Lexicographical Neighbors of Quillmen
Literary usage of Quillmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of Jonathan Swift by Jonathan Swift (1833)
"... next, observe how this alliance fits, For weavers now are just as poor as
wits: Their brother quillmen, workers for the stage, For sorry stuff can get a ..."
2. The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1809)
"But, above all, I am most offended at small quillmen, and transcribing clerks,
who are all come into our order, for no * Morris'* Coffee-house ..."
3. The British Essayists: With Prefaces Biographical, Historical and Critical by Lionel Thomas Berguer (1823)
"But, above all, I am most offended at small quillmen, and transcribing clerks,
who are all come into our order, for no reason that I know of, but that they ..."
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