word painting

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The Bible; New use of a note of hand; The Ship of Death; Taste in tombstones; Tennyson's Word-painting, 573.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various

Word-painting is a difficult matter, Mrs. Evelyn, in some instances;—if I must do it I will borrow my colours.

From Queechy by Warner, Susan

Word-painting in the simplest and cleverest touches, simplicity and yet vivid colouring.

From The New Mistress A Tale by Fenn, George Manville

Word-painting is a difficult matter, Mrs. Evelyn, in some instances; if I must do it, I will borrow my colours.

From Queechy, Volume II by Warner, Susan