master spirit
Example Sentences
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The master spirit of this society is the convict Harcamone, in solitary confinement, awaiting the guillotine.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Grenville was the master spirit of the British ministry.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll
The gang of villains, deprived of its headquarters, and deprived of its master spirit, speedily fell to pieces.
From Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century by Lee, Vernon
Ordinarily one man kept the lot, and as Jun was the better dealer and master spirit, it was natural enough he should hold the stones, or, at any rate, the best of them.
From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah
It would have demanded but a slight stretch of fancy to picture him as his satin-coated great-grandfather grown to a dissipated maturity, as he stood there, the master spirit in this house of fallen greatness.
From The Gambler A Novel by Thurston, Katherine Cecil
