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What is writing-sand?
Yes, dear Charlotte! I will order and arrange everything. Only give me more commissions, the more the better. One thing, however, I must request: *use no more writing-sand with the dear notes you send me*. Today I raised your letter hastily to my lips, and it set my teeth on edge.
This is from Sorrows of Young Werther.
What is writing-sand? Why should it be strewn over writing paper? (In my land students used to learn to write first on sand using index finger until half a century back.)
Rasta
This is from Sorrows of Young Werther.
What is writing-sand? Why should it be strewn over writing paper? (In my land students used to learn to write first on sand using index finger until half a century back.)
Rasta
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[nq:1]Yes, dear Charlotte! I will order and arrange everything. Only give me more commissions, the more the better.
- [nq:1]Yes, dear Charlotte!
- I will order and arrange everything.
- Only give me more commissions, the more the better.
- One thing, ...
- )[/nq] It was used, like blotting paper, to soak up wet ink.
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[nq:1]Yes, dear Charlotte! I will order and arrange everything. Only give me more commissions, the more the better. One thing, ... (In my land students used to learn to write first on sand using index finger until half a century back.)[/nq]
It was used, like blotting paper, to soak up wet ink. The writer would use a shaker (like a large pepper pot) to shake sand over a freshly written page, le
It was used, like blotting paper, to soak up wet ink. The writer would use a shaker (like a large pepper pot) to shake sand over a freshly written page, le
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[nq:1]Yes, dear Charlotte! I will order and arrange everything. Only give me more commissions, the more the better. One thing, ... (In my land students used to learn to write first on sand using index finger until half a century back.)[/nq]
I think he was referring to blotting sand. It would have been sand tossed onto paper to blot (dry, soak up) the ink before folding the paper or otherwise h
I think he was referring to blotting sand. It would have been sand tossed onto paper to blot (dry, soak up) the ink before folding the paper or otherwise h
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[nq:1]Yes, dear Charlotte! I will order and arrange everything. Only give me more commissions, the more the better. One thing, ... on edge. This is from Sorrows of Young Werther. What is writing-sand? Why should it be strewn over writing paper?[/nq]
It is used to dry wet ink after writing.
*Callis-sand: a fine white sand from Calais, was once a favorite for this.
*Dust-box, *powde
It is used to dry wet ink after writing.
*Callis-sand: a fine white sand from Calais, was once a favorite for this.
*Dust-box, *powde
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