| He employed six amanuenses, not a large number of assistants for a task of such magnitude. |
| He is thought to have used an interleaved copy of his dictionary as a foundation word list and had the help of some half a dozen amanuenses. |
| Immediately below and flanking him on either hand sat two mute cowled figures to do the office of amanuenses. |
| The custom of employing women as amanuenses has grown very largely of late years. |
| He handed me three letters, all from men who once were slaves, not written by them individually, but by amanuenses. |
| Having gone totally blind in 1652, Milton wrote Paradise Lost entirely through dictation with the help of amanuenses and friends. |
