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Even in the White House he never dictated or used a typewriter, "and the number of letters he could indite with his own heavy fist was limited."

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He that would triumph over the petty trickery of fate must indite history at its source.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

"Who should indite it but I myself, sinner as I am?" replied Sancho.

From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

He smiled as he slipped into the sitting-room to indite a line "To the Sleeping Beauty."

From The Higher Court by Daggett, Mary Stewart

How long might I sit here, the image of despair, and what despair on monumental marble, as desolate as the poet with fixed eye, unable to indite a line?

From Papers from Overlook-House by Almore, Casper

Well, it is in this wise: A correspondent of the Month, who signs himself “Narcissus,” lives in a suburban square, from which he indites a remarkable letter.

From John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 by Frith, William Powell

While our Urania sings what Heaven indites; The numbers are the nymph's; but from above Descends the pledge of that eternal love.

From Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham by Denham, John, Sir

Perhaps in his darkest moments, he indites a paragraph that cheers thousands.

From Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Porter, Rufus

The Graces hold his inkstand for him when he indites the sonnets which, with such delicate cadences, he reads in the Accademia degli Arcadi.

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich

He rings for Barney, and indites a note to his foreman at the "Golden Chariot."

From The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance by Savage, Richard

Rushing to Washington, Congressman Linthicum indited invitations to all 71st House members to attend a Wet Bloc organization meeting early in December.

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He indited the script to "Emperors, Kings, Dukes, Marquises, Earls and Knights," full knowing that the house of Polo would profit by the advertisement.

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Soon the compromise was indited, the bargain between miners and owners sealed, the strike averted.

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Readers ascertained on closer scrutiny that Mr. Rogers was permitting this journal to publish a series of open epistles indited by him to Calvin Coolidge.

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Nearly cotemporaneously with Mildred's letter-writing, her mother also indited two epistles.

From Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

He also occupies himself at times in inditing memoirs of his life, and as he has seen a good deal of French society, and was a shrewd and intelligent observer, he has much to say.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various

Then the young people sent notes to their friends in the other saloon, the young men inditing love-letters.

From Froth by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

While some write sitting, some, like Bayes, Usually stand while they're inditing.

From Methods of Authors by Erichsen, Hugo

His military fever was slowly burning itself out, though he was able to fan the embers into flame when, later, he was inditing the adventures of "Maurice Tiernay."

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Downey, Edmund

The daily habit of inditing songs for music to please the ladies of the Medicean household, had accustomed him to the use of fluent Italian.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington