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There was no need of exaggeration of any penny-a-line news, or of any sensationalism.

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

All the world is now instructed by symbols, as formerly the deaf and dumb; and instead of having to peruse a tedious penny-a-line account of the postilion of the King of the French misdriving his Majesty, and his Majesty's august family, over a draw-bridge into a moat at

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Various

[Illustration: ATTACHED TO THE LINE.] -- the penny-a-line we mean; but with a true _gusto_ for accidents, and a relish for calamities, which nothing could subdue, he still pressed forward, with blood streaming from his fractured skull, for additional particulars.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841, Various

They have read the accounts of football games which American penny-a-line correspondents send to the

Kent Knowles: Quahaug Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

The literary correspondents of the Calcutta newspapers seem to be penny-a-line risen, whose whole stock of literature comes from the conversations in the Green Room.

Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 George Otto Trevelyan 1883

One amusing circumstance was, that some penny-a-line rhymer had written an account of it in verse beforehand, giving a most grandiloquent account of the ascent of the balloon; and when we came out, the plaza was full of men selling these verses, which the people were all buying and reading with roars of laughter.

Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843

One amusing circumstance was, that some penny-a-line rhymer had written an account of it in verse beforehand, giving a most grandiloquent account of the ascent of the balloon; and when we came out, the plaza was full of men selling these verses, which the people were all buying and reading with roars of laughter.

Life in Mexico Frances Calder��n de la Barca 1843

The fact that Waddell could confuse the fine sports writing on this newspaper with the penny-a-line hackery available elsewhere casts doubt on some of his other flights of fancy.

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Mr. Jay's habits are irregular; he frequents public houses, and seems to be familiarly acquainted with a great many dissolute characters; he is in debt to most of the tradespeople whom he employs; he has not paid his rent to Mr. Yatman for the last month; yesterday evening he came home excited by liquor, and last week he was seen talking to a prizefighter; in short, though Mr. Jay does call himself a journalist, in virtue of his penny-a-line contributions to the newspapers, he is a young man of low taste, vulgar manners, and bad habits.

Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

Mr. Jay's habits are irregular; he frequents public houses, and seems to be familiarly acquainted with a great many dissolute characters; he is in debt to most of the tradespeople whom he employs; he has not paid his rent to Mr. Yatman for the last month; yesterday evening he came home excited by liquor, and last week he was seen talking to a prize-fighter; in short, though Mr. Jay does call himself a journalist, in virtue of his penny-a-line contributions to the newspapers, he is a young man of low tastes, vulgar manners, and bad habits.

The Queen of Hearts Wilkie Collins 1856