1836, w:Heinrich Heine, Letters Auxiliary to the History of Modern Polite Literature in Germany, Beneath this poplar Mademoiselle Sophia now reposes, and the remembrancer which she left me, the book in red morocco and gilt-edge, “Heinrich von Ofterdingen†by Novalis, now lies before me on my writing-desk, and serves me in the compilation of this notice.
Dickens Works|volume=XV|chaptername=Third Branch—The Bill|page=63|passage=It was eight o’clock to-morrow evening when I buckled up my travelling writing-desk in its leather case, paid my Bill, and got on my warm coats and wrappers.
