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Meanings of facile pen in English

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Usage of facile pen in English
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From two to five books a year came from his facile pen.
Boy Scouts in Southern Waters; Or, Spaniard's Treasure Chest
2
With this settled, he proceeded, with facile pen, to furnish the house.
The Tin Soldier
3
The guide-book names the preserver of the legend, and compliments his ' facile pen.'
Life on the Mississippi
4
Comedies, interludes, orations, dialogues, and poems flowed with abundance from his facile pen.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
5
He has what is called a facile pen, though it sometimes runs away with him.
Marse Henry (Volume 2) / An Autobiography
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Ah, not for me to note with facile pen
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919
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Not even Granvelle held a more facile pen.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 32: 1582-84
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Dennis waited respectfully till the facile pen glided through the sentence, and then Mr. Ludolph looked up.
Barriers Burned Away
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The characters of his correspondents lie bare to his keen eye and flow from his facile pen.
Literary Lapses
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Without further comment or delay then, let us turn the said facile pen loose upon the reader-
Life on the Mississippi
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If the story is true, it adds its testimony to that of his works to the author's extraordinarily facile pen.
The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
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He would need a brave and facile pen who would venture to portray the kirk session of St. Cuthbert's Church.
St. Cuthbert's
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The drama of an unwritten history covering about four centuries will welcome the facile pen of some gifted son or daughter.
Twentieth Century Negro Literature / Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought...
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The clerk's facile pen ran here and there, and the license was delivered at length on the payment of a dollar.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
15
For a little while longer, Pike contended with his enemies by means of the best weapon he had, his facile pen.
The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War
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With her facile pen she could design and draw what she willed, with as great freedom as she applied to musical notation.
The Tragedies of the Medici
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Facile pen across language varieties
United Kingdom
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