write of

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write of - write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China"

write about, write on

authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"

indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

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I'd write of people and places like I knew, and I'd make my characters talk everyday English; and I'd let the sun rise and set in the usual quiet way without much fuss over the fact.

Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

It is strange to look back at this latest entry in my journal, and to find that I am writing of the marriage and the parting with Laura, as people write of a settled thing.

The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context

In the Sketches from Memory Hawthorne gives an intimation of the tale which he might write and did afterward write of The Great Carbuncle.

The Great Carbuncle by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

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