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" ... had been entirely exhausted by taking proof impressions from the stones; nor was there even a drop of ink in the inkstand. As the matter would not admit of delay, and we had nobody in the house to send for a supply of the deficient materials, I resolved... "
Typographia, an historical sketch of the origin and progress of the art of ... - Page 888
by Thomas Curson Hansard - 1825 - 939 pages
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 89, Part 2; Volume 126

Early English newspapers - 1819 - 780 pages
...send for a supply of the deficient materials, I resolved to write the list with my ink prepared wiih wax, soap, and lampblack, on the stone which I had...the idea all at once struck me to try what would be tht- eff jct of such a writing with my prepared ink if F were to bite in the stone with aquafortis;...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for ..., Volume 89, Part 2

English essays - 1819 - 800 pages
...it at leisure. " Some lime after this, I was just going to wipe Ibis writing from the stone, whew, the idea all at once struck me to try what would be...with my prepared ink if I were to bite in the stone witfa aquafortis ; and whether, perhaps, it might not be possible to apply . . printing 158 Arts and...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 89, Part 2; Volume 126

Early English newspapers - 1819 - 708 pages
...i«sotved to write the list with my ink prepared wiib wax, soap, nnd lampblauk, on the stone which 1 had just polished, and from which I could copy it at leisure. ;•.,'!. i. -..-• ••.< " S.IIIH: time after this, I was just going to vipc this writing from...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 4

Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1820 - 384 pages
...send for a supply of the deficient materials, I resolved to write the list with my ink prepared with wax, soap, and lamp-black, on the stone which I had...copy it at leisure. " Some time after this, I was going to wipe this writing from the stone, when the idea, all at once, struck me, to try what would...
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The Polar star, being a continuation of 'The Extractor', of ..., Volume 1

1829 - 436 pages
...send for a supply of the deficient materials, I resolved to write the list with my ink prepared with wax, soap, and lamp-black, on the stone which I had...polished, and from which I could copy it at leisure. Sometime after this, I was going to wipe this writing from the stone, when the idea all at once struck...
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The Foreign Review, Volume 4

Periodicals - 1829 - 560 pages
...send for a supply of the deficient materials, I resolved to write the list with my ink prepared with wax, soap, and lamp-black, on the stone which I had...polished, and from which I could copy it at leisure. Sometime after this, I was going to wipe this writing from the stone, when the idea all at once struck...
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The Winter Evening Book

William Chambers - Literature - 1837 - 352 pages
...to send for a supply of the deficient materials, I resolved to write the list with my chemical ink, on the stone which I had just polished, and from which I could copy it at leisure." When about to remove this writing from the stone some time afterwards, the idea struck him, that, by...
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The Popular Encyclopedia;: pt. 1: On the rise and progress of the fine arts ...

Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - Art - 1841 - 490 pages
...resolved to write th« litt with my ink prepared with wax, soap, and lamp-black, on the stone wlmli 1 had just polished, and from which I could copy it at leisure. Sometime • Forth* blitoriral portion ni tin« article we ta the •• PorcifB R«mw," No. VII. after...
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Transactions. Transactions

Royal society of arts - 1847 - 634 pages
...send for a supply of the deficient materials, I resolved to write the list with my ink prepared with wax, soap, and lampblack, on the stone which I had...prepared ink, if I were to bite in the stone with aqua fortis; and whether, perhaps, it might not be possible to apply printing ink to it, in the same...
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A Historical Tour in Franconia, in the Summer of 1852

Charles Tylor - Franconia (Germany) - 1852 - 370 pages
...send for a supply of the deficient materials, I resolved to write the list with, my ink, prepared with wax, soap, and lamp-black, on the stone which I had...and from which I could copy it at leisure. Some time afterwards, I was just going to wipe this writing from the stone, when the idea all at once struck...
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