penwoman

Butler, with some surprise at the question, replied, “that he had received no letter for some time; his wife was a poor penwoman.”

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

But Mrs. Neuchatel was a fine penwoman; her feelings were her facts, and her ingenious observations of art and nature were her news.

Endymion Benjamin Disraeli 1842

Pipchin was but an indifferent penwoman -- by Florence.

Dombey and Son Charles Dickens 1841

Butler, with some surprise at the question, replied, ` ` that he had received no letter for some time; his wife was a poor penwoman. ''

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

MY beloved daughter imposes on me a task, which however agreeable to myself, may not, perhaps be entirely so to you; as the cold inanimate prolixity of an old woman, will form a great contrast between her descriptions, and that of so sprightly and elegant a penwoman as Mrs. Butler: you must however, accept of my wish to indulge her, and gratify you; and take matter for manner.

Agnes De-Courci: a Domestic Tale 1789

The letters were post – letters; and it happened that the one in question was Mrs Pipchin’s regular report, directed as usual — for Mrs Pipchin was but an indifferent penwoman — by

Dombey and Son 2007

To have shown it to her husband would have been her first impulse; but, besides that he was absent from home, and the matter too delicate to be the subject of correspondence by an indifferent penwoman, Mrs. Butler recollected that he was not possessed of the information necessary to form a judgment upon the occasion; and that, adhering to the rule which she had considered as most advisable, she had best transmit the information immediately to her sister, and leave her to adjust with her husband the mode in which they should avail themselves of it.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

To have shown it to her husband would have been her first impulse; but, besides that he was absent from home, and the matter too delicate to be the subject of correspondence by an indifferent penwoman, Mrs. Butler recollected that he was not possessed of the information necessary to form a judgment upon the occasion; and that, adhering to the rule which she had considered as most advisable, she had best transmit the information immediately to her sister, and leave her to adjust with her husband the mode in which they should avail themselves of it.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

"that he had received no letter for some time; his wife was a poor penwoman."

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801