The stationer was a little ashamed, and used to defend himself feebly, and in a mealy voice profess a Kropotkinesque gospel of tolerance. From Wordnik.com. [Jean-Christophe Journey's End] Reference
That doth best commend a booke, the stationer saies. From Wordnik.com. [The Facts About Shakespeare] Reference
The stationer thinks I purchase it for a sister, I suppose. From Wordnik.com. [New Grub Street] Reference
“I know there is such a stationer,” returns Mr. Jobling. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
“This is where he lives, sir,” says the law – stationer. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
“What, Mr. Weevle?” says the stationer, stopping to speak. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
They are kept in stock by the stationer, and are not expensive. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
‘A stationer, I presume, Sir?’ said Mr. Pickwick innocently. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] Reference
The knife had been sold by a stationer on Boulevard Rochechouart. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret's Memoirs]
“Just so,” observes the stationer with his confirmatory cough. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
The softened stationer deposits another half – crown on the table. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
He could hardly hear himself think as he haggled with the stationer. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
“You find the rent too high, do you, sir?” returns the stationer. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
He is a law stationer who does odd jobs for the different firms here. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
Derbyshire, of obscure extraction, settled as a bookseller and stationer. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 572, October 20, 1832] Reference
John, Alfred, and Edmund Yule were the sons of a Wattleborough stationer. From Wordnik.com. [New Grub Street] Reference
“Husband a law – stationer and a friend of my own,” says Mr. Bucket. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
“Jo,” whispers the law – stationer softly as the boy lingers on the step. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
Mr. Weevle again glances up and down the court and then looks at the stationer. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
“Thank you, sir, I am sure,” returns the stationer with his cough of deference. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
“Airing yourself, as I am doing, before you go to bed?” the stationer inquires. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
I go to a dedicated and really rather good stationer, more or less opposite Ottakars. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-11-01] Reference
Any one may have an elegant card by intrusting the choice to a first-class stationer. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
With the aid of a forensic stationer, he ID-ed the item as a self-addressed envelope. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Mehlman: Cold Case -- OJ Simpson] Reference
"Oh, leave him alone," put in Monsieur Laurent, the stationer, who was seated near me. From Wordnik.com. [With Those Who Wait] Reference
Derbyshire, of obscure extraction, who settled in Lichfield as a bookseller and stationer. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.] Reference
The marine – store merchant holds the light, and the law – stationer conducts the search. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
She had no particular interest in going to the bookstore, or the wig maker, or the stationer. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
Cards convenient for the purpose can be had at any college stationer or library-supply bureau. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of Arguments] Reference
Every day Winkler writes her three daughters from jail and sends them stationer to answer her. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2006] Reference
“And how do you find yourself, my poor lad?” inquires the stationer with his cough of sympathy. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
To whom the law – stationer relates his Joful and woful experience, suppressing the half – crown fact. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
I am sure my stationer will give me as many menus when I am in Auvergne as he does now that I am in Paris. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
BARRY, SIR CHARLES (1795-1860), English architect, was born in London on the 23rd of May 1795, the son of a stationer. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
A ghostly shade, frilled and night – capped, follows the law – stationer to the room he came from and glides higher up. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
For the proper style of "displaying" the phrases of an invitation or announcement one may apply to a first-class stationer. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
“Oh, indeed, sir?” returns the stationer, expressing by a cough that he is quite in the dark as to who Mr. Bucket may be. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
The etiquette specialists at online stationer Tiny Prints usually handle calls about how to properly address wedding invitations. From Wordnik.com. [We Woof You a Merry Christmas And a Happy Mew Year] Reference
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