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They would rejoice to devote a leisure hour to pensive letterings in a pleasure-garden, and on an occasional holiday would gladly pursue even their severest studies, book in hand, amidst verdant bowers.

From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by Richardson, David Lester

She drew her breath with a quick gasp of delight as the treasure came into sight,—a long, flat-shaped box, deeply carved with letterings, mingled with the most grotesque of figures.

From An Unknown Lover by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

Gilt letterings are an indication of ignorance, and so are brightly colored engraving or highly tinted paper.

From Book of Etiquette Volume I by Eichler, Lillian

Chinese letterings dance gayly on the yellow packages.

From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Hecht, Ben

Its walls were surmounted by a battlemented parapet; but the gray lead roofs were quite visible behind it, with their gutters, laps, rolls, and skylights, together with incised letterings and shoe-patterns cut by idlers thereon.

From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas