ink-bottles

Waste-baskets, ink-bottles, paper-weights, type-writers — anything and everything that came to hand was filling the air.

SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010

Waste-baskets, ink-bottles, paper-weights, typewriters — anything and everything that came to hand was filling the air.

SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010

There were papers in the flower vases, empty ink-bottles on the tables, plates that had been forgotten, matches used as tapers for a minute when something had to be found, drawers or boxes half-turned out and left unfinished; in short, all the confusion and vacancies resulting from plans for order never carried out.

The Commission in Lunacy 2007

There were papers in the flower vases, empty ink-bottles on the tables, plates that had been forgotten, matches used as tapers for a minute when something had to be found, drawers or boxes half-turned out and left unfinished; in short, all the confusion and vacancies resulting from plans for order never carried out.

The Commission in Lunacy 2007

We may upset the ink-bottles as often as we like without anybody being put out of the way.

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

Having seized the document, mistress sow ran off so briskly that not one of the clerks or officials could catch her, in spite of the rulers and ink-bottles they hurled after her.

How the Two Ivans Quarrelled 2003

Sheets of quarto paper, each flanked by a pen on One side and a pencil on the other, represented the plates — penwipers did duty for rolls of bread — while ink-bottles stood in the places usually occupied by wine-glasses.

A Tangled Tale 2003

Having seized the document, mistress sow ran off so briskly that not one of the clerks or officials could catch her, in spite of the rulers and ink-bottles they hurled after her.

Taras Bulba and Other Tales 1952

Put two ink-bottles about two feet apart, on a table covered with white paper.

A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell

Then we carried the vase up, and placed it on the table in the window of the east bed-room; and my mother flitted about, putting little finishing touches here and there to complete the arrangements for the comfort of her visitors, whilst I received a commission to inspect portfolios, envelope-cases, and ink-bottles, and to see that all were freshly replenished.

The Story of the White-Rock Cove Anonymous