scrawl

The left hand stumbled slowly and painfully across the paper, and it was with extreme difficulty that we deciphered the scrawl. It was like a "spirit message," such as are delivered at seances of spiritualists for a dollar admission.

But ever the persistent soil remains for others to scrawl themselves across.

The maid brought her a delicious printed scrawl from Raoul, expressing his love, asking her to send him some bonbons, and telling her they had found that morning ten tiny white pigs all lying in a row beside Lidie's big white pig.

He hastily opened the letter produced, and was much disturbed to read in Tess's handwriting the sentiments expressed in her last hurried scrawl to him.

This is Grimsby's scrawl - only three lines, the sulky dog!

It was he who invented that writing, which would pass as a child's scrawl unless you just happened to have the key to it.

He had got somebody to scrawl it up for him, however, who had squeezed Death in with most inappropriate difficulty.

`D'Artagnan, read this scrawl to Porthos, Aramis, and to me.'"

Neither Lady Russell nor Mr Elliot could admire the letter; but it did all that was wanted, in bringing three lines of scrawl from the Dowager Viscountess.

Now Tom began to scrawl something on the slate, hiding the words from the girl.

Rostov, leaning his head on both hands, sat at the table which was scrawled over with figures, wet with spilled wine, and littered with cards.

Yet the few hastily scrawled lines were like a message of fate:--