as in handwritings
writing done by hand
my computer was down for most of the afternoon, so I wrote out my report in longhand
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manuscripts
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The manuscripts of course, which arrived as if on a conveyor belt from agents and authors.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026 -
The book’s heroine, Catherine Morland, is an avid reader of the popular novels of the day, and has a specific fondness for Ann Radcliffe’s real-life 1794 best seller, The Mysteries of Udolpho, a tale of ghostly figures and hidden manuscripts.—
Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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