She turned off plots by the hundred and--so far as her flying quill could convey her--was perpetually going abroad.
At first he paused often as if the composition were difficult, but, little by little, his thoughts seemed to flow more freely for his quill flew rapidly, never staying until the letter was finished.
Such membranes, in an animal which was potentially a Bird in its vital organs, have owed development to the absence of quill feathers.
And an overwhelming disgust fell upon my soul as I thought of the counting-house and the ledgers and the long hours in the dingy place driving the quill all day long.
Lying over their bases, when the wing is folded, is a row of somewhat smaller quill feathers called "secondaries.
How this same air would tremble if that wild and fiery Franciscan there could speak as urgently as the drops of black ink now flowing from my quill pen down onto a white sheet of parchment.
Someone insecure and not in control of their thoughts and their quill would find it hard today in Nuremberg to execute calligraphy with stylus, ink, paper and parchment.
He does not, however, put down his quill for such trifles.
Rolf held him while Quonab, with a sharp jerk, brought out quill after quill.
After watching a fairly successful attempt at a box to hold fish-hooks and tackle, Quonab said: "In my father's lodge these would bear quillwork in colours.
The bad and worthless were killed off with the quill but the good and faithful creatures were kept alive with the blanket.
My boy shall not go back with you, but this is what I will give you: This fish-hawk's quill to hunt with.
He held the quill straight at the beast and it flew right into the bear's heart.
The villagers were so astonished when they saw him kill wild beasts with a quill that they agreed to have him hunt for the entire village and promised to pay him with skins and weapons for the meat.
Then the little dog and the boy wept over each other, for they had been fond companions, and the boy started homeward, being very careful of the quill and medicine blanket.
Then remove the quill and clean it well to keep for another trial.
With the quill he soon killed them and ordered the people to carry them home.
Fiji said: "I wish we had that blanket and quill at this present time!
Whenever you meet a bear or sheep, hold the quill straight out and it will fly from your hand to lodge in the animal's heart.
Saint Augustine, in his mitre and other episcopal array, with a quill in his hand, sits under a flood of inspiring sunshine.
By means of this goose-quill the specimens may be introduced into the bottle without taking off the cork.
Small ones may be dropped into a quill and inclosed in a letter, or a small vial fitted into a piece of bored wood.
A porkupine's quill when it enters goes klean thru and cums out on the other side ov things.
A witty writer is like a porkupine, hiz quill makes no distinktion between a friend and a foe.
The wust enemy that a man kan hav is flattery, it is wuss than abuse; it is better tew be knocked endways by a foe than tew be blowed up sideways with the quill of a windy friend.
In the next higher form of feather a small round quill appears with filaments protruding from it like the hairs in an artist's brush.
Kate was now formally installed as housekeeper and tobacco-cutter; while Charley was told that his future destiny was to wield the quill in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company, and that he might take a week to think over it.
But whither goest thou with thy goose-quill a-flying, good wife?
Here my journal ended; I dipped my quill into the inkhorn and wrote slowly: July 18th.
The mouth and throat should also be carefully cleaned with a quill feather, of all mucus.
A quill with the feather part on, may also be useful; and some pure lard or sweet oil is frequently called for.
An ink-horn and a sand-box completed the outfit, except for a quill in the hands of the bond-servant, which had given rise to the sound the girl had heard.
Ledger, quill pen, books, candle stuck in an old dark bottle, on desk down L.
Tall stool at this desk; ledger, quill pen, ink, candle on this desk.
She took up a quill pen, which I had laid aside a moment earlier, and played with it.
He gave a little laugh, and leaning forward took a quill pen from my writing-table, disliking idle fingers while he talked.
But their outspread wings are a mockery, the flight feathers showing as a mere fringe of quill sticks, which beat the water helplessly.
What a contrast to the dull earthy-hued little hen, for whose slightest favour he neglects food to raise his Argus-eyed fan, clattering his quill castanets and screaming challenges to his rivals!
