superscription

Example Sentences

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That the stamp of the receiving-house should be struck upon the superscription or duty stamp, to prevent the latter being used a second time.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert

From Isa," Virginia said as she glanced at the superscription; then tearing open the envelope, and glancing down the first page, "Molly is married! to a rich planter, too!

From Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children by Finley, Martha

I cried; but he would not suffer me even to read the superscription.

From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Sheppard, Elizabeth

The latter took it, looked carefully at the superscription, read it slowly through, then folded it with cool deliberation and put it back into the envelope.

From The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife by Firebaugh, Ellen M.

I started, as one does at an unexpected presence, to find an envelope among them with his familiar superscription.

From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter