The signature was in the handwriting of the man--let us say the personage--who dictated the wording of the dispatch.
I could not see God's handwriting on the wall against me.
I turned it over and over several times, trying to guess whose the handwriting on the cover might be; the postmark was two days old; and at last I broke the seal.
The handwriting on one of them was unknown to her.
In the first place, his handwriting was so abominably bad that she was obliged to guess at his meaning.
I had been for several years in possession of a letter of seven pages in the handwriting of General Washington, given me by a lady who obtained it in Richmond, Va.
He came straight towards me, and placed in my hand a paper covered with lines, in the clear, beautiful handwriting of that true philanthropist, John Pierpont, with which I was familiar.
Neither my arguments nor my eloquence could prevail on the obdurate monks to sell me any of these books, but my friend the secretary gave me a book in his own handwriting to solace me on my journey.
These productions, with the exception of the last, were never seen by any one even in the handwriting of Burns, and are one and all wanting in that original vigour of language and manliness of sentiment which distinguish his poetry.
I have the original words of a song for the last air, in the handwriting of the lady who composed it; and they are superior to any edition of the song which the public has yet seen.
It was composed by Burns on the battle of Killiecrankie, and sent in his own handwriting to Johnson; he puts it in the mouth of a Whig.
I found it inserted in the handwriting of the poet, in an interleaved copy of his Poems, which he presented to Dr.
The second and third, and concluding verses of this Jacobite strain, were written by Burns: the whole was sent in his own handwriting to the Museum.
Only one copy in the handwriting of Burns is supposed to exist; and of it a very accurate fac-simile has been given.
This Poem made its first appearance, as I was assured by my friend the late Thomas Pringle, in the Scots Magazine, for February, 1818, and was printed from the original in the handwriting of Burns.
The bank-note on which these characteristic lines were endorsed, came into the hands of the late James Gracie, banker in Dumfries: he knew the handwriting of Burns, and kept it as a curiosity.
It was sent in the poet's own handwriting to Johnson, and is believed to be his composition.
Communicated to the Museum in the handwriting of Burns: part, but not much, is believed to be old.
This was not the original title of this sweet poem: I have a copy in the handwriting of Burns entitled "The Gowan.
Ye Jacobites by name," appeared for the first time in the Museum: it was sent in the handwritingof Burns.
The handwriting of the copy in Downing College belongs to the close of the 16th or to the earliest years of the 17th century.
I can tell you in whose handwriting they say it was," Sir Horace said bluntly.
We could learn in whose handwriting the copy was, at any rate.
The Biblical handwriting on the wall had come into her thoughts for a good purpose.
She read the words over and over again, until she knew them by heart, until the strange handwriting which her own pencil had formed had become familiar to her.
A closer scrutiny revealed that the handwriting was that of his Uncle Benjamin, the rhyming friend and counselor of his childhood.
There is something in the handwriting that looks familiar," said he.
I hope that handwriting may be used for the benefit of others; live for influences, not for wealth or fame.
So again the handwriting of the old Boston school appeared in the great events of nations.
Not a sentiment of despondency or of despair was to be found in the letter, the very handwriting of which indicated composure of mind.
His handwriting was truly a revelation to the interviewer.
A memorandum in Cuffe's handwriting and containing the details concerning each passenger is in the Cuffe Manuscripts.
When a page of the Bordereau was first thrown upon the screen side by side with the authentic handwriting of the prisoner at Devil's Island, I knew that I had my work cut out for me, for there were murmurs everywhere of "Identical!
Handwriting has its physiognomy, and everybody who has been accustomed to a large correspondence knows how instinctively and unfailingly he recognises a caligraphy which has been presented to him only twice or thrice.
I need not describe my surprise when, in each instance, he gave a careful and accurate description of the age, appearance, habits, profession and mental qualities of the person whose handwriting he had examined.
These letters are in the handwriting of Lovejoy and Waller, respectively.
The original of this document in the handwriting of Ricord, and signed by him, pasted on cloth, is in the possession of the Oregon Historical Society.
The handwriting seems to be the same as that on the wrapper.
This envelope is addressed to my wife, under her initials, in the handwriting of Mr. Van Torp.
It occurred to me,' said the latter, 'that you might like to stop any further allusions to Miss Donne, and that if you happened to recognize the handwriting you might be able to do so effectually.
I had seen the handwriting on the one addressed to me before,' Logotheti said.
Moreover, he had recognised the handwriting at once as that of Mr. Feist, Isidore Bamberger's former secretary, who knew a good many things and might turn out a dangerous enemy.
The identity of the handwriting and the similarity of the wording make it look as if the article and the letter had been written by the same person.
And now the fine handwritingseemed blurred; he saw it through tears which he ought to have shed.
His handwriting was not unlike his father's--modelled, indeed, upon it.
On Pat's second birthday Peter was startled to receive at the office of the Bulletin a package directed in the handwriting of Maria Algarez.
Handwriting is one of the things they haven't taught him.
They know my handwriting at the office of the Weekly Methodist.
The handwriting upon them was manifestly mine, although I never in my life penned those particular superscriptions.
He knows you haven't an amanuensis, and thathandwriting isn't yours.
Again the handwriting began to waver on the last sentence.
That shaky handwriting stood as a mute testimonial to his heart's torment, and Nyoda, reading it after all these years, felt a sympathetic spasm of pain pass through her own heart at the sight of that wavering entry.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "handwriting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: calligraphy; fist; hand; handwriting; manuscript; penmanship; script
