lead-pencils

His father was a manufacturer of lead-pencils, and Henry applied himself for a time to this craft, believing he could make a better pencil than was then in use.

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His father was a manufacturer of lead-pencils, and Henry applied himself for a time to this craft, believing he could make a better pencil than was then in use.

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His father was a manufacturer of lead-pencils, and Henry applied himself for a time to this craft, believing he could make a better pencil than was then in use.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Various

Knows now, to a fraction, how many lead-pencils are annually in use in directing destinies of British

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 25, 1893 Various

Amidst a labyrinthine accumulation of household furniture, a number of people are dispersed, many of them substantial-looking middle-class male and female "buyers," with lists and lead-pencils, on the look-out for "bargains," a sprinkling of the ancient race, and an outer fringe of casual, lounging, lookers-on.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 21, 1891 Various

So are the respectable class -- the broken-down tradesmen, who, in a suit of decent black Saxony cloth, and wearing a spotless white kerchief around their necks, offer lead-pencils for sale.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Carbon you see in charcoal and soot; the black lead of your lead-pencils is mostly composed of carbon and iron; lamp-black is pure carbon, without form or shape.

Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City Sarah F. Buckelew

In putting his question as to number of lead-pencils in use, and in sticking to it in spite of jeers of bystanders and guilty reticence of

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 25, 1893 Various

With several sheets of this, and two or three lead-pencils, "wiggles" may be played for a whole evening.

Harper's Young People, November 18, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Various

Holding that "a man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone," he found that a small part of his time, devoted to making lead-pencils, carpentering, and surveying, gave him enough for his simple needs, and left him free for the rest of the year to observe nature, to think, and to write.

Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various