists to his shoulders, while his primary feathers burst out In soft blue quills from the ends of his fingers and quickly grew. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled his bag toward him, took out parchment, ink, and quill, and started work. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The spiny, flat tail of layered pine needle quills. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He is sitting with his quill and paper, writing. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z When he asked for paper, quill, and ink, Therry brought them the next day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Fudge looked around at the portrait of the ugly little man wearing the long curly silver wig, who was digging in his ear with the point of a quill. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It sent pain signals to his brain in tight waves, but he grabbed another, pulled it, then another quill. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It falls to the desk like an old-fashioned quill. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Filch roared, flinging down his quill in a transport of rage. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Then Dumbledore pulled open one of the drawers in Professor McGonagall’s desk and took out a quill and a bottle of ink. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He could almost feel the quills pricking through his jeans into his leg. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But every day, she found herself once again awash in paper and quills and ink. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “I didn’t think that porcupine could see me in the bushes, but when I went for his throat, suddenly there were quills in my face!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Taking a good look at the quills on his back, I ran my stake along them to test their sturdiness. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z "To be sure. Shall I send for quill and ink after we have eaten?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Thinking quickly, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a quill pen. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z One was plump and balding, with ink stains on his fingers and a quill clutched in one hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The judge used the end of his quill to scratch at an itch under his wig. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached again into her crocodile bag and drew out a long acid-green quill and a roll of parchment, which she stretched out between them on a crate of Mrs. Skower’s All-Purpose Magical Mess Remover. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Excited, Harry loaded up his quill a second time and wrote, “My name is Harry Potter.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The robot started to tug on a quill, but it snapped off in her fingers. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I see a raven by the side of the road, picking at a porcupine that’s been run over by a car, its quills like a huge burr, its guts pink and scrambled like eggs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She dreamed of oceans of ink and forests of quills and an endless bog of words. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Sticking out like evil litde pins on a rounded cushion of raw skin were several quills, deeply imbedded. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Inej saw guards emerge with little piles of brooches, porcupine quills, even sashes that Inej assumed must contain metal or wire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Oh — right — sorry,” he muttered, taking the quill back. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There were moments when all three looms were running as they ought—all the shuttles bearing full quills, all three temples hung high on the cloth, no warp threads snapping. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Harry put his quill between his teeth and reached underneath his pillow for his ink bottle and a roll of parchment. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Every stroke of the quill leaves me a little poorer... or would, if I were not a beggar to begin with. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He picked up a quill from a packed table at his elbow, and pulled a torn piece of parchment from between more books. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He dipped the quill pen carefully in the ink and handed it to the child. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He dipped the quill into the inkpot, leaned over the first parchment, paused, looked up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I had invented a quill pen out of a peacock feather, but stopped writing with it when I saw that it waved like a one-eyed slough plant. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Reading went well, and he was beginning to make fair characters in writing with the quill. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z That first day he had me bring him his paper, quill, and ink. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The soldiers clustered in the middle of the floor, backs together, rifles bristling out like porcupine quills. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z His hair, carefully brushed and slicked down in front, stood up in a stiff halo of quills at the back. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He grasped one of the quills, held his breath, and jerked. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The books and quills kept losing heart halfway across the room and dropping like stones to the floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She knew a moment of self-pity, of regret, thinking of the quill she had made, reliving all the tender dreams that had gone into the making of it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m glad you’re being honest with me; I’ll be honest with you; no more charades between us,” the Count said, putting down a number of notebooks and quill pens and ink bottles. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She examines my hand, then scrunches back the ruffled sleeves on her dress to expose a series of scars that look like quill scratches and bite marks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z His hair was short and wild as porcupine quills, his face starved and sallow with grief. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Instead of the dyed quills Grandma used so skillfully, Ten Snow had sewn the bag with trade beads bought in precious packets at the company store. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I set down the quill, wiped my damp hands on my skirt, and picked it up again. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It said, in a very untidy scrawl: Harry borrowed Ron’s quill, scribbled Yes, please, see you later on the back of the note, and sent Hedwig off again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Ned smoothed the paper out across his knee and took up the quill. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The bravo curled a lip, whilst the fellow with the quill j chuckled at his insolence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I’ll never remember this,” Ron burst out one afternoon, throwing down his quill and looking longingly out of the library window. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Harry laid down his quill too, having just finished predicting his own death by decapitation. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The quill made horrible scratching noises, and the point, which was continually catching in the paper, flicked tiny inkblots all over him. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Apollo’s archers fired a volley, dozens of arrows sticking in the thick armor of the giants like porcupine quills. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The light that came from outside made ordinary objects seem important: a quill pen, a pitcher with milk, an earring, the brass buttons that were part of a straight-backed chair. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She stacked the books, changed the candles, put the quills and inks and sealing wax in order. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z An early winter quill had etched an icy pattern over the garden. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His whole head was throbbing violently with the pain of infection from the quills, and more than anything he wanted time to scratch and scratch; to rub the burning cheek along the ground. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He held out a roster for me to sign, and indicated how to draw an X. I took his quill, and wrote my name. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z With the tip of the quill, he gently lifted the latch. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z But as Filch lowered his quill, there was a great BANG! on the ceiling of the office, which made the oil lamp rattle. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The spiked branch barely brushed over the long spinal quills quivering along his arched back, and in my haste I let go of the stake. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Lazlo certainly never imagined him taking notes, with a swan quill and octopus ink from an inkwell of inlaid lys that had actually come from Weep some five hundred years ago. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The quill strokes seemed slightly less precise, the labels messier. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Prudence laid down the quill with a long sigh, and plopping down on the hearth, dragged the limp drowsy cat into her arms. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It was about the shape of a corncob, only a little larger and hollowed out so that it could carry a bobbin or quill of weft thread. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z So Roz pinched the broken quill closer to the skin, and then, very slowly, she pulled it out. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I crowded the candles in close together to give me enough light, took a deep breath to steady my hand, and dipped the quill. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In the gift shop, Gogol buys a postcard of the house and a ballpoint pen disguised as a quill. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Goldbuttons was still frowning, but the mayor reached for the quill. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "Give me the hawk's quill. I'll write the words," he announced. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z There were people with quills in their hands and people with stars in their hands and people with birthmarks on their foreheads that looked like crescent moons. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The long, sharp quills running along its back stood straight up and it expanded its shoulders menacingly. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Jemmy dipped the quill in beet juice and continued scribbling. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z She raised her quill and dotted an i so ferociously that she punctured a hole in her parchment. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z From her pocket she drew three precious objects that had required some ingenuity to gather, a partly used copybook from her trunk, a small bottle of ink, and a quill pen. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to bother dipping the quill and steel pen on his desk into ink. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z His brush and quill and scrolls tied with ribbon jutted out of lace vases. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you had not attacked the porcupine, you would not have quills in your face.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “I’m Curzon, sir. Mister Bellingham’s boy. My master needs me to fetch new quills up Vandewater Street. I could show your girl the way.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a sudden rummaging for quills and parchment. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She transformed a book into a dove and enlivened her pencils and quills so that they stood on their own and performed a complicated dance on the desk. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He brought paper and ink to the table, and sharpened a quill. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Their bristly fur was plum-colored, and their tails looked like burnt flapjacks covered in quills. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Inkpots placed the parchments before Tyrion and handed him the quill. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He dipped a quill into the ink pot and scribbled a note. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared at the quill and the blank line where her name was to go. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I had set down the quill—though I have no occupation but to write—and I take it up again. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Their animated quills scratch against parchment pads at lightning speed. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Harry pulled out his quill and a bit of parchment and turned to Ron and Hermione. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The quill whizzed across the parchment between them, back and forward as though it were skating. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Prince opened the logbook and picked up a quill. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He read the letter from the Shadow Tower again, sharpened a quill, and unstoppered a pot of thick black ink. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Fink the fox was lying on a log, howling in pain, with a face full of long, sharp quills, when Roz appeared. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “I see he still has his paper and quill with him,” says Reverend Hunt. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She pressed the tip of Seward’s boot, and the statue stood up, its quill and paper ready. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I find myself concealing my quill from the gaze of curiosity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Finally, he laid down his quill, moved his spectacles high on his nose, and peered through them at me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I use Elisabeth's quill to write the information on my hand, and step out from the office just in time to hear her angry voice echo from the hallway. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The blue points of her hair quiver a little, like a porcupine’s quills on alert. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Parchment, quills, and books spilled out of it onto the floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She hitched up the long roll of parchment on which she was writing her Arithmancy essay and continued to scratch away with her quill. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The spellbooks had vanished; this time it contained an assortment of broken Sneakoscopes, some parchment and quills, and what looked like a silvery Invisibility Cloak. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Afterwards he went for a walk along the beach, admiring the gulls who flew above him like white quill pens whose heads had been neatly dipped in ink. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Dean Thomas, who was good with a quill, had offered to forge Uncle Vernon’s signature on the form, but as Harry had already told Professor McGonagall he hadn’t had it signed, that was no good. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Can I borrow your quill for the conclusion?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Harry seized his eagle-feather quill once more, grabbed a fresh piece of parchment, and wrote: Ron, it’s all okay, the Muggles say I can come. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When he entered the chamber, Dallben was writing with a great quill in The Book of Three. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Harry moved the tip of his eagle-feather quill down the page, frowning as he looked for something that would help him write his essay, “Witch Burning in the Fourteenth Century Was Completely Pointless — discuss.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The only sounds were the crackling of the fire and Ron scratching out one last paragraph on dementors using Hermione’s quill. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I think of Amber's desk next to mine in our lesson room at home: her quill, ink pot, and handwriting ledgers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The boy opened the case and took out a bottle of ink and a quill, which he set next to the book. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes, dipped the quill, and wrote out my true name: Isabel Gardener, being a Free Negro, has the Commandant’s Permission to pass from this Garrison to whatever place she may think proper. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z His school and Quidditch robes, cauldron, parchment, quills, and most of his textbooks were piled in a corner, to be left behind. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z With a feather quill General Howe sends an important message to Burgoyne, advising him of his plans. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He was surprised how exposed he felt staring at all those pointy quills. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Just stared at me—frowned—walked right to my desk, took the quill, and scribbled his name. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They had been given special, new quills for the exams, which had been bewitched with an Anti- Cheating spell. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Several sixth-year girls were frantically searching their pockets as they walked — “Oh I don’t believe it, I haven’t got a single quill on me —” “D you think he’d sign my hat in lipstick?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Her quill made a faint, soft scratching sound. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He sharpened a quill with his small pen knife to scribe these things in sloe or lampblack? The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The wind tore at the Masks’ robes and fluttered the quills of the Porcupine. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I reminded myself that even though she was young, her tail quills might hurt me. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Oh, look — they’ve got deluxe sugar quills — those would last hours!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Then he pulled a new bottle out of his bedside cabinet, dipped his quill into it, and dropped a blot onto the first page of the diary. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly his elbow, knocking against the inkpot, upset it, and the chair and the desk and the quill pen and his own best clothes were covered with great spreading stains of blue ink. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “After you sign,” said Inkpots, sharpening a quill. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I grabbed the paper and dashed to a small side table for a quill and bottle of ink. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The six children followed every motion of her quill with breathless eagerness. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Lockton pushed a sheet of paper, a quill, and the inkstand across the desk to the mayor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z As Chronicler gathered his paper and quills, Kvothe studied the angle of the sun through the window, a pensive look on his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The few who were listening lined up shoulder-to-shoulder, locking their shields to form an ox-hide—and-bronze wall, their spears bristling over the top like porcupine quills. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Sam struggled back into his boots, collected quill and parchment, and shouldered out into the night, the rain pattering down on his cloak and floppy hat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When he was quite sure that he would not be disturbed, Cluny took a quill and parchment from the bedside table. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She seized a quill pen and printed two lines on a scrap of the curly birch bark which the children collected to use in place of costly paper. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Such knights were more likely to raise quills than swords in anger. For Honour and Fame: Chivalry in England 1066-1500 by Nigel Saul ? review 2011-07-22T21:55:04Z The bill comes on a round of wood with a quill pen for signing, and with salted caramels that never make it home. An uneven Declaration in Shaw 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z People write with quills and drive stagecoaches and tramp through more mud than Warren Beatty does in “McCabe and Mrs. Miller.” A Wild, Caustic Satire Packed With the Absurd 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z To me, though, the most moving object was a simple 12-sided walnut table, barely wide enough to hold an inkwell, a quill pen and a few sheets of paper. Seeking Inspiration in Jane Austen’s World 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Knows him well, but Rumpel actually has a magical quill, and the author really wants it. 'Once Upon a Time': A villain returns, a hero is born in 'Heart of Gold' 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z These fringed leather coats, often embellished with floral and other designs made from paint, porcupine quills and, later, beads, became the signature look of the American frontier: "Daniel Boone always wore one," says Dubin. Object Lesson: Rare Cree coat a window into America's complex history 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Far below, the narrow but spirited Karkar River rushed through; across, a hill was covered by slender trees that, leafless in winter, looked like porcupine quills. A Warm Welcome in the Caucasus Mountains 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Even a viewer who found the plumed bonnet outlandish might have admired the skill that had gone into weaving its headband from porcupine quills. Review: ‘The Plains Indians,’ America’s Early Artists, at the Met 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z It's only partly by Shakespeare; Fletcher dipped his quill into it. All My Sons; Henry VIII; Paradise Found 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z In other words, live like the porcupine: Let your lifestyle not encroach on others, but if someone comes at you, don’t hesitate to protect yourself with quills. Inside the libertarian version of Burning Man: Guns, booze and bitcoin I imagine Pryce and Constance Briscoe sitting round the kitchen table, spitting feathers and then dipping them in green ink to use as quills. Why I won't be reading Vicky Pryce's prison memoir 2013-05-14T15:06:56Z Finally, the Playgoerhas dug up an amusing anecdote about the state that British theatre existed in when it lived under the censorial quill of the Lord Chamberlain. Noises off: Forest Fringe is saved ? for the moment ? and cannibals aren't allowed to be gay 2010-12-02T15:47:00Z But by the fact she picked up a quill she was more than getting down; she stood up to those 18 Bostonians who questioned her. Five Poets That Yusef Komunyakaa Returns to Again and Again 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z In the mood for some wit and clowning from the Bard's quill? A guide to free outdoor theater around the Puget Sound region 2012-07-12T18:22:03Z "You get a more adventurous feel from a scratch pen," he says, remembering how a woman in France sent him a feather from a vulture's wing, that he sharpened into a quill – "rather splendid". Quentin Blake at 80: the illustrator's magical art 2012-12-14T22:55:10Z Pub bores will already be licking the tips of their quills and drafting some dreadful soporific diatribe about how endless sequels and reboots are yet more proof that society is going down the Armitage Shanks. A fourth Matrix movie is exactly the kind of rabbit hole reality needs right now 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Rather than drawing with a goose quill, Leonardo uses a metal nib — which only came into use centuries later. Searching for Leonardo da Vinci in ‘Leonardo’ 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The first was a painting of a Rastafarian warrior in producer Joel Silver’s office — hence the dreadlock-like quills. The aliens in ‘Arrival’ are stunning. How do they compare to other film creatures? 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Throughout the piece, the poking of their bows into the tent’s fabric was designed to imitate the quills of a porcupine. Wrapped in stretchy fabric, orchestral musicians become performance art at Green Umbrella festival 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z “American Poetry Museum” conjures vitrines with quills, inkwells and manuscripts of bards from Anne Bradstreet to Edgar Allan Poe in a neoclassical palace on the Mall. A poetry museum that eschews having a home 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z JK had better sharpen her quill because it’s all pointing to one thing: sequels. Daniel Radcliffe: is it safe to speak of the curse of Harry Potter? 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z What a book is has certainly changed over time, as clay tablets, papyrus scrolls, parchment and quills have given way to codexes, movable type, mechanized printing processes and e-readers. The 2,000-Year Story of Building the Book 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Written with quills on vellum in 1215, it became a symbol for the rule of law and helped to inspire the U.S. constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Four surviving Magna Carta copies on show together after 800 years 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z A man appeared in a silicon jacket covered in spikes like porcupine quills. It’s the End of the World as We Know It 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Former slaves used the quill to depict the terror of the middle passage and the cruelty of the sociopathic master. 7 thrilling books by Black authors you need to read now 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z The show’s high point is the invigorating musical setting of “The Raven,” during which Poe and the women all brandish quill pens — a reminder that people hunger for stories, even scary ones. Review | ‘Sleepy Hollow’ isn’t Synetic’s very best work, but it will certainly quicken your pulse 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z I reckon the cash-strapped British public have had enough of this self-appointed metropolitan artistic elite blowing Arts Council money on quills and flagons of sack. David Mitchell: A 'new' play by William Shakespeare? I'd prefer a new play by somebody else 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z I sometimes think of Charlotte Brontë inking that speech with her quill and wonder how she felt after she had written it. Deborah Levy Would Like to Drink With Virginia Woolf 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Her eccentric, otherworldly personality; her shambolic career that lurched from one inconclusive crisis to another; her ignominious end at the age of 19; and her evanescent battlefield legacy — the pure quill of misfitdom. Lidia Yuknavitch blasts Joan of Arc into outer space 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Patterns were used for clothing designs, beadwork and quill work. How Indigenous artists are reinvigorating the art of birch bark biting 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z But starting Tuesday, Valentine's Day, their famous love letters are available online, where readers can see them just as they were written - with creased paper, fading ink, quill pen cross-outs, and even the envelopes. Browning, Barrett letters: Devotion goes digital 2012-02-14T14:22:31Z “Lost Illusions” is in some ways a very old-fashioned, supremely French movie, full of costumes and quill pens, sex and speechifying, and stylish acting even in the smallest roles. ‘Lost Illusions’ Review: The Sweet Smell of Success 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z There are fancy digital projections and moments of stage magic, as when Cumming walks away from his quill and it continues writing by itself. Review: From His Letters, the Dark Side of a Man of Letters 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z The ink is made from soot and was placed on it by a sharp quill. One of earliest known copies of Ten Commandments sees the light of day 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z With few real facts extant about Goldsmith’s early years in Grub Street, Clarke sensibly turns for insight to the parallel lives of his “brothers of the quill,” most of them Irish. ‘Brothers of the Quill’: How an 18th-century hack found his literary footing 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z For a Torah, you need parchment made from the skin of a kosher animal, a devout scribe, a special ink and a special quill, and all the letters must be a specific style. This synagogue needed two arks for the High Holidays. So it turned to a Quaker. 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Campbell responded: “Who could fail to be similarly moved? It is as if the complete works of Shakespeare were written with a quill pen.” Columns That Scrutinized, and Skewered, the Literary World 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z There are no quill pens, no plumes, no props. Review: ‘Cyrano de Bergerac,’ Now Noseless and Drunk on Words 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z We view the period rooms, decorated with Eliza’s actual mirrored serving tray and re-creations of Hamilton’s writing table, quill pens in place. Walking the Walk in Hamilton’s Old Stomping Grounds 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Oral history was here long before the fountain pen, long before the quill. Our most dangerous hike 2012-05-21T01:00:00Z We generally only feature music we like, but sometimes if we feel a band is being ludicrously overhyped we may dip our virtual quill in vitriol. Blog jam: The Von Pip Musical Express 2012-06-18T07:00:00Z Underneath it told me to levitate the quill by moving my mouse underneath. Pottermore: your experiences 2011-08-16T14:51:48Z Cypresses sprout here and there like dark green quills. The Aesthete Falls Hard for a Pair of Painted Doors 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z During the overture, in an invented silent scene, Mr. Hughes is seen seated at a writing table just outside his front door, absorbed in a book and taking notes with a quill. Music Review: ‘Così Fan Tutte,’ at Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2012-11-16T23:12:47Z She seems, most of the time, to be writing with a quill under a prism-fringed chandelier. ‘Medusa’s Ankles,’ a Selection of A.S. Byatt’s Wildly Imagined Stories Across Three Decades 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Jefferson was a clever tactician, but also a preening showboat; Hamilton had serious “skill with a quill”, yet he could also be a self-destructive windbag. Patriotism on Broadway 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Rain falls outside, a fire crackles across the room, and somewhere offscreen, quills scribble on parchment. The Soothing, Digital Rooms of YouTube 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z However, she had another arrow in her quill. A witch hunt or a quest for justice: An insider’s perspective on disgraced academic Avital Ronell 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Any scramble to “realize” a freshly found sliver from Mozart’s quill — which is to say, to bring it to exploitable condition — will almost certainly exceed what is ultimately heard. Music Review: A Bach?s Lost Passion, From Kiev to New York 2011-04-15T22:13:23Z She was partial to furs; she preferred writing with quill pens; in her Greenwich Village apartment, she held festive parties for the Birdbrain Club, her friends’ answer to the Algonquin Round Table. A Sleepy Biography for the Author of ‘Goodnight Moon’ 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z “Jonquil” denotes N. jonquilla and its hybrids; they feature smaller, fragrant, clustered blooms and cylindrical leaves with pointed tips, reminiscent of quills. Daffodil Planting Guide 2013-04-24T23:50:04.210Z And I made sure to carry a modern pen to sign with, lest they thought Americans still used quills and ink bottles. Frugal Traveler Blog: For Obama and Romney, a To-Do List for Travelers 2012-08-14T21:48:46Z The quill forms a few letters, then pauses and scratches them out. A new show imagines a punk rock Shakespeare — the latest of our many fantasies about the bard 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z It’s usually hushed inside, with a single Colonial-era-garbed clerk on duty and a small exhibit of postal artifacts, as well as quills and inkwells for addressing postcards. Skip the Liberty Bell and head to Franklin Court for a quieter historical experience 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The next task was to find a "magical quill" on the next web page. Pottermore: my quest to find the magical quill 2011-08-02T16:07:02Z She goes to find Cruella, who apparently also stole the magical quill from the Author. 'Once Upon a Time': Cruella De Vil is the worst 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Bending slightly over a blank folio that his quill touches, the evangelist looks up, nonplussed at the winged lion that crouches over the curtain rail. Art Review: Unlikely Wit on Sacred Pages at the Louvre 2011-07-29T11:30:07Z The ledger simply referred to the borrower as "President" in quill pen, and had no return date. Fine owed by George Washington for overdue library books now $300,000 2010-04-18T22:48:00Z I was declared magical and my name was added to the magic quill's book. Pottermore: your experiences 2011-08-16T14:51:48Z “She had a list of words that she pulled out of her quill, tendencies, leanings, preference. They were all words that suggested what I felt could somehow be corrected.” ‘Had I Catfished My Wife?’: A Debut Midlife-Crisis Memoir 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z This delightful North Carolina group explores African-American fiddle and folk traditions — including banjo, bones and quills — with verve and élan. 15 top Northwest entertainment picks, March 25-31 2012-03-21T22:59:04Z Children can practice dipping quill pens into inkwells, which fascinated my daughter. Canada’s grand western loop around British Columbia is prime for a road trip 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z In a German fable, one freezing night some porcupines pressed close together to get warm, but hurt each other with their quills. Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein and all: have we reached ‘peak asshole’? 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z At this event children can dress up in colonial costumes and learn how to write with quill pens. Spare Times for Children for Sept. 14-20 2012-09-13T22:41:58Z Tom Sexton is a brother in ink and quill to Mr. Moore, another modern monk seeking refuge in Asian poems. Books Of the Times: Five Poets Seasoned by Life 2011-05-29T22:06:07Z But the inkwell would be bored without a quill, the quill without paper, the paper without a desk, the desk without a room, the room without a house, the house without a town. Man and Things 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z The bronze statue, which depicts Jefferson seated and writing with a quill pen, was unveiled in 2001 and was a gift from multiple trustees of the Jefferson Club, a philanthropic group for the university. Thomas Jefferson statue incites debate at Mizzou 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Or of Abigail Adams, in 1776, urging her husband to “remember the ladies,” aware with each quill stroke that a woman’s only hope at the time was the compassion of a man. We spent decades dreaming up the perfect female president. She doesn’t exist. 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z This was as important to Mozart as was his quill and ink.” Critic’s Notebook: Musical Relics From Paganini and Mozart, Still Sending Blessings 2013-06-19T21:45:34Z After making some reasonable guesses about Shakespeare’s early years in London, they argue that young Will somehow acquired this dictionary and began to study its thousand pages, quill pen in hand. ‘Shakespeare’s Beehive’ review: Are these notes and scribbles the Bard’s? 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z But in just those few short centuries, we’ve made dramatic strides, from wooden sailing ships to space shuttles, bloodletting to bionic limbs, quill pens to the Internet. Cosmic terror: Why Neil deGrasse Tyson has religious fundamentalists so freaked 2014-03-27T11:50:00Z When the applause fades, we see a lone hand holding a quill to parchment. A new show imagines a punk rock Shakespeare — the latest of our many fantasies about the bard 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The era of bound letter collections is over — when you had to prepare the ink, sharpen the quill and break out the sealing wax, what you said had better be important. Perspective | Google wants to write your emails for you. It’s time to draw the line. 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z We saw an engorged python digesting a mother porcupine, quills and all, with her babies looking on. How to plan your life-changing (but expensive) safari 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Sipping from an endless succession of wedding libations at some kind of barn in Northern California, her Carlo makes like a porcupine, shooting quills in the form of quips. ‘At the Wedding’ Review: Cocktails, Dancing and an Albatross 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z He likes odd tools – the random scratches of the quill, the fluid sweeps of the bamboo pen. Quentin Blake at 80: the illustrator's magical art 2012-12-14T22:55:10Z I registered once I had found the magic quill and 15 minutes later, after frantic checking I received an email that told me I had to validate my account. Pottermore: your experiences 2011-08-16T14:51:48Z "Many people think of powdered wigs and quill pens when they think about that period," says Dirk Hoogstra, executive vice president and general manager of History and H2. History's 'Sons of Liberty' foment the American Revolution 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z In the aftermath of Don’s bombshell, up go her quills. ‘You Hurt My Feelings’ Review: She Can’t Handle the Truth 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Write his name, in his house, with his own quill pen, on a postcard of him? Voyages: The World of Charles Dickens, Complete With Pizza Hut 2012-02-07T19:16:01Z It's not often you witness a player attacking their instrument with a bottleneck while another strokes theirs with a quill. York early music festival – review 2013-07-10T18:45:00Z You can hear the scratching of the quill pen as Cromwell writes out one of his orders — for trial, for imprisonment in the Tower of London, for execution. PBS adaptation of ‘Wolf Hall’ fit for a king 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Just recently, not long after emailing the first pix of his son Zeno from London, Shaun posted me a beautiful image of a human skull, drawn by him in cuttlefish ink with a goose quill. What I'm thinking about ... men turning 40 2013-03-11T04:46:40Z With crystal chandeliers and quills, ledgers and piles of wizard coins on goblin tellers’ desks, the set of Gringotts Wizarding Bank is the London attraction’s biggest expansion since it opened its doors in 2012. London Harry Potter studio tour expands with Gringotts Bank 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z We found a porcupine quill, collected slabs of cork and picked wild blackberries, and were stopped in our tracks by the thunder of a herd of free-ranging sheep we’d frightened. Digging Up Family Roots in Sicily 2013-08-16T16:15:11Z This 2008 piece explores the aural effects of Beethoven's tinnitus, with dry, scratchy buzzing sounds from rosin-free violin bows which suggest a quill scratching on paper. Cuarteto Casals; Beethovenfest Bonn 2012 – review 2012-10-13T23:06:30Z This can get confusing, so get your quills ready. 8 Ridiculous Theories That Will Change How You Read Harry Potter 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z In any case, the exercise proved too arcane for the 21st-century general public, for whom double features were as quaint as quill pens. DVDs: Hot and Sticky Grindhouse, Classics and Homages 2010-10-03T01:53:00Z The work shows a figure holding a quill in one hand and seeming to point with the other to a few lines of words inscribed in Latin on a creased sheet of paper. Almost Safe, She Returned to Munich and Lost Her Painting and Her Life 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z In Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s Schoolroom and Guildhall showcases a circa-1420 guild headquarters and the very classroom where Shakespeare was a student, where visitors can try a quill pen. What’s new in Britain and Ireland for 2018 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Throughout the gallery, modern “relics” were on display — Charles Dickens’s quill pen, Queen Victoria’s stocking, a blanket and pillow from Freud’s couch. The Strange, Still World of Cornelia Parker 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z There is also a gorgeous pemmican bag from about 1883, with a striped pattern of bright orange quills on gray horsehair; blue, beaded borders; and fringes made of small, conical metal elements. Art Review: Plains Indian Culture, as Seen Through the Ingenuity of the Tepee 2011-03-14T22:32:12Z I then linked the answer on to the website and breathed a sigh of relief as I found the page with the magical quill and entered my registration details straight away. Pottermore: your experiences 2011-08-16T14:51:48Z “It wasn’t all done with a quill pen and flourish of poetics.” Elvis Costello rocks out from the back porch 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z His watch chain has thick links to symbolize slave chains, and a quill and inkpot represent his writing. What happened when D.C. chose a white artist to create the official Marion Barry statue 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z From 1 to 3 p.m., the museum will offer lessons in needlepoint and give children the opportunity to write New Year’s resolutions with a quill pen. Spare Times: For Children, for Dec. 30-Jan. 5 2011-12-29T22:23:48Z After five minutes scouring grainy backgrounds of stills from the latest film, I was delighted to find a sparkling pink-feathered quill hovering in the corner of my screen. Pottermore: my quest to find the magical quill 2011-08-02T16:07:02Z Then there are Roy's own strange things: the clay shoe and quill, the parrot. Photographer Richard Nicholson's best shot 2011-01-12T21:59:00Z History buffs will appreciate the tiny red schoolhouse built in 1832 that is still in use: students write with quill pens and huddle around an old wood stove. 36 Hours in Manchester, Vt. 2014-01-31T18:48:20Z Queer-core punk band Sashay is a bundle of style, energy and porcupine quills. What to See at Upstream: Day Two 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z The set design is virtually nonexistent — unadorned floors and walls dotted with a harpsichord, some stringed instruments, a fencing sword mount and a table with quills and an inkwell. ‘Barococo’ Review: Fop Till You Drop 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z I immediately spotted the Pottermore colors on a box, with a quill inside. Pottermore: your experiences 2011-08-16T14:51:48Z Try not to break your quill pen while doing so. Frugal Traveler Blog: How to Avoid a Smartphone's Bite 2012-09-18T20:48:14Z As wordsmiths, we wield the quill that can amplify these narratives and rouse readers to action. Orangutans are being pushed to the brink of extinction. Can we save them in time? 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z A lot of images in the novel, including a dog with its muzzle covered in huge porcupine quills, were those I really saw. How is a Marine base like a gothic novel? Ask a Roxane Gay-anointed debut author 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z In her right hand is a quill pen, paused. Seeing Beyond the Beauty of a Vermeer 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Found in rock outcrops throughout Africa and Europe, its back is full of porcupine-like quills made of stiffened fur. Quite a Tail: A Mouse Has Been Hiding Its Armor All This Time 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Like a porcupine, the echidna has a compact body covered with brown and white quills. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Birdcalls look like thin bright quills sticking out of the coyote signals. What does a hoot look like? What about a croak? Or a howl? He was once stopped carrying a bag of identity cards and his inks, stamps and quill, but evaded capture when he convincingly told the officer that the satchel contained only sandwiches — and offered him one. Adolfo Kaminsky, forger who aided thousands of Jews, dies at 97 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z But those days seem as distant as when bills were written with quill pens. Republicans Prepare New Rules, but Fixing Congress Isn’t So Easy 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z In classical circles, the authorship of “Much Ado About Nothing” is universally attributed to the comedic quill of William Shakespeare. Review | This just in! ‘Much Ado’ set in a TV news studio is nothing but fun 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z However, in jungle kingdom locales, many nosh on porcupine quills — razor-sharp. Style Invitational Week 1512: Alphabetter 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Inspired by Romeo and Juliet, Love Story is a "quill pen" song where "the words and phrasings are antiquated" like "a letter written by Emily Dickinson's great grandmother while sewing a lace curtain". Midnights: What we know about Taylor Swift's songwriting 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z That didn’t stop the newspaper from publishing the front-page headline “You won’t silence us” in bold letters, with a picture of a hand holding a quill under the blade of a guillotine. A Guatemalan law meant to protect women from violence is being used against journalists 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z With marshmallow-soft noses and black and white coloring to blend into shady tree canopies, prehensile-tailed porcupines have sharp barbs at the end of their quills to hook into predators who wander too close. New at the zoo Therefore, we revere mammals that possess weaponry to aid in their survival, from the spines of hedgehogs to the quills of porcupines to the tusks of walruses. How Culturally Significant Mammals Tell the Story of Social Ascension for Black Americans 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Fofo, the zoo said, is calm, gentle and good- natured — almost as if his conduct is guided by character rather than quills. A new porcupette is among us, quills and all, the National Zoo says 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z He used his quill pen as if it were a deadly weapon in a thinker’s war against humanity’s worst enemies—intolerance, prejudice, and superstition. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It will take more than 10 gallons of paint to achieve the signature brown stripes on each quill. This two-story porcupine built by Jim Henson's Creature Shop might be the world's largest puppet 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Turns out, the porcupines had extensive burns to their paws, fur, quills and faces after a wildfire burned through the area. EXPLAINER: How wildfires impact wildlife, their habitat 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Shouldn’t the octogenarian hang up his quill and ink blotter? Review | Woke academics, Donald Trump and George Will’s ire 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z At birth, the zoo said, the quills are soft. A new porcupette is among us, quills and all, the National Zoo says 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z When this country’s founders put quill to a crucial document on July 4, 1776, they flipped a well-worn narrative. School-supply drive gives students tools they need 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z The veterinarian estimated that Zeus had been living with the quills for about two weeks, which had led to life-threatening infection in his face. North Dakota rescue dog rebounds from near-death experience 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z The court has also been mailing arguing lawyers the white quill pens they would have received as souvenirs at in-person arguments. Traditions on hold, justices near a year of phone arguments 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The quills of hedgehogs, porcupines and echidnas shone bright white, as if dipped in correction fluid. More Mammals Are Hiding Their Secret Glow 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Many of us may know porcupines for their sharp quills, and so view them as prickly sorts. A new porcupette is among us, quills and all, the National Zoo says 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Conservators carved a porcupine quill to create a tool that was sharp enough to remove the dirt, yet soft enough not to damage the metalwork. Fit for a king: true glory of 1,000-year-old cross buried in Scottish field is revealed at last 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z “He’s starting to sneeze again, and when he’s starting to sneeze I know there’s another quill working its way out,” she said. North Dakota rescue dog rebounds from near-death experience 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z Anyone who finds that less than remarkable in the 21st century has probably never noticed that bronze tortoises are an architectural feature at the Supreme Court, where counsel still receive a commemorative quill pen. Supreme Court arguments resume next week, with all the grandeur of working from home 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Dineobellator possessed quills and feathers, like most known raptors, and may have performed flamboyant courtship rituals similar to some contemporary birds. Fossils Show Raptors Prowled North America Late in Dinosaurs’ Era 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The museum includes copper arrowheads, war hammers, historic pieces of clothing with intricate beadwork, photographs, taxidermied animals and a belt made with porcupine quills from 1856. Virus outbreak threatens old-school business in Dells 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z They’re also born with tiny quills, which begin to harden hours after birth. Zebra, porcupine recently born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z “We may be dealing with quills for quite a while.” North Dakota rescue dog rebounds from near-death experience 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z For the virus that causes Covid-19, the quills are the “spike protein,” a molecule that fits into receptors on cells and ushers the virus inside. Synthetic Biologists Think They Can Develop a Better Coronavirus Vaccine Than Nature Could 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z That paper is the original manuscript of “The Star-Spangled Banner” that was penned - likely with a quill - in 1814 by Francis Scott Key as he watched the Battle of Baltimore unfold before his eyes. Historic document makes rare appearance in Maryland Capitol 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z Their dense feathers in particular were used for quills, hats, powder puffs; for down jackets, down comforters and mattresses. Trumpeter swan population slowly rising in Iowa 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z At one point, she used an actual brass quill and ink. The 7 juiciest revelations from Netflix's Taylor Swift documentary 'Miss Americana' 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Though Zeus is recovered from his ordeal, he still has quills embedded in his body. North Dakota rescue dog rebounds from near-death experience 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z His grandfather has a quill in his left hand, a mahlstick in his right. In a workshop, a bygone trade, a woodcarver and his Santas 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Slide your fingers up along the quill until you’re near the skin. How to Pluck a Feather 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Her print work – a series of striking abstract patterns influenced by traditional Cheyenne design – is typified by Red-Orange Dyed Quills, which references the tradition of quill work. Buffalo jumps and handmade lingerie: the Native American artists 'reversing colonialism' 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Porcupines are distinguished among animals for their quills. Porcupette born at National Zoo 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Hathaway grabs control of the quill, and the couple tussle over the development of the play - cleverly deploying the Backstreet Boys' I Want It That Way as the soundtrack. What if Juliet survived in Romeo and Juliet? 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Although guests don’t typically find partners at the rate Austen’s characters do, they do gain new skills: learning to write with a quill pen and fold paper the way the author did, before envelopes existed. 'It's an escape': the Americans who want to live like Jane Austen 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Scientists use the tidbits of flesh at the quill’s tip to extract the bird’s DNA; don’t touch this. How to Pluck a Feather 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z If e-cigarette companies are in fact spreading misinformation and luring kids, it doesn’t matter whether it’s via bots, traditional advertisements or quill pens and parchment - it needs to stop. Recent Missouri Editorials 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The community will celebrate Sept. 15 when a certified ritual scribe uses a special quill to ink the final letters of the scroll. River North Jewish community celebrates first Torah scroll 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z "It's been a very steep learning curve - almost from quill pens and paper to laptops," he added. Domestic abuse conviction rise in courts 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z He says the bobcat’s face was covered in porcupine quills. Pennsylvania man recovering from rabid bobcat attack 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z So he put quill to parchment and wrote a letter to the former president, who had retired to Monticello, his estate in Virginia. Saving Thomas Jefferson’s soul 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The yucca is a marvelous plant that once provided soap and quill tools to Native Americans. In the glow of a mountain campsite that’s closer than you’d believe 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Each Torah scroll must be written by hand — all 304,805 characters, which typically takes a certified scribe about nine months to complete — on kosher animal hide with a quill pen. Synagogue shooting victim is honored with new Torah: ‘Her loss is still very raw’ 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z While admiring his trophy shortly thereafter, Perrott noticed something unusual: a sharp quill jutting out of the lion’s left nostril. Lions wounded by porcupines may be more likely to attack people 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Several of the quills went inside Odin’s mouth, deputies said, and two hit near his left eye. Police dog struck by 200 porcupine quills during pursuit 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z A police K-9 in Oregon was in pursuit of a suspect when a porcupine crossed the dog's path and pierced him with more than 200 quills, authorities said Monday. Oregon K-9 officer stuck with more than 200 porcupine quills while pursuing suspect, police say 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Photos showed the outcome, with several quills in Odin’s mouth and two near his left eye. Police K-9 on chase stuck with over 200 quills by porcupine 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z One is the final meal of a feather mite, a bloodsucking parasite that lives in the hollow quills, downy tufts, and outer layers of bird feathers. This hair-raising feather mite is a vacuum cleaner for birds 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Now, more than 50 years later, researchers have revealed that the quill belonged to a porcupine—and may have been behind the lion’s taste for people. Lions wounded by porcupines may be more likely to attack people 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z The commemorative coin, designed by sculptor Gary Breeze, highlights Pepys' contribution to historic understanding and features a quill. Samuel Pepys celebrated with new £2 coin 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Several of the 200 quills went into the dog’s mouth and two stuck close to his eye. Oregon K-9 officer stuck with more than 200 porcupine quills while pursuing suspect, police say 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z With precision calipers, he measured the diameter of the quill knobs, then the diameter of the quill of the fossil feather; both were 3.5 millimetres. The Day the Dinosaurs Died 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Featured are drawings, sculpture, textiles, quill and bead embroidery, basketry and ceramics. Native American art finally arrives at Met’s American Wing 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z One major limitation of the study is that it contains no direct observation of lions being impaled by quills, writes Craig Packer in an email. Lions wounded by porcupines may be more likely to attack people 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z He also imported porcupine quills, African game mounts, ostrich pieces, deer antlers and other animal parts without following regulations. Golf architect gets 30-day sentence for smuggling products made from endangered animals 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Especially when you encounter the 10th through the 13th holes -- Amen Corner as it would come to be known, courtesy of Herb Wind's quill. Dan Jenkins: The first Masters I covered - Golf Digest 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z But rather than stepping the building back in big chunks, the architects have reduced the mass in slender increments, giving it the feathered look of a quill pen. Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the 'pencil towers' of New York's super-rich 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Highlights include a detailed shoulder bag from around 1800 made of finely tanned and dyed deerskin and embellished with porcupine quills by an Anishinaabe woman, possibly in Ontario, Canada. Native American art finally arrives at Met’s American Wing 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z “I write with a goose quill dipped in venom.” Hollywood takes a ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ to the art critic. This art critic responds 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Cast out to the island of Guernsey in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy, he applied the writer’s common tools of quill pen, ink and paper to abstract ends. Review: Who invented abstract art? Victor Hugo show at the Hammer proves critics and historians wrong 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z In photos posted online, "poor Ruckus" was spotted with porcupine quills covering his face, jowls and nose — even deep inside his mouth. Saint Bernard gets on porcupine's bad side 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The life-size bronze shows Jefferson with a quill pen in his right hand and a copy of the Declaration of Independence in his left hand. Perspective | A private citizen gave a stunning statue to Congress. Lawmakers didn’t want it. 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Appearing in a presidential tweet is only the latest incarnation of a name that first showed up in colonial reports written by quill and then in 17th-century London newspapers. Trump using ‘Pocahontas’ as a slur is part of her sad, 400-year history as a pawn 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z One of his drawings depicts a man undergoing the strappado while functionaries from the Inquisition – paper and quill in hand – question him. Master of gore: the violent, shocking genius of Jusepe de Ribera 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z He does the outlines in gold and then pours enamel paint into each part and scrapes it around with a porcupine quill, making these amazing swirls. Home is where the art is: what Paula Rego, Lubaina Himid and other artists hang on their walls 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z The Fairport farm said Ruckus underwent the necessary treatment to remove the quills, and even found a new home following the ordeal. Saint Bernard gets on porcupine's bad side 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The 87-year-old, who wore a quill bib and plumed headgear, also told us about his trip to South Africa in the 1960s. A $1,100 safari through three African countries? Yes, it's real 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Underwriters and brokers use briefcases or suitcases to carry paperwork around the building; some marine insurers record the sinking of ships with quill pens. Exclusive: Lloyd's of London reviews operations after losing $2.6... 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Designs varied greatly from tribe to tribe, with elements including porcupine quills and beading, according to Cécile R. Ganteaume, associate curator at the National Museum of the American Indian. The Ultimate Summer Shoe (It’s Not a Sandal) 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The things hanging on the walls also change between acts, from rifles and tools to parchment and quill pens, “because the war is over and now it’s time to govern,” Korins says. An illustrated guide to the ‘Hamilton’ stage 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Porcupines use their quills as a defense mechanism and while they don't shoot them off their bodies, the quills "do detach easily when touched." Saint Bernard gets on porcupine's bad side 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z But still there’s a whiff of the Pony Express, Western Union and the flourish of quill pens in diplomacy. US-NKorea letter diplomacy is a throwback to a different era 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The three quills illustrate the power of words and communication. Meghan Markle coat of arms revealed 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The shield includes three quills representing the power of words - a nod to her former website, which was used as a forum to discuss social issues. Coat of Arms is revealed for the new Duchess of Sussex 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The shield includes three quills representing the power of words — a nod to her former website, which was used as a forum to discuss social issues. Coat of Arms is revealed for the new Duchess of Sussex 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Under her quill, the ink’s shape flits from chirping birds among pastel blooms to fires blazing in her character’s eyes to crisp melodies crafted by deft fingers on piano keys. Contest-winning Michigan screenplay to become film 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z All of their bodies, with the exception of their stomachs, are covered in short thick quills. Prehensile-tailed Porcupine dies 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z It does seem an intricate process, in which specialists say quills of the female are made to temporarily lie flat. Prehensile-tailed porcupine, father of four, dies at National Zoo 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z On Sept. 14, 1787, delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia put down their quill pens, all but done with the final draft of the country’s founding document they would sign three days later. The epic bender to celebrate George Washington and the newly finished U.S. Constitution 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z He’s plucked countless porcupine quills from the snouts of dogs, delivered calves in snowstorms and castrated a docile house cat and ornery bull in the same day. Calf pulling and puppy worming: rural vet Dr. Pol is reality TV's most unlikely star 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z One kitten died of starvation and the other died after getting porcupine quills lodged in its chest. Researcher tells of surprises discovered about cougars 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z Or a year of “Family Circus” from a medieval quill in Aquitaine. Opinion | Mort Walker, Historian 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Then hollow quills were placed in Kicking Bear’s nostrils, his face was covered in grease and plaster of Paris was applied to create a life mask. Perspective | Those carved faces on the Q Street Bridge? Meet the real person they’re based on. 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The mural depicts the school’s hawk mascot, in flight, lifting in its contrail literary works, musical instruments, test tubes, lab beakers, a quill pen and ink well, images from history and other academic icons. Wisconsin student shares artistic talents by creating murals 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Topped with a dancing skeleton and a quill, it will merge traditional and modern styles, Latin and Hebrew letters, Greek Muses and a biblical quote from St. Paul. Someday he’ll join them: Poets Society head gets tombstone 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Using a chicken bone for a quill and ink made of blood and rust from prison bars, prisoners in Syria’s secret jails scrawled 82 names on five pieces of cloth. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit sheds light on ‘disappeared’ Syrians 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Every innovation in technology since the 18th century has enjoyed the same 4th amendment protections as quill and parchment. How a Radio Shack Robbery Could Spur a New Era in Digital Privacy 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z The reader is reminded that the Supreme Court is a place that still awards quills to lawyers who argue cases there. The Supreme Court’s next (cautious, careful) move into the digital age 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Would we still be living in the world of the horse and cart, the quill pen and the matchlock firearm? History: Science and the Reformation : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Their soft quills harden within hours of birth. Why Do We Call Baby Deer Fawns? 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z There’s only one question: when I do hit that cutie quill icon and see a “280” in the corner of the box usually reserved for the number “140,” what should I say? What could my first 280-character tweet possibly be? 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z One horse wore a “shade bonnet” trimmed with a red and yellow quill at an angle, which “gave its unconscious wearer a most rakish air,” the New York Times reported in 1906. Why horses used to wear bonnets, caps and peaked straw hats 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z A wall of sound, of quills rattled in warning. Trying the Hadza hunter-gatherer berry and porcupine diet - BBC News 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z Johnson says the staff will communicate as necessary in other ways - by quill pen, perhaps, or carrier pigeon? North Carolina editorial roundup 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Did monks suffer from thwart dreams about being unable to find the right quills to illuminate their manuscripts? Perspective | It doesn’t seem fair that when I’m not at work, I dream about ... work 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Courtship rituals can be aggressive but when the animals have negotiated the art of the deal, the females relax and reposition their quills. AP FACT CHECK: When a swoopy line on a chart misleads 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Obsessed with time and timepieces — he gave Charlotte 24 bejeweled clocks for their bedchamber — often before five in the morning he dipped his quill, noting the minute and the hour atop each missive. America’s last king: The unsettling parallels between King George III and Donald Trump 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z The most striking thing wasn't the long black and white quills on their lumbering bodies - which at 30kg each were bigger than you might think - it was the noise. Trying the Hadza hunter-gatherer berry and porcupine diet - BBC News 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z He says it was a sickly gray fox with porcupine quills in its face, leading wardens to believe it’s probably the same fox. Wardens say fox that attacked worker may have been rabid 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Its face and mouth were covered with porcupine quills. Dog gets face full of quills, followed by lots of calls 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z All political scholars should beware reaching too quickly for their pens, keyboards or quills; to adapt the old adage, “write in haste, repent at leisure.” U.K. elections: How Jeremy Corbyn orchestrated a seismic shift in British politics 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z He looks at the pavement and sees a very amusing sight: the cobblestones are standing upright like the quills of a porcupine. Czeslaw Milosz’s Battle for Truth 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z She hectored him; he performed Enlightenment-era eye rolls with quill and ink. The mother who made George Washington — and made him miserable 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Dark wood desks were filled with letters ready to be mailed, addressed using quill and ink. The Other Side of Anne of Green Gables 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z But then, we acquired a robot named Xerox, who could copy in a second, what took me weeks by quill. Learning to Love Our Robot Co-Workers 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z He gestured again with the quill, pointing at a computer monitor displaying rapidly scrolling Hebrew and Aramaic text. Sofer Pete : Nature : Nature Research 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Levi Selwin uses a quill pen and special black ink made in Israel to repair the Hebrew letters on this Torah at the Herzl-Ner Tamid synagogue on Mercer Island on March 21. A sacred craft: Torah repair 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z With no typewriters, that meant dipping a quill in an inkwell and transcribing the document by hand. Taylor County officials work to preserve historic documents 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z I pictured myself with a quill pen and parchment deeding some of my baseball cards to a childhood friend I hadn’t seen since I was 9. Single? No Children? No Will? Big Mistake 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Area ranchers aren’t fond of the animals, because curious cattle often get too close and end up with a nose full of quills that aren’t easily removed. Kansas sees an increase in roadrunners 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Captured by the bandit he was pursuing, Zama is tortured and condemned to death, but not before scrawling a last note home—“Marta, I haven’t gone under”—in his own blood, with an ostrich quill. A Neglected South American Masterpiece 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z “I had that pen, my quill in hand; I was ready to make a ‘B’ for Bernard Sanders,” Satiacum said. How Faith Spotted Eagle became the first Native American to win an electoral vote for president 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z He took a few quills and stuck them in his chin to test how much force would be required to puncture the skin, and how much it would hurt. Inspired by nature: the thrilling new science that could transform medicine | Laura Parker 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Whether the writer used a sharpened quill or a relief nib dipped in ink, it was the most comfortable and natural way to write. The comeback of cursive 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Luxuriant quills sprouted along its tail like bristles from a toothbrush. This Dinosaur Wore Camouflage The handwriting was exquisite, penned by her great-grandfather in ink that flowed from a quill. ‘An offer of my heart’: A story of black love after the Civil War 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z The researchers used the ultrasharp tip of an atomic force microscope as a quill, which they dipped into five different liquid, polymer-based inks. Chemists build first nanoparticle ‘library’ 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Over the next few months, Karp designed a surgical staple with serrated ends, like the quills. Inspired by nature: the thrilling new science that could transform medicine | Laura Parker 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The Beethoven biographer Jan Swafford wrote that when he pictured Beethoven at work, he heard “the scratch of a quill pen on lined music paper.” A Grand Rendition of Beethoven. It Takes Up a Million Square Feet, In Fact. 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Hamilton the man was the most prolific of the Founders, possessing an unmatched skill with the quill. ‘Hamilton’: A patriotic and subversive story of will, skill and a quill 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z He said it is a myth that porcupines shoot their quills. Exotic animal bonanza set up at Livingston County home 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z “It’s not just the time of quill pens, but even typewriters the last time this was done in the 1980s.” Draft constitution for 51st American state would let almost anyone be governor of D.C. 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z William Shakespeare may be widely regarded as finest playwright in the English language, but when he put his quill down he was also a savvy businessman. The Bard's business: Shakespeare's economic legacy - BBC News 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z For example, they can illuminate lanterns, push a plunger down a toilet, levitate a quill and repair a broken suit of armor with the wave of the magical stick. Universal fun for the family as theme parks conjure high-tech movie magic 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Be like Hermione and stack up on parchment paper and quills, or watch a Howler scream and then shred itself in the window display. Owl post, sweets and spells: Universal's 'Harry Potter' world highlights 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Even knowing that Henry may use the quill for something other than just recording, the Apprentice tells him that it's in the Sorcerer's mansion. 'Once Upon a Time' recap: A brother's sacrifice and a mighty quill 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Some children are demanding quill pens, and many are singing the songs at home over and over and over. Surprises From 2015, and Reasons for Hope 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z Dakotaraptor did not fly, which makes the presence of quill knobs on its arms so interesting to DePalma and other dinosaur experts. Discovery of Dakotaraptor species unearths one of Hell Creek Formation's most lethal predators 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Scientists believe Dakotaraptors were feathered because of “quill knobs” found on the lower arm bones. Meet Dakotaraptor: the feathered dinosaur that was 'utterly lethal' 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z We put those letters down with giant feather quills, then with printing presses, then with small plastic keys, and sent them out into the world first as bound books, as telegrams, and as emails. Emoji Keyboards put ghosts and smiling poop at your fingertips 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z In the Sorcerer's mansion are all of the light magic that have come to the Underworld, including the quill and ink. 'Once Upon a Time' recap: A brother's sacrifice and a mighty quill 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z It’s a garment that might attract a second glance – made as it is of an unusual array of 3D printed quills. Stare and you’ll ruffle my feathers – the clothing that reacts to your gaze 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z On Saturday night, Shulevitz scraped off the last few words in the scroll and the participants wrote them in, nervously bringing quill to sheepskin. As Jewish New Year nears, a young congregation has its first Torah 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Even the games’ mascot, Pachi, presents a marketing challenge: In a departure from the usual cute and cuddly, Pachi is a porcupine, with 41 quills representing the participating countries. In an Apathetic Toronto, the Pan-Am Games Land With a Thud 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Some signed with a quill pen while others used modern writing instruments. U.S. Celebrates July 4 With Parades, Hot Dogs, Cold Beer 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z He doesn't like that and goes off to search for the quill. 'Once Upon a Time' recap: A brother's sacrifice and a mighty quill 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z A Torah scroll is a long roll of parchment containing the full text of all five books, each letter individually formed with a quill by a scribe in the original Hebrew. Woman writes Torah scroll for Jewish congregation in Madison 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Schlesinger wrote the letter shin with the quill, declaring the experience “totally awesome.” As Jewish New Year nears, a young congregation has its first Torah 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z And why are eagles getting stuck with porcupine quills? Podcast: Cosmic rays, a feces cocktail, and a porcupine-eagle face-off 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Yet quills are quills, and many animals are content to let porcupines be. Eagle versus porcupine: Camera snaps a painful face-off 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Back at the Sorcerer's mansion, Henry finds the quill and the ink. 'Once Upon a Time' recap: A brother's sacrifice and a mighty quill 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z In the 1950s, French lessons were mocked for the repeated use of "La plume de ma tante" - the quill of my aunt - which became synonymous with pointless phrases learned by language students. French exams kick out les cliches 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z After Lincoln’s death, someone retrieved his quill pen, used to write so many of his words, from his desk at the White House. ‘Lincoln Speaks’ exhibit shows words’ transformative power 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z After Lincoln's death, someone retrieved his quill pen, used to write so many of his words, from his desk at the White House. 'Lincoln Speaks' exhibit shows words' transformative power 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Several days later, the quill emerged on its own from Roze’s lower arm, without any sign of infection. Eagle versus porcupine: Camera snaps a painful face-off 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z “So I have a quill,” he continued, unable to suppress a giggle. Storing Emails From These Senators Will Be Easy, if They Ever Send One 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Beadwork, metal cones, and cotton and silk cloth figure in a headdress from the Eastern Plains, circa 1780, along with local stuffs including bison horns, deer and horse hair, and porcupine quills. Great Art of the Great Plains 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z But we all feel the porcupine quill of constant contact, the irritant of ever presence, and long to escape, if only for a moment. The Days of Escaping Your iPhone Are Over 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Keratin is in our hair, our fingernails, in tortoise shells, and porcupine quills for example. This Is How to Make NFL Helmets Safer 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z I put down my quill, which I always use when writing criticism of importance, lean back in my chair, and sigh. The Internet has destroyed human civilization! America’s greatest writer finally weighs in 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z No quill was used, but was the Magna Carta still "signed" in a sense? Did King John actually 'sign' Magna Carta? 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z The 303 documents, handwritten with quill and ink, detail how roads in the county got their start, including parts of major thoroughfares such as Routes 31, 47, 14 and 23, Varga said. EXCHANGE: Odd document leads to historical find 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z But meningitis was a threat long before Willis put quill to paper. An Evolutionary Battle Against Bacteria 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z It was perhaps first revealed when she made Harry write lines in his own blood after giving him a magical quill that etched whatever he wrote into his skin. JK Rowling releases new Dolores Umbridge Harry Potter story 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z That an independent Scotland died at the quill rather than at the sword explains why it was never wholly dissolved into the British state. Let England shake 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z A ladylike suit was covered in feathers quivering on their quills. New York Fashion Week: At Thom Browne, a garden of delights 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z And then he just went with that, embracing the imperfection, designing each piece with interesting detail — judo stitching here, quill embroidery there. Carolina Herrera dabbles in digital prints, foam 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z You needed to know how to dip the quill in ink. NetAppVoice: When Machines Make Our Decisions For Us -- In The Cloud 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Hedgehogs are known for the quills they use to protect themselves. Fossil of world's smallest hedgehog unearthed in Canada 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z With the other periods, “you can tell, the quill was held down and more ink came out,” she said. A Period Is Questioned in the Declaration of Independence 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Rinse the squid under cool water and remove the quills, if there are any. 'Taming the Feast': Paella for 60? Ben Ford says you can do it 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Hedgehogs are born in litters of two to 10, each bearing soft white quills that do not injure the mother during birth. What you need to know about pet hedgehogs 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Like the knowledge about how to write a letter with a quill pen and wax seal, much of the everyday knowledge you currently use will be cast into the trash can of uselessness forever. NetAppVoice: When Machines Make Our Decisions For Us -- In The Cloud 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z The fossils were not complete enough to show whether or not Silvacola possessed quills. Fossil of world's smallest hedgehog unearthed in Canada 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z A veterinarian removed porcupine quills from the pups. Litter of wolf pups rescued from Alaska wildfire 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z To write a Torah, a scribe must pen 304,805 Hebrew letters using a feather quill on sheepskin parchment — without making a single mistake. Forget auto-correct. To write a Torah, a scribe must write 304,805 letters without a single mistake. Here are some questions and answers about the small animals whose backs and sides are covered with about 6,000 quills that are considerably shorter, but harder and sharper, than those of a porcupine. What you need to know about pet hedgehogs 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z There are the porcupine provisions that should protect your company from a hostile takeover, like a porcupine’s quills, and which are sometimes referred to as shark repellent. Essay: The Poetry of the Trading Floor, Going Beyond Bears and Bulls 2014-04-14T00:13:20Z With billions of kids to reach worldwide, he’d be crazy to still be using a quill and scroll. How Technology Helps Retailers Ramp Up Holiday Profits 2013-12-17T16:43:00Z The process takes about a year because a Torah is entirely written by hand, each of the 304,805 letters inscribed with a quill and specially prepared ink. In pictures: Writing a Torah scroll 2013-07-26T23:37:46Z In the beginning there was just paper and quills. Do we still need the telephone? 2013-07-25T23:30:08Z It is a high desk with a high chair, and on it ledger and quills. The invention of the career ladder 2013-07-24T00:38:33Z Abe calls his monetary, fiscal and growth reforms the “three arrows” in his quill, referring to an ancient Japanese legend in which three arrows bundled together prove to be stronger than one. Grading Abenomics: After Stock Slide, Japan Economic Reforms Under Scrutiny 2013-06-14T12:13:51Z Once it was the quill pen, now it is the smartphone. Beat rogue builders or plumbers. Turn snooper with your smartphone … 2013-06-12T14:34:48Z A "standard porcupine" chart will see the various predictions – the grey lines – all tightly grouped liked a porcupine's quills around the actual "outturn", the red line. Denis Healey, Scottish independence and the black, black oil 2013-05-29T15:42:48Z The Bank of England, never one to hurry into anything, was not connected until 1902 but then they were still buying quills till 1907. Do we still need the telephone? 2013-07-25T23:30:08Z You don’t just grab a quill and start scribbling. What's in a Book App? It's About the Story 2013-05-08T18:14:12Z He patented the first steel pen as an alternative to the quill and invented a device to measure the speed of machines. The story of how the tin can nearly wasn't 2013-04-21T15:03:28Z It was faded, yet stunning - though it wasn't quite a Dickensian tableau rendered by strokes of a quill. Lens Blog: Henry Chalfant's Big Subway Archive 2012-12-16T21:01:02Z We found the same result with the quills. Porcupine's prickly mystery solved 2012-12-10T20:00:08Z To pierce your skin, a porcupine quill needs only about half the force of a hypodermic needle, according to a new study. Porcupine Quills Reveal Their Prickly Secrets 2012-12-10T20:00:00Z We substitute data transmission, the Internet, and Web services for quill pens, penknives, and illuminated script these days. Lucretius's Legacy Depended On The Toughness Of Vellum. What Will Save Ours? 2012-11-09T16:50:34Z Two hundred million years ago, a two-foot- long, beaked biped covered in quills scampered about an area that is now part of South Africa. Diminutive Dinosaur Bore Beak, Bristles and Fangs [Video] 2012-10-03T17:45:03.563Z Credit: Alexander Pari A new species of large porcupine was also found, and it sports dark fur and extremely long quills, compared to other species of porcupine in the region. New species of night monkey, porcupine and shrew opossum found in Peru 2012-10-02T15:45:00.247Z North American porcupines sport a mixed coat of quills and fur "We found far less tissue damage when the barbs were present." Porcupine's prickly mystery solved 2012-12-10T20:00:08Z The researchers took barbed porcupine quills and plunged them into samples of pig skin, measuring how much force it took to pierce the flesh and then how much force was required to extricate the quill. Porcupine Quills Reveal Their Prickly Secrets 2012-12-10T20:00:00Z This match had been billed as the footballing equivalent of a fight between two hedgehogs, a meeting of counter-punchers forever crouched behind their defensive quills. Euro 2012: England pay the penalty yet again 2012-06-24T22:05:56Z “But by the time one combines a beak, tusks, cheeks, quills, and scales, it ends up being quite a frightful little beast!” Diminutive Dinosaur Bore Beak, Bristles and Fangs [Video] 2012-10-03T17:45:03.563Z It would have taken an optimistic soul then to predict anything other than extinction for the fountain pen - a trip to the technological graveyard alongside the quill pen or the mangle. Why are fountain pen sales rising? 2012-05-22T11:07:45Z "Importantly, porcupines do not shoot their quills through the air, which Aristotle once proclaimed." Porcupine's prickly mystery solved 2012-12-10T20:00:08Z The barbs at the tip of the quill were most effective at resisting removal. Porcupine Quills Reveal Their Prickly Secrets 2012-12-10T20:00:00Z I had not quill nor crayon nor paper. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Wings very short, rounded, the three first quills shorter than the four next. Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-20T02:00:06.887Z |
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